ST:TOS Pocket Books' Guide (ASCII version)
Richard A. Muirden
Star Trek (The Original Series) Pocket Books' Books Guide
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Version 15
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Last Updated: April 15, 1992
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Book back cover and front inside cover text
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This list contains the details, back cover and inside front cover
texts from all of the Pocket Books' Star Trek (The Original
Series) novels. This includes:
* Regular Star Trek Novels
* Giant Novels
* Hardcovers
* Movie Novelisations
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Author Summary
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Following is a list detailing every author whoose work(s)
appear in this list and the number of entries they possess.
Authors are listed once. If more then one author worked on a
book then each author is credited for that book.
Name: Number of Books:
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A. C. Crispin 2
Barbara Hambly 2
Barbara Paul 1
Brad Ferguson 2
Carmen Carter 1
Carolyn Clowes 1
D. C. Fontana 1
Dana Kramer-Rolls 1
David Dvorkin 2
Della Van Hise 1
Diane Carey 3
Diane Duane 5
Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens 2
Gene DeWeese 3
Gene Roddenberry 1
Greg Bear 1
Howard Weinstein 2
J. M. Dillard 6
Janet Kagan 1
Jean Lorrah 2
John M. Ford 2
Judy Klass 1
Julia Ecklar 1
Laurence Yep 1
Lee Correy 1
M. S. Murdock 1
Majliss Larson 1
Margaret Wander Bonanno 3
Melinda Snodgrass 1
Michael Jan Friedman 4
Peter David 2
Peter Morwood 2
Robert E Vardeman 2
Robert Greenberger 1
Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath 2
Sonni Cooper 1
V E Mitchell 1
Vonda N McIntyre 6
Total: 69
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Contents
This list is divided into sections, with a different section
for each category of books. Thus, additions to the list are
simply done by adding new pages as they are released.
Section: Page Prefix:
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Section A : Regular Star Trek Novels A
Section B : Giant Novels B
Section C : Hardcovers C
Section D : Movie Novelisations D
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Section A
Regular Star Trek Novels
- A0 -
"Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
Number: 1
Author: Gene Roddenberry
First Printing: 1979
Pages: 223
Back Cover Text:
It came from an unexplored quarter of the galaxy.
It ignored all attempts to communicate with it.
And it annihilated all opposition with energy bolts of uni-
maginable ferocity.
Computer projections showed that it would enter the solar
system in precisely three days.
The USS ENTERPRISE, refitting in dry dock, was the only craft
that Starfleet Command could send to intercept the cloud in
time...
Front Inside Cover Text:
'Why are we now traveling into Space? Why indeed, did we
trouble to look past the next mountain? Our prime obligation
to ourselves is to make the unknown known. We are on a jour-
ney to keep an appointment with whatever we are'
- Gene Roddenberry
According to its author, the above quotation may explain in
part a remarkable phenomenon of the past ten years - and
account for one of the most widely anticipated motion pic-
tures of this year. Gene Roddenberry is the producer of
Paramount's new multi-million-dollar space adventure drama,
Star Trek - The Motion Picture. For him, the film culminates
a fourteen-year labor of love that began in 1964 when he
created the Star Trek TV series. After two pilots had been
made, the show began its three year run on NBC in 1966 with
Roddenberry producing. After being canceled by the network
and placed in syndication throughout the world in 1970, the
series inspired an unprecedented show business phenomenon
that continues to this day.
A former airline pilot, Gene Roddenberry's own life has been
as adventure studded as a James Bond scenario. But, it was
the opportunity to express more than adventure in his writing
that led him to choose science fiction as his medium for a TV
series.
- A1 -
"The Entropy Effect"
Number: 2
Author: Vonda N McIntyre
First Printing: June, 1981
ISBN: 0-671-6229-3
Pages: 224
Back Cover Text:
The Enterprise is summoned to transport a dangerous criminal
from Starbase prison to a rehabilitation center: brilliant
physicist, Dr. Georges Mordreaux, accused of promising to
send people back in time - then killing them instead.
But when Mordreaux escapes, bursts onto the bridge and kills
Captain Kirk, Spock must journey back in time to avert disas-
ter - before it occurs!
Now there's more at stake then just Kirk's life. Mordreaux's
experiments have thrown the entire universe into a deadly
time warp. Spock is fighting time and the universe is closing
in on itself with the relentless squeeze of ... THE ENTROPY
EFFECT
Front Inside Cover Text:
A WASH OF RAINBOW LIGHT, A DAZZLE OF ULTRAVIOLET ENERGY, TOLD
SPOCK HE HAD FAILED AGAIN....
They were fleeing, to some place he would never find, and he
could come back again and again and again, earlier and earli-
er, further fragmenting the very substance of the universe as
he attempted futilely to repair the damage being done. But he
would always fail, he knew it now, something would always
happen to cause him to fail. Entropy would always win out.
He cried out in despair.
Fighting the haplessness that washed over him, somehow he
flung himself over onto his chest. Every nerve and muscle in
his body shrieked as he reached to drag himself along the
floor like the crippled creature he was, like the first
primordial amphibian struggling for breath on the shores of a
vanishing lake, knowing instinctively in the most primitive
interconnections of his brain that he would probably die, if
he continued, that he would surely die, if he stayed, that
his only chance was to keep going, to try....
- A2 -
"The Klingon Gambit"
Number: 3
Author: Robert E Vardeman
First Printing: October, 1981
ISBN: 0-671-47720-X
Pages: 158
Back Cover Text:
THE KLINGONS ARE HUNGARY FOR WAR ... THEIR TARGET: THE ENTER-
PRISE!
