Star Trek: Shadow Lord

Good read

Great story and very engaging. There are a few instances of grammatical inconsistencies but this was written many decades ago, so I am forgiving. What I don't understand, and here is a spoiler, is why the federation would even be engaged in modernizing a medieval pre-warp civilization while at the same time espousing the prime directive's non-interference protocols? Perhaps there is more to the story of how this world was brought into the fold than was written, but the natives are using swords, horses and guns. They view off-worlders as intrusive, hardly the playground for a future federation world. I can only surmise the true purpose of the prime directive was not, as of yet, as detailed as it is now when this work of fiction was written. Good read though if you want to read all about Sulu and his swordsmanship! Two thumbs up.