Vulcan's Heart

by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz

Book Overview

The energy and invention that made Sherman and Schwartz's previous Spock outing, Vulcan's Forge, so fascinating is fully in evidence in this even more ambitious follow-up. This time, the duo have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671015443
• ISBN13: 9780671015442
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Very disappointing.

Rambled seemingly without end. Pointless and tiring. Not up to standards.

One of Star Trek's best reads!

To say the very least, Star Trek Vulcan's Heart is one of the best Star Trek novels to date! We have a betrothal between Ambassador Spock and Commander Saavik. Attended by a great many dignitaries and a young Lieutenant Picard. Shoot forward in time, and Spock is well into his research into unification. Spock receives a communiqué from Commander Charbonek, (the unnamed Romulan to whom he more or less seduced while he and Captain Kirk stole the Romulan cloaking device in the TOS episode). She warns him of trouble in the empire and is seeking his assistance. What entails after that is clearly one of the best Star Trek novels you'll ever read. It includes, the Romulan Emperor; the Romulan Praetor; Ruinek from Vulcan's Forge; Captain Picard in charge of the USS Stargazer; the Enterprise C commanded by Captain Garrett; the previously unwritten story about Lieutenant Tasha Yar and what happened to her after the events of "Yesterday's Enterprise; and a great many other people and tie ins that I'll leave to you the reader. Hopefully we will be seeing a whole lot more novels by this writing team. Thank you very much to the authors for this. The audio book is extremely well done as well, read by Tim Russ (Lt. Tuvok).

Brilliant.

Excellent book, one of the best books of 1999. Great detail into the Romulan races, continuing the story of the Romulan Commander from the 'Enterprise Incident', and tying up a loose end from 'Yesterday' Enterprise. I always found the Romulans more fascinating than the Klingons, they were so devious, the Klingons are just brutes. The battle was good, and having Picard on the Stargazer was a nive touch. It's sort of like an intermediate point between TOS and TNG, 2344 to be precise. This book actually shows the battle the Enterprise-C has with the Romulans at Narendra III, it's brilliant. If you want a good book to read, buy this book.

Turmoil in the Romulan Empire? Nah...

This book got me pretty hardcore into Star Trek books. I've already read some of them before it, but I love the way they've integrated Spock and the Romulans. Very good and well written story that never lets up in keeping the reader interested. I found it to be the Romulan Way of the present giving some more up to date information on the workings of the Romulan Empire.

A fantastic look into the lives of Spock and Saavik

I found VULCAN'S HEART to be a fascinating look into the lives of Spock and Saavik. Not only do we learn of their marriage -- often hinted at but never revealed -- but TREK fans also get an in-depth look into the world of the Romulan Empire like never before!!This has a little something for everyone: adventure, well-developed characters, and a plotline that keeps you turning pages for more.I thoroughly enjoyed VULCAN'S HEART, and I for one hope to see more from Ms. Shwartz in the future!

When is a sequel not a sequel? When it can stand on its own

Have you read Vulcan's Forge? Don't worry, you will, after reading Vulcan's Heart. Each book stands on its own quite nicely. Forgive me if I cover topics you already know; I hope to interest people who are not necessarily fans of the original series as well as those of us who have every episode memorized. :-) This is a complex novel, which opens with the formal marriage bonding of Spock and Saavik. "Less than a marriage, yet more than a betrothal," they will be drawn together when the time is right to mate. Some few years later, a member of the Romulan nobility calls upon the person who captured both her heart and herself to help save the Empire from its corrupt praetor. As fans of the original show will remember, that person is Spock. Starfleet Intelligence gets wind of Spock's destination if not his mission, and "requests" Saavik go to the Romulan homeworld to find Spock. There's no such thing as a "simple" mission to the Romulan Star Empire, which is as riddled with intrigue as ancient Byzantium, but Saavik's relatively uncomplicated task gets more complex as it becomes increasingly obvious that Spock and Saavik are entering Pon Farr. Pon Farr, the Vulcan mating drive, creates both a dilemma and a deadline, for the ancient drives strip Vulcans of their logic, and failure to take a mate is fatal. This tale uses ancient themes that still stir: love that transcends life, duty that transcends love, the difficulty of reconciling honor with reality, and the necessity of civil disobedience in the face of corruption. Heady stuff for those who consider Star Trek "light reading."