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“Vulcan’s Forge�� by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz, is the first of a total of five books (the others being “Vulcan’s Heart�� and the “Vulcan’s Soul�� Trilogy) this duo of writers dedicated to Vulcan history and general and Spock’s role in particular. At the time of the book publication, the Star Trek world have just come to terms with the death of Capt. James T. Kirk, in that faithful accident in the Enterprise-B. Of course, Kirk’s ultimate demise is still to come, as a primordial plot in the motion picture “Star Trek Generation��. We know that (now!), but the former Enterprise crew didn’t (then).

Sherman and Shwartz use Kirk’s accidental death as an inspiration to show how the former Enterprise crew deals with the trauma of that lost in moving forward, centering in Spock’s character, using the story to delve in his own background story as a Vulcan. “Vulcan’s Forge�� takes place in two different time levels: the present (after Kirk’s death) and Spock’s youth.

Spock’s character and journey advances throughout the book, as the past catch on with the present, and Spock takes the pivotal decision to switch his Starfleet career for a diplomatic one, taking the first step to fulfill his vision on Unification between Vulcan and Romulans.

An interesting book that, as well as the aforementioned additional four written by Sherman and Shwartz, shows Vulcan history and peculiarities as they were conceived to be, long before some Mary Sue’s decided to embark in some egocentric trip through space and time and forge a new version accordingly with their taste.