When Captain Kirk and his crew are ordered to Alnath II to
challenge the deadliest Klingon Starship Terror, they're
ready for anything - or so they think. But the defenseless
Vulcan crew of a Federation science ship has been wiped out.
The remaining members of the Alnath II mission have discov-
ered a fabulous ancient city - but their report doesn't make
sense. The Klingon battle cruiser has the Enterprise in its
sights, and is ready to destroy it.
But Captain Kirk can't seem to make decisions. Spock has
started to throw temper tantrums. And Chekov has disobeyed
vital orders.
The crew of the Enterprise are loosing their minds ... one by
one ... all victims of ... THE KLINGON GAMBIT
Front Inside Cover Text:
THE ENTERPRISE IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED.
"Status report, Mr. Sulu," Kirk demanded as he made his way
to the command seat.
"Klingons are increasing the attack, sir."
"Estimates, Scotty."
"We canna survive more'n ten minutes at this rate, Cap'n!"
Kirk slammed his fist against the armrest of the command
seat. He couldn't fight. He dare not open fire. The Enter-
prise might outmaneuver the Klingon ship, but it couldn't
outrun or outfight it.
"Captain, awaiting your order to fire. . . ."
- A3 -
"The Covenant of the Crown"
Number: 4
Author: Howard Weinstein
First Printing: December, 1981
ISBN: 0-671-67072-7
Pages: 191
Back Cover Text:
THE SHADDAN CROWN IS THE KEY TO POWER - AND THE KLINGONS
HAVE THE ADVANTAGE!
An Enterprise shuttle is forced to crash-land in a violent
storm on the barren planet Sigma 1212. Spock, McCoy and
Kailyn, the beautiful heir to the Shaddan throne, survive in
the near disaster.
Now, Pursued by primitive hunters and a band of Klingon
scouts, they must reach the mountain where the fabulous
dynastic crown is hidden. With the help of Spock and McCoy,
and her own fantastic mental powers, Kailyn must prove that
she alone is the true heir to the throne.
If they fail, they will open the door for Klingon takeover of
the whole quadrant - and the galaxy's hope to live long and
prosper will fall in the shadow of a cruel tyranny!
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The Mounting Sound of Enemy Voices, the Utter Trapped Help-
lessness, the Sweeping Feeling of Dread ...
McCoy held his breath and waited. The soft steps of the
hunters' boots were barely discernible, betrayed only by an
occasional scuff of leather on sand and rock. But they moved
closer, no longer accompanied by voices. A shadow cast itself
across the cave floor, covering the morning light that shone
in dimly. The shadow paused and the scuffing ceased. McCoy
could hear his own heartbeat, feel it from his knees to his
throat. Kailyn stood frozen next to him, anchored to the
floor.
A whining phaser beam suddenly sliced the stillness, the
shadows fell away from the cave entrance, and McCoy and
Kailyn gasped together as they heard a sound like two filled
sacks thumping onto the hard ground....
- A4 -
"The Prometheus Design"
Number: 5
Author: Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
First Printing: March, 1982
ISBN: 0-671-62745-7
Pages: 190
Back Cover Text:
CAN THE GALAXY'S GROWING VIOLENCE BE STOPPED?
Captain Kirk and his crew are on a mission to investigate the
mysterious wave of violence that has overtaken the Helvans -
revolutions, mass riots, horrible tortures, But this chaos is
all part of an experiment by an unimaginable power that soon
grips even the crew of the Enterprise ...
Captain Kirk is plagued by violent hallucinations and is
removed from command. Spock takes charge but his orders seem
irrational - even cruel.
Unless this terrible power can be stopped, not only the
Enterprise, but an entire galaxy will be ensnared in the
deadly grip of the... PROMETHEUS DESIGN
Front Inside Cover Text:
THE VULCAN'S CABIN LOOKED LIKE AN ANTEROOM OF HELL
It had again been decorated, after Spock's return to the
refitted Enterprise, in the deep red of Spock's Vulcan pref-
erence. The weapons collection had been reinstated on the
wall in remembrance of Vulcan's savage past. The attunement
flame again cast flickering light and shadow from the demon-
ic sculpture carved to house it. Of the flame-sculpture's
true purpose only a few had dared to ask. But if the gargoyle
had been set to guard the gates of hell, no one would have
been surprised.
Now, with two Vulcans still wearing the horns of Helvan and
the look of guarding the gates themselves, the Vulcan rendi-
tion of Human nightmare was complete.
Kirk stepped forward and gave formal greeting in the Vulcan
manner.
Spock remained seated and did not return it. He looked at
Kirk as if he inspected some miscreant brought before him in
dispute.
- A5 -
"The Abode of Life"
Number: 6
Author: Lee Correy
First Printing: May, 1982
ISBN: 0-671-62746-5
Pages: 207
Back Cover Text:
ON THE PLANET MERCAN THERE ARE NO STARS, NO MOON, NO OUTER
SPACE . . .
The citizens of Mercan cannot conceive of worlds beyond their
own. Their sun, Mercaniad, is prone to deadly, radioactive
flare-ups, and the Mercans have organized their life around
the need to survive The Ordeal - until a strange visitor
appears from out of nowhere . . .
The Enterprise, badly crippled and in desperate need of
repairs, must seek help from a people who cannot believe in
its existence. Mercaniad is about to blow and James Kirk
faces an impossible choice: to attack the sun itself and save
his ship and crew - or let a people live in peace, in the
only world they know . . . THE ABODE OF LIFE
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THE PROCTORS!
There was the unmistakable ringing song of transporter mate-
rialization that suddenly filled the air of the glade.
