The older Star Trek paper paperbacks had a character and life all their own I miss that. They at least tried to tell new tales even if some of them managed to stretch believability a bit. This book actually reads more like something written by George RR Martian then a Star Trek book, if you are looking for a lot of time spent on the Enterprise this is probably not the book for you.
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Star Trek: Shadow Lord wriiten by Laurence Yep is a Sulu/Spock with a flavor of "Highlander" to give it some character. So sword fights are the norm and phaser fire is kept to a bare minimum.This book starts out on a mission to a primative and very violent planet called Angira where Sulu/Spock are to accompany Price Vikram to his home planet... then all hades breaks out as they are caught in an ambush. This book features...
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To say this one is different is an understatement. This book takes Sulu and Spock and a Prince called Vikram to a hostile world. It has more adventure than most obscure Treks. The most contemporary theme here is a society afraid of modernization. There are no phaser fights here folks. Highlander style sword fights are the norm here. Think of Sulu and Spock inspired by Highlander.
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