Title: "Boogeymen"
Date Published: 1991
Author/s: Mel Gilden
Main Plot:
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The Enterprise is sent out to escort Eric Baldwin, a renowned exologist and good friend of Captain Picard's, back to Memory Alpha for a debriefing. His latest discoveries could possibly change the future of interstellar travel. Or they could destroy the Enterprise.
My Short Review:
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It's stories like these that make me want to use a different operating system for my personal computer. Here, the Enterprise's main computer gets infected by an alien virus. It amazes me how easy it is for alien entities, or their software, to read and manipulate a Federation Starship's computer code. Ok, ok, I'll just let it slide as a writing tool.
One of the key characters in this book is acting-Ensign Wesley Crusher, another favorite writing tool of Star Trek authors. Somehow, he ends up compounding the ship's problems by trying to solve one of his own. He's young, prone to make mistakes, and therefore is the one who gets the blame whenever he is involved. Or so I thought when I started reading. He gets through this one quietly and yet admirably.
I found the story quite interesting got a few lessons from this one. Most of the action, answers, revelations, and/or solutions came too near the end though. While they took care of the tons of questions that were compiling in my head, I do not want to wait too long for some excitement in a book.
My Overall Rating:
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I'll give this one a passing mark. It didn't hurt to read it.
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