Books like Captain's Glory

I thought all afternoon about why I read Star Trek books. For the characters, for the plots, to escape, to learn something new, to explore, to be awed? I decided it was for all of these reasons and more, I am sure that I cannot think of right now, as I am sitting here trying to write a review for this last book in William Shatner's last trilogy. The three trilogies that have consumed me for the last month.For the characters? Definately. I love the characters. They are part of me, part of my family and people I have known since the early days of black and white TV, as we sat watching those very early Star Trek episodes on Friday evening right up until the last episode of Captain Archer and his crew on the very first ST Enterprise that was on TV. I watched them all. I embraced them all. If they had not been created, there would be no stories and no books to read about them. Thank you Gene Roddenberry, with all my heart.I am not going to write about any of the rest. Just so you know, I am relieved to have finished this last book. I liked it. I really liked it a lot. It was a wrap. It ended just about like I thought it would. I was sad, but I am happy to be done. I admire Shatner and the Reeves-Stevens for the stories. Some were a little better than the others. I laughed. I cried. I escaped from the mundane with them. The stories brought back memories from past Star Trek TV episodes, books, and movies. I am constantly in awe that humans have the ability to make up stories and put them into words and onto paper and into books. Where would we readers be without them?