A squad of black-helmeted, armored, and armed men, their very
tall and lean bodies covered with bulletproof plates and each
with a sigil of authority on his shoulder, materialized in
strategic locations around the glade.
"Proctors!" Orun warned Kirk, and started to run - and then
stopped in his tracks as one of the black-garbed forms fired
a handgun twice over his head. . .
And the landing party of the Enterprise suddenly found them-
selves completely surrounded by tall armed men, each with a
handgun pointed at them.
- A6 -
"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn"
Number: 7
Author: Vonda N McIntyre
First Printing: 1982
Pages: 223
Back Cover Text:
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR WARP-10 EXCITEMENT!
The Galaxy's ultimate future is in the hands of James Kirk,
Mr. Spock and the indomitable crew of the Enterprise...
The Galaxy's ultimate weapon is in the hands of the evil Kahn
and his followers.
A battle that will shake the universe cannot be avoided...And
the ultimate adventure is about to begin!
Front Inside Cover Text:
Admiral Kirk Steeped out onto the Bridge of the
Enterprise ...
... and Dr. McCoy followed him.
McCoy had to admit it was pleasant to be back. He nodded to
Uhura, and she smiled at him. Mr Sulu had the helm, though
just now it appeared that Lieutenant Saavik, first officer
and science officer for the training cruise, would be pilot-
ing the Enterprise for practice. The main difference of
course, was that now Mr. Spock was the captain. He did not
relinquish his place to Kirk; to do so would be improper.
Heaven forbid that Spock might do anything improper.
"Admiral on the bridge!" Mr Sulu said.
"As you were," Kirk said before anyone could stand up or
salute.
"Starfleet Operations to Enterprise. You are cleared for
departure."
- A7 -
"Black Fire"
Number: 8
Author: Sonni Cooper
First Printing: January, 1983
ISBN: 0-671-65747-X
Pages: 220
Back Cover Text:
SPOCK A TRAITOR?
There is sabotage aboard the Enterprise, and Spock's investi-
gation leads him into defiance of the Federation and a bi-
zarre alliance with the Romulan and Klingon Empires against
the bloodthirsty Tomarii - a savage race for whom war and
battle are life itself.
Now Spock has been declared a traitor and condemned to the
shame of the Federation's highest security prison. And now
Captain James Kirk must face the toughest decision of his
command, while a lifelong friendship and the destiny of the
free universe hang in the balance!
Front Inside Cover Text:
The Vulcan Examined the Jeweled Dagger Dispassionately ...
It was beautiful, made by a fine craftsman on an unknown
planet far away. Spock silently thanked the artisan for
creating such an object of beauty for his purpose, then spoke
to Julina, beside him on the stone pallet.
"I had no intention of asking you to assist me, but I feel I
am too weak to use the knife effectively."
"I won't! I can't!" the Romulan sobbed, but she knew that
Spock's Vulcan logic would prove the request a necessary one.
"Julina, don't make be beg for your help ..." Spock gripped
her hand tightly.
He guided her hand, placing the dagger above her heart.
"Now," he commanded her.
- A8 -
"Triangle"
Number: 9
Author: Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
First Printing: March, 1983
ISBN: 0-671-60548-8
Pages: 188
Back Cover Text:
KIRK'S SOUL ... SPOCK'S LIFE
A dark plan has been unleashed in the galaxy, a design so
vast, on a collective - and ruthless - mind like the Totality
could have conceived it.
Now Captain Kirk must battle the seductive force of the
Totality's will ...
It was reasonable that Captain Kirk and Federation Free Agent
Sola Than would fall in love. But no reasoning in the uni-
verse could have foreseen the tragedy of Spock's own passion
for the same woman.
Now this unimaginable conflict could cost Captain Kirk his
very soul, and bring death to the proud Vulcan. But in the
unimaginable lies their only chance, and the freedom of the
galaxy depends on the outcome of the ... TRIANGLE
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THE DEVIL'S CHOICE
The holo-spaces above the console filled with two life-size
figures stranded on two separate ledges divided by a chasm
too wide to jump - and by a slowly rising flow of lava which
eroded their ledges.
The Human figure - Kirk - was only partly conscious. But the
Vulcan was fully conscious of his Helplessness.
"So there it is, my dear," Soljenov said. "You may save one
of them, but only one, by bonding with him. Bonded you might
bring him through the Focal Field alive."
Sola Thane looked from Kirk to Spock, from Spock to Kirk. It
was in her hands now. Her choice - with finality.
- A9 -
"Web of the Romulans"
Number: 10
Author: M. S. Murdock
First Printing: June, 1983
ISBN: 0-671-60549-6
Pages: 220
Back Cover Text:
Ravaged by a killer virus, the Romulans enter Canara, where
the only antidote can be found. Desperate, they incite a
victorious Enterprise attack on one of their vessels - but
Kirk discovers their ruse.
Meanwhile the central computer has fallen in love with him,
severely crippling the Enterprise. Now Kirk must bring the
antidote to the Romulans - before the galaxy crashes over the
brink of war!
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Or Canara Will Die..."
"The incendiaries have been set. In one minute the fields
will be aflame. In one hour there will be nothing left."
"You will destroy yourselves?" The Praetor could not keep the
horror from his voice.
"Perhaps. But we will maintain what we are. And we will not
have helped our enemies. You see no evidence of warfare? But
we are a warrior people. We have spent our lives in constant
warfare against our environment. We must fight to survive.
And we have learnt to prepare ourselves. We are prepared for
you."
The Praetor's face was a mask of failure.
