Star Trek: The Lost Era: Deny Thy Father [Mass Market Paperback]

"Deny Thy Father" is a three part book and takes us through William T. Rikers Starfleet Academy days to his first assignment on the U.S.S. Pegasus. As we read on in theis book we get to see what a cadet has to go through to become and officer in Starfleet. The other main character is Will Riker's father Kyle Riker.

"Deny Thy Father" is a look into a failed father son relationship. Where both father and son are too stubborned to realize that working together things would work well but they let their maleness take over and the relationship fails.

"Deny THy Father" is essentially two stories one about Will and the other about Kyle as he trys to cope with someone trying to kill him for something that he might have done. "Deny Thy Father" is a fast read and you'll finish it quickly. The book has some mystery and intrigue as Kyle Riker is trying to figure out who is trying to kill him. And we get to see him try to cope with his situation making for an intresting read.

Will Riker, on the other hand, is making his way through Starfleet Academy in the course of the book and his first years are not really that good and he struggles. We get to read about his friends which aren't the best people in the world as they need to grow-up as well.

The rift between the Rikers never really gets resolved, but the father realizes his error and saves his son in a circumspect sort of way, making for some interesting reading.

I gave this book a solid 4 star rating as it gives the reader a glimpse of Will Riker's early Starfleet career and a glimpse into Kyle Riker as a man with problems and his estranged relationship with his son.

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Why I was disappointed was that I knew the end. Most of the novel is split between Will Riker and his struggle from the Academy and his father running from his problems with Starfleet and his past. I waited the whole novel to see if they would come together and see them clash. They never did.

One of the other problems was that Jeff Mariotte seemed to work too hard to get cameos from other characters. It seemed contrived that all these people seem to constantly cross paths even in these minimal ways. I do not object to reading and seeing how great characters like Sisko and Janeway grew to who they were but adding them in just to say you used them is a little tactless.

This was a terribly tough review to write. I did not want to sound too critical but still be accurate and honest.

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