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Book Review: ‘My Enemy, My Ally’ by Diane Duane

Star Trek: My Enemy, My Ally is the 18th “numbered” Star Trek novel from Simon and Schuster’s Pocket Books. It was written by Diane Duane and was released in July 1984.

This book explores classic Star Trek themes and really blends clever writing with nostalgic feelings. Sometimes, the old Pocket Book Star Trek books don’t age well, and sometimes they age really well. This is definitely one that fits into the latter category. 

This book is mainly centered around the character of Ael t’Rlailiu (I will only write “Ael” in the rest of the review), who is a Romulan commander of the Bloodwing. She learns that Romulan scientists are capturing Vulcans and performing horrific experiments on them to try to gain an edge in the Cold War between the Romulans, Klingons, and the Federation. Ael is horrified to learn about this and decides to do the only honorable thing…commit treason.