"The interview is over." Joramm's voice was suddenly sharp.
"You and your fleet will depart Canara or Canara will die."
- A10 -
"Yesterday's Son"
Number: 11
Author: A. C. Crispin
First Printing: August, 1983
ISBN: 0-671-60550-X
Pages: 191
Back Cover Text:
The Romulans attack the planet Gateway, where Federation
scientists are studying the Guardian of Forever - the myste-
rious portal to the past.
The Enterprise must protect the Guardian - or destroy it. But
Spock has already used the portal to journey to the past. On
the planet Sarpedion. 5,000 years ago Spock knew a beautiful,
primitive woman. Now he has gone to meet his son!
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THE ROMULAN THREAT CLOSES IN.... ZAR!
Spock felt an irrational impulse - to comfort his son. He
reached out a hand, shook his shoulder gently. "Stop it,
Zar."
Zar gasped, then ignored him. "I'm scared. I hate them. I'm
going to die.... Die...." His body stiffened, then the
clenched hands loosened, and he tumbled over....
Shocked, Spock stared at him. He went to the limp figure. He
pulled his son's head into his lap, felt his throat - a
flutter, very slight.... His fingers went to the temples....
Probing, reaching, calling desperately the name, over and
over.... Zar! Zar! Finally.... Zar!
- A11 -
"Mutiny on the Enterprise"
Number: 12
Author: Robert E. Vardeman
First Printing: October, 1983
ISBN: 0-671-67073-5
Pages: 189
Back Cover Text:
The ship is crippled in orbit around a dangerous, living,
breathing planet, and a desperate peace mission to the Orion
Arm is stalled. Kirk has never needed his crew more. But a
lithe, alien woman is casting a spell of pacifism - and now
mutiny - over the crew. Suddenly Captain Kirk's journey for
peace has turned into a terrifying war - retake command of
his ship!
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Sir, please do not touch the console." Kirk spun to see
several crewman standing along the rear bulkhead. "Use of the
phasers against the society below is wrong."
"Get to your posts immediately. This is a direct order! Lives
will be lost if you don't obey."
"We'd like to do as you say, sir, except it means using
violence. We cannot do that. Lorelei has explained it all to
us."
Kirk didn't have time to argue. He turned to the panel. When
the lights flashed ready, he hit the intercom button. "Che-
kov, fire! I've got the phasers set!"
No answer.
"Chekov, what's happening?"
- A12 -
"The Wounded Sky"
Number: 13
Author: Diane Duane
First Printing: December, 1983
ISBN: 0-671-60061-3
Pages: 255
Back Cover Text:
A pretty alien scientist events the intergalactic Inversion
Drive, an engine system that transcends warp drive - and the
Enterprise will be the first to test it! The Klingons attempt
to thwart the test. But a greater danger looms when strange
symptoms surface among the crew - and time becomes meaning-
less.
Now Captain Kirk and his friends face their greatest chal-
lenge - to repair the fabric of the Universe before time is
lost forever!
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Diane Duane has written AN EXCELLENT STAR TREK NOVEL. She's
made the familiar folk of the Enterprise her own, and created
fascinating alien characters as well. There are white-knuckle
space battles as exciting as anything out of Lucas' films...
totally believable and ALWAYS ENTERTAINING."
- Michael Reaves, author of Dragonworld
THE WOUNDED SKY "IS A REMARKABLE NOVEL IN ANY CATEGORY AND
BEYOND A DOUBT THE BEST STAR TREK NOVEL EVER WRITTEN."
- C. J. Cherryh, author of Downbelow Station
- A13 -
"The Trellisane Confrontation"
Number: 14
Author: David Dvorkin
First Printing: February, 1984
ISBN: 0-671-46543-0
Pages: 190
Back Cover Text:
The Enterprise has rushed to war-torn Trellisane! Kirk is on
the bridge of a Klingon warship, McCoy is dining with canni-
bals, and the ship is surrounded by Romulans. In the Neutral
Zone, power is up for grabs. Now only the ingenuity and raw
courage of the Enterprise crew can avert catastrophe!
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A BATTLE AT SEA ...
"Row!" Kirk ordered. He and Spock grabbed their oars and bent
their backs to the task, while Godor kept nervously scanning
the water's surface for Sealons. Had all the fisherman been
with them, as Kirk has planned, they could have made good
speed, but as it was, the boat moved away from the site of
their primitive depth-charge with agonizing slowness.
An enormous concussion slammed the boat upwards. Kirk and
Spock were tumbled from their seats onto the boards, but
Godor, who had been halt standing, shot out of the boat into
the water. He surfaced instantly, his face filled with ter-
ror, and screamed wordlessly at them ...
- A14 -
"Corona"
Number: 15
Author: Greg Bear
First Printing: April, 1984
ISBN: 0-671-62749-X
Pages: 192
Back Cover Text:
An awesome, sentient force of protostars - Corona - has taken
control of a stranded team of Vulcan scientists. The Enter-
prise has come on a rescue mission, with a female reporter
and a new computer that can override Kirk's command. Sudden-
ly, the rescuers must save themselves and the entire Universe
- before Corona unleashes a Big Bang!
Front Inside Cover Text:
CORONA!
Spock controlled his writhing and opened his eyes... "I need
help," he said.
Mason backed away, hands clutching her throat.
"I am about to be controlled by Corona," Spock said. "I only
have a few minutes of resistance left. I can feel it in my
mind. I can hear its thoughts ... It does not respect us. We
are here only for its use ... And it is about to destroy ...
everything!" His eyes widened.
He's afraid, Mason realized. He's seen something and it
terrifies him!
