The "Klingons in the Novels" discussion thread

[Charles Phipps]

Well I have finished the Klingon Empire quadrilogy as well as it's predecessor novel. I very much enjoyed the crew of the IKS Gorkon and while I think their behavior made no sense in the context of being allies of the Federation, I found it immensely entertaining throughout.

However, I still want some Klingon books.

So this is a thread to talk about and suggest books starring Klingons or guest starring them in the EU.

What's your favorite, least favorite, and so on.

Why?

Let loose your views of where to go if you love ridges and bat'leths (or the sneaky Klingons of TOS).

 

[tomswift2002]

You have to remember that the Klingons in the novels can be very different, depending on the era the book was written in. “The Klingon Gambit” from 1981had Klingons who were the 1960’s versions with none of the later additions, they were basically your generic bad guy or analog to the Russians or Chinese of the day.

 

[Thrawn]

Forged In Fire is worth a read, if you're looking for great Klingon stories.

 

[ryan123450]

Don’t forget there’s another IKS Gorkon tale in The Brave and the Bold duology.

A Klingon novel which stands out to me is The Art of the Impossible.

 

[DS9forever]

Left Hand of Destiny is great; Klingons as King Arthur characters.

 

[Leto_II]

Don’t forget there’s another IKS Gorkon tale in The Brave and the Bold duology.

Klag's crew also get a great deal of page-time in Keith's A Singular Destiny, too.

 

[JD]

If you read comics KRAD also wrote the Klingon issue of IDW's Alien Spotlight Volume 2.
The print versions of the TPB and the individual issueare out of print and only availble through third partiesThe trade also includes the Tribble, 1, Cardassian, and the second Romulan issue. on Amazon, but the digital edition of the TBP is still available. The Klingon issue focuses on Kang during the TOS and post-TUC eras. The Tribble issues also features the Klingons pretty heavily. Here it is on Comixology, Amazon, and Google Play.
There's also the two short IKS Gorkon shorts I mention in one of the review threads in Tales of the Dominion War and Tales From the Captain's Table. There's also a Mirror Klingon Empire story by KRAD in Shards and Shadows, the third MU anthology.
It mainly focuses on the Romulans, but the Klingons also play a pretty big role in The Lost Era: Serpents Among the Ruins.
I haven't read it yet, but I've heard good things about Cast No Shadow, the The Undiscovered Country follow up novel.

 

[Leto_II]

^ Yup, Cast No Shadow also shows us lots of Klingon political and military dealings, albeit just a few years after TUC.

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

Klingons were developed very differently in the early novels. If you want a take on them that is interesting but doesn't line up with modern portrayals, The Final Reflection is almost entirely from a Klingon perspective, and Pawns and Symbols features a human who has been captured by the Klingons.

Both of them explore the Klingons in a vastly different fashion than they developed in TNG, it's kinda interesting to me to see the Klingons as they could have been, rather than as they ended up being.

 

[ryan123450]

I also enjoyed Klingons: Blood Will Tell. Basically gives the Klingon POV for all the TOS Klingon encounters all the way threw TUC.

 

[Charles Phipps]

You have to remember that the Klingons in the novels can be very different, depending on the era the book was written in. “The Klingon Gambit” from 1981had Klingons who were the 1960’s versions with none of the later additions, they were basically your generic bad guy or analog to the Russians or Chinese of the day.

I am familiar with the FASA Klingons which are close enough, IMHO, to the later ones to be recognizable even as they're obviously people who did a different enough take in TNG. I admit, I actually think they make a bit MORE sense in certain places than the canon Klingons that feel a bit more stereotypical in places.

Like the Ford Klingons are the Vikings who'd also have a big merchant fleet.

While the later ones are only the pillage and blunder types.

 

[Stevil2001]

Klingons were developed very differently in the early novels. If you want a take on them that is interesting but doesn't line up with modern portrayals, The Final Reflection is almost entirely from a Klingon perspective, and Pawns and Symbols features a human who has been captured by the Klingons.

Both of them explore the Klingons in a vastly different fashion than they developed in TNG, it's kinda interesting to me to see the Klingons as they could have been, rather than as they ended up being.

I remember really enjoying Pawns and Symbols. I should give it a reread. (In my copious spare time?)

 

[Enterprise1701]

More recently Klingons were a heavy focus in JJMiller's Prey trilogy.