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Plot Summary of The Return
"This story takes place right after Star Trek Generations, Spock visits Captain Kirks grave on Veridian 3, while the wreckage of the Enterprise D is being cleaned up off another planet in the Veridian system. The Romulans and Borg attack in a join effort to steal Captain Kirk's body. They resurrect him using unknown alien technology and try to convince him with false memories that the Federation is his enemy, that Captain Picard killed his family. Later Captain Kirk discovers their plot, escapes to another galaxy and find his way back and into the hands of Picard who helps him reorganize his old crew and they take a ship to fight off the Borg and Romulans together."
Drizzt, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Return
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - amnesia
Kind of series - Star Trek
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - personality change
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - fighter (air/space) pilot
Age: - 60's-90's
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - slaver
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - medium future 22-24th century
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship - alien spaceship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - empty, or nearly empty world
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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