- A15 -
"The Final Reflection"
Number: 16
Author: John M. Ford
First Printing: May, 1984
ISBN: 0-671-67075-1
Pages: 253
Back Cover Text:
Klingon Captain Krenn is a ruthless war strategist. But on a
mission to Earth, Krenn learns a lesson in peace. Suddenly he
must fight a secret battle of his own. His Empire has a
covert plan to shatter the Federation. Only Krenn can prevent
a war - at the risk of his own life!
Front Inside Cover Text:
A Man of Battle, A Man of Peace
"Klingons always lock doors," Krenn said. "Where were you?"
"A custom of my race, in the presence of danger ... I was
underneath the bed."
"You almost convinced me," Krenn said. "I thought you would
not fight."
"I did not fight," Dr Tagore said calmly, "I simply did not
allow myself to be too easily killed."
And Krenn laughed, not because it was absurd but because he
saw the reason of it.
- A16 -
"Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"
Number: 17
Author: Vonda N. McIntyre
First Printing: June, 1984
ISBN: 0-671-49500-3
Pages: 253
Back Cover Text:
NO ONE ON THE ENTERPRISE CAN BELIEVE THAT MR. SPOCK IS GONE!
As the crew grieves for Mr. Spock, the awesome Genesis De-
vice, now controlled by the Federation, has transformed an
inert nebula into a new planet teeming with life. But Genesis
can also destroy existing worlds.
The creators of the Device want it given freely to the Gal-
axy. But Starfleet Command fears that it will become a force
for evil. And the enemies of the Federation will not rest
until they seize it - as their most powerful weapon in the
battle to conquer the Galaxy!
Front Inside Cover Text:
Sarek Nodded at McCoy. McCoy Stared Straight Ahead ...
"Bones-" Kirk said urgently under his breath.
McCoy finally replied. "I am," he said hesitantly. "McCoy ...
Leonard H." He took a long breath of the rarefied air of
Vulcan and shivered.
The Vulcan priestess spoke. "Since thou art human, we cannot
expect thee to understand full what Sarek has requested.
Spock's body lives. With your approval, we will use all our
powers to return to his body that which you possess: his
essence. But, McCoy ..."
Kirk could see the faint sheen of sweat on McCoy's forehead.
"You must now be warned," the priestess said. "The danger to
thee is as grave as the danger to Spock."
- A17 -
"My Enemy, My Ally"
Number: 18
Author: Diane Duane
First Printing: July, 1984
ISBN: 0-671-65866-2
Pages: 309
Back Cover Text:
Ael t'Rlailiiu is a noble - and dangerous - Romulan Command-
er. But when the Romulans kidnap Vulcans to genetically
harness their mind power, Ael decided on treason. Captain
Kirk, her old enemy, joins her in a secret pact to destroy
the research laboratory and free the captive Vulcans. When
the Romulans discover their plan, the Neutral Zone seethes
with schemes and counter-schemes, sabotage and war!
Front Inside Cover Text:
Ael Ran Through the Corridors of the Enterprise
into one of the cargo Transporter Rooms, pulled out her
phaser and leapt up onto the platform, with a great group of
her own people and Kirk's. The young man behind the Trans-
porter console set the delay, headed for the platform him-
self, and they all dissolved in shimmer together.
It must have been something different about the Federation
Transporters, something unsettling in their engineering - or
maybe just Ael's own suppressed fear, crying out in her mind
- that made her think she heard, as she dematerialized, the
sound of phaser fire outside the Transporter Room, and a
scream ...
- A18 -
"The Tears of the Singers"
Number: 19
Author: Melinda Snodgrass
First Printing: September, 1984
ISBN: 0-671-67076-X
Pages: 252
Back Cover Text:
Captain Kirk and the Enterprise join the Klingons to avert
disaster inn the Taygeta V system - where a time/space warp
has swallowed a spaceship without a trace. Spock suspects a
link between the anomaly and the inhabitants of Taygeta,
semi-aquatic creatures killed for the jewel-like tears se-
creted at the moment of death. But a mutinous Klingon officer
threatens the vital mission, as a desperate Kirk and Spock
race to save the Taygetians, the Federation - and the entire
universe!
Front Inside Cover Text:
A Hole in the Universe!
The gaudy colors of the phenomenon writhed forward, its
outermost tendrils just brushing the pockmarked, cindery
surface of the inner planet. The planet seemed to waver,
becoming almost transparent, and then it vanished from view
as the time/space rip enveloped it.
Spock swung about in his chair and looked at Kirk. "All
readings have ceased. Scanners show only the meaningless
readings associated with the phenomenon. For all intents and
purposes the planet no longer exists."
"But where has it gone, Mr Spock?" Scotty murmured.
"Into wherever that," he pointed at the aurora that danced
and sparkled across the screen, "leads."
- A19 -
"The Vulcan Academy Murders"
Number: 20
Author: Jean Lorrah
First Printing: November, 1984
ISBN: 0-671-64744-X
Pages: 280
Back Cover Text:
Kirk and McCoy accompany Spock to the Vulcan Academy Hospi-
tal, seeking experimental treatment for a badly wounded
Enterprise crew member. Spock's mother is also a patient in
the hospital, and Kirk soon becomes involved in the complex
drama of Spock's family ...
Suddenly, patients are dying, and Kirk suspects the unthinka-
ble - murder on Vulcan! But can he convince the Vulcans that
something as illogical as murder is possible? Until the
killer is caught, everyone is in danger!
Front Inside Cover Text:
MURDER - ON A WORLD WITHOUT CRIME!
