Yesterday Son

by A.C. Crispin

Book Overview

With the help of the Vulcan leader T'Pau, Spock gets permission to use the Guardian of Forever, a portal through time constructed by a long-vanished race, to venture into the past. On another trip... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671473158
• ISBN13: 9780671473150
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Interesting and well-written.

The book was true to it's characters and to the ST theme. It was also well-written, which is a huge bonus for a Star Trek book.

Really terrific!!

One to remember and come back to!!!! Fantastic!!!!

Excellent! Must-Read!

This story is a sequel to the episode,"All of Yesterday's".This book was the best! The characters are believable and weave into the storyline excellently. The character of Zar(Spock's son)was handled well. The conflicts between a father and son are written well.The plot and storyline is seemless from beginning to end. Spock, McCoy, and Kirk go back in time via the Guardian of Forever to the planet Sarpeidon to find Spock's son, and bring him to the Present. Also, later, the Romulans capture the Guardian of Forever, not knowing its a time portal. They think its a secret Starfleet base. Zar then helps Kirk and the Enterprise stop the Romulans headed by Sub-Commander Tal ("Enterprise Incident").This book must be on your list as a must-read for Star Trek books! Check out the sequel, "Time for Yesterday" by A.C. CrispinRead on!

one of star trek's best books

years ago when spock and mccoy were sent back in time, spcok wastransformed into vulcans of 1000 years ago. he met a young womanand had sex with her. now in the future he discoves that he has ason trapped in the past in an ice age and moves [heaven] and high water to get permission to use the guardian of forever to not only meet his long lost son but to bring him to the present. whenthey arrive they find out that he is now 26 and he tries to bond with spock. but spock finds it difficult and the trials that bothof them go through make this a very interesting read.

A Brilliant Story For All Spock Lovers

"Yesterdays Son" is great for people who love to watch inner torment of charecters. The charecter of Zar (Spocks son) is wonderful to watch grow in his knew enviornment. The always pleasurable disputes between Mc Coy and Spock are also quite present in this delightfull story. It is also nice to see the mutual respect grow for the "father and son". All in all, a must have on my Star Trek scale.

One of the Best Star Trek novels of all time!

This is one of my most favorite Star Trek novels of all time! I not only have the novel, I also have the Audio recording on cassette tape. Yesterday's Son by A. C. Crispin. A wonderful story about how Spock discovers he has a son on the planet, Sarpeidon. It is the novel sequel to that classic Star Trek episode, where Spock and McCoy accidently activate a time machine called the Atavicron that takes them into the past. Spock and McCoy meet up with this woman named Zarabeth in the Ice age of the planet Sarpiedon. During that time with Spock, McCoy and Zarabeth together, Spock starts to act like his Vulcan ancestors did many millions of years ago. The Vulcans at that time were driven by emotions with hate, anger, violence, & passion which corupted the society. He is acting the sameway his Vulcan ancestors did because the Atavicron had somehow changed him. Unknown to Spock during that time, Zarebeth bore his child! Kirk and Spock find a way to back into the past using the Guardian Of Forever to rescue his son Zar and accept him as a member of the family on Vulcan. It will not be easy as long as the Romulans are out there, learning the secrets of the Guardian Of Forever and waiting to steal that time machine for there own evil purposes. Kirk,Spock,and McCoy journey into Sarpeidon's past to rescue Spock's son, Zar. Will Zar accept his new life on board the Enterprise? Will Spock and Zar accept each other as family? Will Zar abuse his Vulcan powers for his own needs? Will Zar accept that Vulcan's show no emotion and that Spock is merely showing him traditions of his Vulcan heritage? Will the Romulans steal the Guardian from the Enterprise & the Federation? Will Kirk and crew be able to stop the Romulans? Find out! Buy this novel! This was the first Novel I ever read as Kid! That is why it means so much to me, If this was your first book, you will read it more that once!

A five-star follow-up to "All Our Yesterdays"

This book was the best!The character of Zar(Spock's son)was believable and very well conscieved.Plot:Spock goes back in time to the planet Sarpeidon to find his son,Zar.After braving dangerous blizzards,Spock finds Zar,and brings him to the Enterprise.Then,all of a sudden,the Romulans attack the Time Planet(home of the Guardian of Forever)led by Spock's old nemesis,Subcommander Tal("The Enterprise Incident")!Kirk then leads an away team to the Time Planet to stop the Romulans before they alter history!