My wife and I have been glued to the second season of . As we watched, the stakes got higher – not in a narrative sense, but because I was coming to the conclusion that it is the best season of Star Trek ever made and was waiting for the show to flub it. Luckily, it didn’t, and I would recommend the series to anyone with even a passing interest in the franchise.
This season has it all: legal drama, Vulcan family farce and even a musical episode. It also has a great cast with real heft, led by Anson Mount (pictured above) as Christopher Pike. He is fast becoming my favourite captain (well, second: sorry Pike, no one beats Picard).
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I am also reading The Apollo Murders. That book drew on his experience to present lunar warfare in an alt-history cold war. The sequel flies lower with Tom Clancy-style fighter jets and a sprinkling of reality from Hadfield’s time as a test pilot. It is a thriller in every sense.
Jacob Aron
News editor
London, UK
