Imagine a jaded young Kirk after a disastrous first outing with his father and Kodos the Executioner of Tarsus IV two years earlier. If you started out witnessing executions in another place, one you would hate to return to, wouldn't you run as fast as possible away from such a thing?
This was, at least in Kirk's case, exactly what happened. His father, being honorable and seeing his job in Starfleet as a way of preventing this same thing from happening elsewhere, had seen little of James between the age of fourteen and sixteen. I can relate to an extent since my father spent months at a time out at sea in the Coast Guard (he and I still argue about it to this day). Young Kirk however, had more than a chip on his shoulder. Parallels could be drawn between him and a prime candidate for the gangs on the streets. In need of guidance, believing he was perfect, it was time for him to grow up or perish.
The story is both griping and detailed... but the action was not what I had expected.
Rating 3/5
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