To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh

To Reign In Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh by Greg Cox somewhat disappointing to me. Although the book enabled the reader to experience the superhuman Khan during his exile, I did not see the proud master of his destiny on Ceti Alpha V. Instead I endured his gruesome reduction to a victim struggling to cope with environmental chaos and human treachery. I admit that the book included plenty of action, uncontrollable violent situations, and a fascinating environment that held my interest. Mr. Cox is a very good writer and this book is very well written and compelling. However, I believe Khan's superhuman intelligence and physical abilities should have enabled him to better cope with the unstable environment and betrayals.

One enormous fanwank from beginning to end, and plagued with what I'm beginning to think is a Greg Cox problem: continuous references to things outside the story, just intended to make the reader feel like they have special knowledge of the universe (but done really clunkily). The characters are always thinking about TOS episodes for some reason, for example. Anyway, despite my complaints I still enjoyed it a fair bit, mostly because: KHAAAAAAN!

Greg Cox concludes, or maybe just continues, the story of Khan with this account of his years on Ceti Alpha V. Cox has written a series of fascinating books detailing late twentieth century according to Trek. This is an exceptional addition.

Published in hardcover by Pocket Books.