Willful Child

The third and final Willful Child novel continues the adventures of Captain Hadrian Sawback and the crew of the AFS Willful Child — a starship whose captain is equal parts James T. Kirk, Zapp Brannigan, and id unchained.

The Search for Spark sends the crew in pursuit of the mysterious Spark, a mission that provides Erikson maximum opportunity to deploy his deep love of Star Trek against his deep understanding of what makes the show so ripe for parody. The Willful Child series is Erikson's fully comic mode: slapstick, pun-driven, absurdist, and surprisingly warm beneath its irreverence.