Star Trek: First Frontier
	Author(s):	Carey, Diane Kirkland, James I.
	Publisher:	Pocket Books
	Date:	1995
	ISBN:	0-671-52045-8
	Cause:	Space Exploration
	Creatures:	Extinct Reptiles
	Submitted by:	Mike Riley (08/25/04)
Exerpt: “The predators were anxious to get to the open area. The spikers let themselves be driven forward, whistling with the rapture of the game. In a moment they would turn on their pursuers and attack. The bushes fell away and the running spikers came out into the bowl of the valley, an area with scrubby growth where sand was kicked up in great puffs by pounding feet and slashing claws. “Rusa!” Oya shouted, vaulting to her feet. “They’re being eaten! Rusa, go after them!" Even in the early tribal wars, before the planet squared away against the galaxy, they never ate each other. They even burned their enemy’s dead. None shall be devoured. “Rusa!” But Rusa was staring, too, entranced by a spray of blood and slashed skin rising out of the dust cloud. "Weapons out!” she shouted. "Go down! Weapons out!"
Reviews: No published professional reviews found. (Mike Riley)

3 Scars

My Opinion: This is one of those books that would be easy to pass up unless of course you are a fan of the original Star Trek series. While I am not a "Trekie", I did enjoy watching re-runs of the original series which eased my decision to read this book. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and the Enterprise aside, this is a very interesting story projecting what might have happened if the K-T Extinction event never occurred, leaving the ruling life forms on Earth (i.e., the reptiles and more specifically the Dinosaurs) to evolve in a pattern similar to mammalian evolutionary theory (e.g., fire, tools, "higher thought", weapons, space travel). The conflicting inner struggle of these evolved dinosaurs between primal carnivorous impulses and rational thought is "titillating". I recommend this book to all based on its unique story line and I highly recommend it all Treckies, especially if you like dinosaurs.

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