STAR TREK: DARK VICTORY

William Shatner has made a third career out of resurrecting his screen character, Captain James T. Kirk. Kirk was killed off in one movie and several novels, but Shatner always figures out a way to bring him back again. And he does it well! Not only is he intimately familiar with the series' universe and characters, he writes skillfully. Here Kirk copes again with an evil Kirk from a mirror universe. The listener is captivated by the story, and also by the subtle ways that Shatner enunciates the other characters. One hears Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), for example, in Shatner's voice. Both he and the sound effects are subtle and effective. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/JAN 01]