The Vulcan with the Jewel Earring As always I believe that we all judge books by their covers, otherwise why bother with one? The cover of Black Fire is a gorgeous painting of Kirk and Spock by the renowned fantasy artist Boris Vallejo. Once past the cover it starts with a glowing introduction from Theodore Sturgeon, this could be seen as a misstep as if you get someone with his reputation saying how good your book is it does put expectations very high. Sonni Cooper was once the publicist for William Shatner and from what I can tell a huge Trek fan. Black fire was the only book that she…