"My son should have been here by now," said Sarek. "Perhaps
our guests overslept-"
The communications console buzzed loudly. Sarek flicked the
switch, and Spock's face appeared on the communicator screen.
"Father, there has been another power failure. Captain Kirk,
Dr. McCoy, and I are with Storn-"
"I'm on my way!" Sarek cut him off, clamping control over the
panic in his veins. It had happened twice now - and if it
happened a third time, the victim would be Amanda!
- A20 -
"Uhura's Song"
Number: 21
Author: Janet Kagan
First Printing: January, 1985
ISBN: 0-671-65227-3
Pages: 373
Back Cover Text:
Years ago, Lt. Uhura befriended a diplomat from Eeiauo, the
land of graceful, cat-like beings. The two women exchanged
forbidden songs and promised never to reveal their secret.
Now the Enterprise is orbiting Eeiauo in a desperate race to
save the inhabitants before a deadly plague destroys them.
Uhura's secret songs may hold the key to a cure - but the
clues are veiled in layers on mystery. The plague is killing
humans, threatening other planets - and Kirk must crack the
code before the Enterprise succumbs!
Front Inside Cover Text:
The Ships Communicator Beeped ...
"McCoy to Kirk."
"Kirk here. Come in Bones."
McCoy's face had been haggard before, but they were all
unprepared for the terrible look that appeared in the view-
screen.
"Bones!" Jim Kirk reacted instinctively to that look. "What's
happened?"
McCoy drew a long and shuddering breath. "Nurse Chapel -
Christine - she's got ADF syndrome."
"My god, Bones, are you sure?"
"Would I be telling you that if I weren't? What do you think
I am, some kind of damn fool?" McCoy snapped back. "Tell
Starfleet the damn disease is communicable to humans, and
they've got to quarantine anybody who's been in contact with
a Eeiauoan in the past six months. And clean your own house,
Jim. We've got a real plague on our hands now. McCoy out."
The screen went dark. . . .
- A21 -
"Shadow Lord"
Number: 22
Author: Laurence Yep
First Printing: March, 1985
ISBN: 0-671-47392-1
Pages: 279
Back Cover Text:
Angira is a primitive, violent planet - and young Prince
Vikram returns from Earth filled with new ideas. When Sulu
and Spock accompany Vikram home, they walk into a bloodbath:
reactionary forces, afraid of any modernization, have seized
Vikram's rightful throne. Suddenly the men from the Enter-
prise are on an underground journey with a Prince who is
coming of age. The future of Angira is at stake, and each
man's survival depends on his skill - and daring - with a
sword!
Front Inside Cover Text:
Sulu, Swordsman.
The bandit yelled in pain and Sulu slid his blade free. There
was blood on the point. From somewhere to his left, another
bandit screamed - Urmi's work. The prince was still busy with
Lord Tayu.
Panting for breath, Sulu turned back to the other bandits.
But they weren't nearly as enthusiastic as they had been
before. Finally, a large man with a huge cutlass started
towards Sulu. And Sulu tensed. The man's cutlass was large
enough to break Sulu's own blade if he wasn't careful. But on
the other hand, it ought to be a clumsier weapon. It would be
a test of Sulu's own quickness - and perhaps his luck. . . .
- A22 -
"Ishmael"
Number: 23
Author: Barbara Hambly
First Printing: May, 1985
ISBN: 0-671-55427-1
Pages: 255
Back Cover Text:
The Enterprise is on a peaceful mission at Starbase 12 when a
bizarre cosmic phenomenon causes a Klingon ship to suddenly
vanish - with Spock aboard for the ride. Spock's last message
from the Klingon ship is cryptic and frightening. The Klin-
gons are traveling into the past, searching for the one man
who holds a vital key to the future. If they can kill that
man, the course of history will be changed - and the Federa-
tion will be destroyed.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Where are you - from," Sarah asked. . . .
Spock shook his head wearily. "The name of the planet would
mean nothing to you. Your astronomers have not even discov-
ered the star yet."
"I see." She looked down at her folded hands where they
rested on the handle of the door. Then she looked up at him
again. "I knew at the dance, you see."
Spock's eyebrow lifted, startled. Sarah smiled a little.
She reached out and took his hand in her long slim
fingers ... then she released it and her fingers brushed
lightly against his cheek. "That's fever-hot," she said
clinically. "A hundred and three, a hundred and four. A - one
of us - would have been raving. You were clearly having the
time of your life .... When you took my hand for the grand
right and left, I noticed the scars on your hand had turned a
sort of apple-green."
"In the future," he found himself saying tiredly, "I must
remember to avoid dancing. . . ."
- A23 -
"Killing Time"
Number: 24
Author: Della Van Hise
First Printing: July, 1985
ISBN: 0-671-52488-7
Pages: 311
Back Cover Text:
Second History: a Romulan time-tampering project that has
transported the Enterprise and the galaxy into an alternate
dimension of reality. Now, Kirk is an embittered young ensign
and Spock is a besieged Starship commander.
Lured into a Romulan trap, Captain Spock and Ensign Kirk must
free themselves from both their captors and their own altered
selves ... before the galaxy hurtles toward total destruc-
tion!
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Let Us Understand One Another, Ensign Kirk," Spock began ...
"Threats pull no weight with me, and I shall not tolerate
them. ...I am ordering you to tell me who is responsible for
your injuries."
But Kirk remained mute and immovable. In his prison days,
he'd learned what it meant to keep a confidence. "I'm respon-
sible for my own problems," he stated at last. "And I don't
need a keeper! Keep your half-breed sentimentalities to
yourself, Spock!" He started toward the door.... The Vulcan
moved to stand between him and the door.
