Editing Newsletter/Summer 2008 (section)

== Star Trek Book Review ==
Submitted by [[Frank Truelove]] who plays [[Lanista]] on the [[USS Mithrandir|Mithrandir]]

[[Image:Kahless Book.jpg|right]] '''Kahless''' by Michael Jan Friedman, 307 pages, ISBN 0671-00887-0 Cover price $5.99 US, published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon and Schuster, now out of print but can easily be purchased used.

''Kahless'' is the second-best Star Trek novel I have ever read. (The best was ''The Final Reflection'' by the late John M. Ford but it is unfortunately out of print.)

''Kahless'' is a TNG story involving Worf, Picard, and the Kahless clone. However, every other chapter is set in the Heroic Age of pre-Empire Klingons.

The plot revolves around a controversial ancient scroll that threatens some very core beliefs about what it means to be Klingon. There is all the combat, intrigue, and swaggering bravado one would expect from representatives of the Warrior Species. It is a fantastic read.

The book closes with an interesting twist regarding the identity of the Kahless clone himself. This turn is somewhat subtle, a characteristic not generally associated with Klingons, but it is put forward in a pleasing fashion.

''Kahless'' contains some rather annoying filler centering on Alexander. If this can be considered the story's main failing even it is redeemed by the statement made in the Epilogue about the importance of family, Klingon or not.