The Antares Maelstrom

I’ve been a Star Trek fan ever since the original TV series premiered on TV.  I’m what they refer to as a ‘Trekker’ not a ‘Trekkie’.  I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the original series and to be honest it is my favorite.

While The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Discovery are good shows, you can’t beat the original.

I am looking forward the new Picard series coming out next year.

Still the original series is my favorite and that’s why I’m so excited about the Star Trek The Original Series The Antares Maelstrom book written by Greg Cox and published by Gallery Books.

Without going into too much detail about the storyline I can say that the tale harkens back to the scripts from the original series. 

There’s a comfortable familiarity about the book.  The characters act and behave as they should-including the tit for tat between Spock and Bones, Scotty’s characteristic tender-loving care for his ship, Sulu’s impressive helmsman capabilities and humor, Chekov’s tall tales of Russia, and Uhura’s quick wit, farsightedness and efficiency.

It feels like a family-a family loved by Star Trek fans.

In the book the Enterprise is assigned (temporarily-or at least that was the plan) to the police a nearby space station and planet that are the gateway to the planet Baldur III where a rare energy source has recently been discovered. 

Drawn to the planet with hopes of striking it rich aliens from all over have flooded the nearby space station and planet surface in hopes of striking it rich.  Both the station and planet are the last jumping off points to Baldur III.

As with any frontier town with promises of untold riches pandemonium rages as supplies dwindle, tempers flair, utilities black out and the populace are anxious, hot-tempered and impatient.  Add to all that--sabotage.

It all makes for a recipe for disaster and only the Enterprise has any hopes of squelching the building tensions.  To do so requires traveling through the dangerous and mysterious Antares Maelstrom blocking the path to Baldur residing on its far side.

It’s classic Star Trek action, intrigue and just flat out fun in a wonderful new tale featuring some old and dear friends.

Get ready, ‘To boldly go!’