Half-breed. The word hung somewhere outside reality....
- A24 -
"Dwellers in the Crucible"
Number: 25
Author: Margaret Wander Bonanno
First Printing: September, 1985
ISBN: 0-671-60373-6
Pages: 308
Back Cover Text:
Warrantors of Peace: The Federation's daring experiment to
prevent war among its members. Each warrantor, man or woman
is hostage for the government of his native world - and is
instantly killed if that world breaks the peace.
Now Romulans have kidnaped six Warrantors, to foment politi-
cal chaos - and then civil war - within the Federation.
Captain Kirk must send Sulu to infiltrate Romulan territory,
find the hostages, and bring them back alive - before the
Federation self-destructs!
Front Inside Cover Text:
Uhura Was at Her Post When Suddenly Her Console Began to
Flicker and Beep . . .
"... Enterprise, come in Enterprise ... Gamma 7 calling
Enterprise, come in please. . . ."
The signal was faint, full of gaps and heavy with static, and
the voice was not Sulu's.
"Enterprise here," Uhura said crisply. "You're very faint,
Gamma 7. I can barely read you. . . ."
"This frequency too risky. Can't hold channel long. We have a
priority data feed. . . ."
The relays fed in a whole string of numbers and Uhura's pulse
began to race. These were the trade route coordinates Sulu
had promised just before they lost contact! It meant he was
alive and still free to move about. Or had been, at least
long enough to broadcast his findings . . . . If Sulu can't
get out under his own steam, she thought, they'll never be
able to retrieve him. . . .
- A25 -
"Pawns and Symbols"
Number: 26
Author: Majliss Larson
First Printing: November, 1985
ISBN: 0-671-55425-5
Pages: 277
Back Cover Text:
Threatened by a deadly famine, the Klingon Empire is on the
verge of igniting a mad interplanetary war of conquest. When
a earthquake destroys a remote Federation research station,
Jean Czerny, agricultural scientist, succumbs to amnesia.
Stranded on enemy borders, she is imprisoned by Kang, the
evil commander of a Klingon battleship. Now Kirk must play a
dangerous game of mind strategy to prevent a savage attack on
the Federation!
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Commander Kang, you are holding one of my people . . .
and certain materials belonging to the Federation. I formally
demand immediate return."
Kang smiled openly. "Surely you jest, Captain. Lieutenant
Czerny is bond to me. She is a very valuable pawn to me for
the moment. I have no intention of releasing her yet."
"Kang, when your ship was destroyed and I took your crew
survivors aboard my ship they were well-treated. I expect the
same for Czerny. I will hold you personally responsible for
her treatment." Kirk rubbed his right cheek with an uncon-
scious gesture as he recalled the image of Kang standing over
Chekov's writhing form with the Klingon Agonizer pressed to
his face. . . .
- A26 -
"Mindshadow"
Number: 27
Author: J. M. Dillard
First Printing: January, 1986
ISBN: 0-671-60576-1
Pages: 252
Back Cover Text:
The tranquil planet of Aritani has suddenly come under attack
by a vicious and unknown enemy. The Enterprise rallies to the
scene, only to plunge into a deadly nightmare: Spock is found
mysteriously injured. his mental powers crippled and weak,
and Kirk uncovers an evil Romulan plot - with a cunning
double agent in the middle. As Spock begins to regain his
memory, Kirk strives to expose the agent. But only Spock's
knowledge can stop the Romulans . . . from controlling the
universe!
Front Inside Cover Text:
They Had Searched the Area near the Mountains
where the plateau broke off abruptly, beginning again after a
drop of some 400 feet.
Reluctantly, Scott peered down, careful of his own steps
along the edge of the drop. Kirk searched a short distance
away; the height was beginning to make him dizzy. . . .
He saw Scott stiffen and draw his head up quickly, and he
knew with heartsickening certainty what the engineer saw. He
ran to Scott's side, and clutching his arm, was compelled to
look down at what he could not bear to see.
"Dear God, Spock-"
- A27 -
"Crisis on Centaurus"
Number: 28
Author: Brad Ferguson
First Printing: March, 1986
ISBN: 0-671-65753-4
Pages: 254
Back Cover Text:
Massive computer malfunctions are plaguing the Enterprise
when Kirk suddenly receives a shocking message from Star
Fleet Command: Centaurus has been bombed and annihilated:
thousands are dead. Give whatever help you can. Centaurus is
a beautiful, peaceful planet, home to many humans - including
McCoy's daughter Joanna.
The crew risks beaming down to investigate. But Kirk is
thrown into a deadly struggle between violent enemy terror-
ists and vengeful Centaurians. Now Lt. Uhura, left alone in
command, must jeopardize the crippled Enterprise to save
Centaurus, Kirk - and Joanna McCoy!
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Mr. Chekov, Please Take Us Down Close to the Ground,"
Spock said. As Chekov pitched the joystick forward and eased
back on the power, he asked, "Vhat are ve looking for, Mr.
Spock?"
"Some indication of the location of the Centaurus Medical
Complex," the Vulcan answered. "Dr. McCoy's daughter was a
medical student there. I would like to be able to tell the
doctor something of her fate."
At last, they noticed the stumps of what had been several
Gothic-style buildings. Slowly, they coasted over the ruins
of the Medical Complex. Here and there, dead littered the
landscape.
Chekov's teeth were clenched. "Someone must answer for
this...this..." He sought an adequate word, but could not
find one.
They hovered over what had been the central square of the
medical school campus. No one came out from hiding in re-
sponse to the racket of their engines.
Finally, Chekov took them up and away.
