Web of the Romulans, M.S. Murdock
Web of the Romulans, M.S. Murdock
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Web of the Romulans

Author: M.S. Murdock

Narrator: George Takei, Leonard Nimoy

Abridged: 1 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/1988


Synopsis

Ravaged by a killer virus, the Romulans enter Canara, where the only antidote can be found. Desperate, they incite a victorious U.S.S. EnterpriseTM attack on one of their vessels, but Kirk discoves their ruse.
Meanwhile the central computer has fallen in love with him, severely crippling the Starship EnterpriseTM. Somehow Kirk must overcome the lovesick computer and bring the antidote to the Romulans, before the galaxy crashes over the brink of war.

About M.S. Murdock

M.S. Murdock is the author of the Star Trek tie-in novel Web of the Romulans. 

About George Takei

George Takei is an actor, activist, and New York Times bestselling author. He is best known for his role of Mr. Sulu in the acclaimed television and film series Star Trek. Takei has been featured in over forty films and he has made hundreds of guest-starring television appearances. He also developed the award-winning Broadway musical Allegiance. Takei is a proponent of gay rights and is a member of the Human Rights Campaign. He has also won several awards for his work on Japanese-American relations, which includes serving as Chairman Emeritus of the Japanese American National Museum's Board of Trustees; a member of the US-Japan Bridging Foundation Board of Directors; and served on the Board of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. He is the author of three books, including his memoir To the Stars, as well as Oh Myyy! There Goes The Internet, and its sequel, Lions And Tigers And Bears: The Internet Strikes Back.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on September 22, 2021

This is a competent TOS adventure. It's a little slow and wordy; it could have been improved by a cut of ten or fifteen percent, and it uses a couple of too-familiar tropes, like the Starfleet Admiral who goes nuts and has to be help in check, and the malfunctioning computer putting the Enterprise a......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on November 21, 2024

Good...but not great.......more

Goodreads review by Ibis3 on January 31, 2012

An extremely slow story with only a few positives to recommend it and a number of glaring negatives. First, the positives: The writing was a bit over the top at times, but was generally good. The characters were well drawn--the characters we know acted like themselves and the characters we didn't see......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on June 07, 2020

Too many feel good and overused Star Trek trappings and plot developments gave me a feeling of deja vu that I've read this story before, despite the fact that I never have. The only part I really enjoyed was a short technical addendum by Spock, warning of the tendency of humans to push off responsib......more

Goodreads review by Nadienne on February 24, 2023

I don't know...I mean...it seemed clunkily written and confused. So, per the back, the Romulans are suffering from an Empire-wide plague which they have no real cure for and so they are planning on invading the Federation to seize the planet which contains the main ingredient in the cure. However, if......more