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This is a dual-plot novel. Spock, as a captain, receives a distress call from an old friend named Rabin. Rabin is now a starfleet liaison with the natives of a desert planet. The novel shifts back and forth between this plot and another; a previous instance when Spock met Rabin, when Spock was undergoing his [[Initiation Ceremony|Vulcan rite-of-passage]] and Rabin was a [[Space Cadet]] visiting Vulcan. The two rescued Rabin's mother and a number of hostages from a religious fanatic secretly supported by the Romulans. The relationship between the two stories is revealed at the end.
This is a dual-plot novel. Spock, as a captain, receives a distress call from an old friend named Rabin. Rabin is now a starfleet liaison with the natives of a desert planet. The novel shifts back and forth between this plot and another; a previous instance when Spock met Rabin, when Spock was undergoing his [[Initiation Ceremony|Vulcan rite-of-passage]] and Rabin was a [[Eager Young Space Cadet]] visiting Vulcan. The two rescued Rabin's mother and a number of hostages from a religious fanatic secretly supported by the Romulans. The relationship between the two stories is revealed at the end.


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* [[A Nice Jewish Boy]]: Rabin.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Not an extreme example, but as with all the ''Vulcan's [noun]'' books, the [[Proud Warrior Race]] aspect of the Romulans is made prominent, whereas in many other novels (and the 24th century TV shows), their subtle, secretive and political side was the focus.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Not an extreme example, but as with all the ''Vulcan's [noun]'' books, the [[Proud Warrior Race]] aspect of the Romulans is made prominent, whereas in many other novels (and the 24th century TV shows), their subtle, secretive and political side was the focus.
* [[Badass Israeli]]: Rabin.
* [[Badass Israeli]]: Rabin.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Crossing the Desert]]
* [[Crossing the Desert]]
* [[Double Meaning Title]]: Vulcan's Forge is a place (a desert on planet Vulcan), but the novel also demonstrates some of the events that made Spock who he is as an adult- those which essentially "forged" him into the Vulcan he is now.
* [[Double Meaning Title]]: Vulcan's Forge is a place (a desert on planet Vulcan), but the novel also demonstrates some of the events that made Spock who he is as an adult- those which essentially "forged" him into the Vulcan he is now.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Ruanek. A very minor character here, he proved so popular with readers that he made a reappearance in [[Star Trek: Vulcans Heart]], his role greatly expanded. He would go to appear in several short stories and the [[Star Trek: Vulcans Soul]] trilogy as well.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Ruanek. A very minor character here, he proved so popular with readers that he made a reappearance in [[Star Trek: Vulcan's Heart]], his role greatly expanded. He would go to appear in several short stories and the [[Star Trek: Vulcan's Soul]] trilogy as well.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] : Vulcan's Forge is named in part because much of the story takes place in a desert on Vulcan; a desert called ''Vulcan's Forge''. The desert is also visited in [[Star Trek: Enterprise]] season four.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] : Vulcan's Forge is named in part because much of the story takes place in a desert on Vulcan; a desert called ''Vulcan's Forge''. The desert is also visited in [[Star Trek: Enterprise]] season four.
* [[I Will Find You]]
* [[I Will Find You]]
* [[The McCoy]]: Rabin is even more of a McCoy then McCoy.
* [[The McCoy]]: Rabin is even more of a McCoy then McCoy.
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* [[A Nice Jewish Boy]]: Rabin.
* [[Odd Friendship]]
* [[Odd Friendship]]
* [[Fire-Forged Friends|Vulcans Forged Friends]]
* [[Fire-Forged Friends|Vulcan's Forged Friends]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Rabin loves movie references, so there's quite a few of these.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Rabin loves movie references, so there's quite a few of these.
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]: Spock kills a guard while rescuing Rabin's mother and the prisoners and has a bit of [[Angst]] about it.
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]: Spock kills a guard while rescuing Rabin's mother and the prisoners and has a bit of [[Angst]] about it.
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This is a dual-plot novel. Spock, as a captain, receives a distress call from an old friend named Rabin. Rabin is now a starfleet liaison with the natives of a desert planet. The novel shifts back and forth between this plot and another; a previous instance when Spock met Rabin, when Spock was undergoing his Vulcan rite-of-passage and Rabin was a Eager Young Space Cadet visiting Vulcan. The two rescued Rabin's mother and a number of hostages from a religious fanatic secretly supported by the Romulans. The relationship between the two stories is revealed at the end.


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