This doesn't quite reach the heights of The Wrath of Khan, but then nothing ever does for me in Star Trek. Still, it's an extremely entertaining follow-up - McIntyre is a reliably excellent writer in this franchise - and this is one of the very few times in the speculative genres that I'm prepared to overlook the reset button and see a beloved character brought back to life. The reset button is an overused trope that I often really dislike... but not here. Yes, it's fickle of me, no I don't care. The relationships between Kirk and Spock and McCoy, and between Spock and Saavik, and Spock and Sarek, are all interesting and sympathetic. My favourite part, though, has to be the arrival at Mount Seleya and all those Vulcans turning up to witness the incipient resurrection. For all the prejudice Spock has encountered from his father's people, for all he's internalised so very much of it, seeing him finally valued in this way is genuinely touching.