- A28 -
"Dreadnought!"
Number: 29
Author: Diane Carey
First Printing: May, 1986
ISBN: 0-671-61873-3
Pages: 251
Back Cover Text:
Star Empire is the Federation's most powerful new weapon - a
dreadnought, first in a class of super-starships - capable of
outgunning a dozen Klingon cruisers, or subduing a galaxy.
On the eve of her maiden voyage, Star Empire is stolen by
terrorists who demand a rendezvous with the Enterprise - and
with Lieutenant Piper, stationed aboard Kirk's ship on her
first training cruise. Now Piper must discover why her
friends from Starfleet are among the terrorists ... and why
they insist the ship was stolen not to attack the Federation
- but to save it!
Front Inside Cover Text:
Into Our Viewscreen Rose a Dazzling Ship ... Lights Glowed
Red, Blue, Yellow, White ... Star Empire!
"What is the purpose of your mission?" Kirk Demanded.
"That will be revealed only to your boarding party."
"We will not comply with terrorists," our captain said.
The young face on the viewscreen, a face whose nuances I
thought I knew, paused for response. "We must speak in per-
son, Enterprise. Please comply."
Captain Kirk gazed into that face as though the young man had
just walked up and tweaked his nose. "Mr. Spock?" he invited.
Spock tilted his head. "Security. Place Lieutenant Piper
under arrest. Charge: conspiracy with terrorists."
"Sir - no!"
Security yanked me away....
- A29 -
"Demons"
Number: 30
Author: J. M. Dillard
First Printing: July, 1986
ISBN: 0-671-62524-1
Pages: 251
Back Cover Text:
Long before the Federation, a powerful force invaded our
galaxy and almost destroyed it ... a force that began with
possession and madness, and ended in murder!
A Starfleet research expedition to the farthest reaches of
the galaxy has unearthed that force once again ... and
brought its silent evil back to the planet Vulcan. Now Spock
must defeat the demons that threaten his friends and family,
or the Enterprise will become the instrument of the galaxy's
destruction!
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Jim?" McCoy Called ...
"No point in going in there. They're both out cold."
Kirk stopped at the entrance to the little room and half-
turned his head toward the doctor. McCoy could not see his
face. "Just wanted to check on Anitra," he said easily. "No
harm in that, is there?"
There was a heartbeat's pause. No harm, that McCoy could
see ... yet there was something wrong with the question, with
the way that Kirk stood in the doorway. McCoy realized that
the hairs on his scalp and neck were standing straight up.
"Dear God," McCoy whispered. "Jim-"
Kirk's back relaxed. "Something wrong, Doctor?"
"Yes. Yes, there's something wrong," McCoy croaked forcing
the words from his throat against their will. In the midst of
his terror, he was suddenly struck by anger at what had been
done to his friend. "Just what in hell are you?"
- A30 -
"Battlestations!"
Number: 31
Author: Diane Carey
First Printing: November, 1986
ISBN: 0-671-66201-5
Pages: 274
Back Cover Text:
Back on Earth enjoying a well-deserved shore leave, Captain
Kirk is rudely accosted by a trio of Starfleet Security
guards. It seems he is wanted for questioning in connection
with the theft of transwarp - the Federation's newest, most
advanced propulsion system. Could Captain Kirk, Starfleet's
most decorated hero, be guilty of stealing top-secret tech-
nology? With the aid of Mr. Spock, Lr. Cmdr. Piper begins a
desperate search for the scientists who developed transwarp -
a search that leads her to an isolated planet, where she
discovers the real - and very dangerous - traitor!
Front Inside Cover Text:
INVASION!
Three Star Fleet Security Division uniforms distilled into
being. Two men, large. And a woman, compactly built but
somehow imposing in her own way.
Kirk got up from the helm chair, moving to them like a prowl-
ing tiger. Sharply he demanded, "Just what is the meaning of
this intrusion?"
"Captain James T Kirk?"
"Yes."
"Lieutenant Alexander, sir. Sir, I am instructed to escort
you to Star Fleet headquarters regarding an inquiry issued by
Star Fleet Command and the Federation Military Advisory
Committee. If you so not choose to cooperate, I am authorized
to place you under special arrest."
"In other words," Kirk said eyes narrowing, "I go with you
either way."
- A31 -
"Chain of Attack"
Number: 32
Author: Gene DeWeese
First Printing: February, 1987
ISBN: 0-671-63269-8
Pages: 251
Back Cover Text:
While mapping a series of gravitational anomalies, the Enter-
prise is suddenly hurled millions of light-years through
space, into a distant galaxy of scorched and lifeless
worlds ... into the middle of an endless interstellar war.
With no way back home, the crippled starship finds itself
under relentless and suicidal attack by both warring fleets!
And Captain Kirk must gamble the lives of his crew on his
ability to stop a war that has raged for centuries - and
ravaged a galaxy ...
Front Inside Cover Text:
"Collision course, Captain ..."
"... at present acceleration, impact in seven-point-three
seconds, " Spock said.
"Evasive maneuvers, Mr. Sulu!"
Sulu and the navigation computer responded, and the alien
ship shot by a hundred kilometers below, its lasers still
drenching the Enterprise's shields and surrounding space in
concentrated radiation.
"They apparently do not like us, Captain," Chekov commented.
"Apparently," Kirk agreed. "If this is the way everyone in
this neighborhood reacts to strangers, it's no wonder all
these worlds were destroyed."
"They are persistent, too sir. The ship is returning again."
"But this will be it's last run, Captain," Spock said. "It
appears to be purposely inducing an overload in its primary
power source. Unless something is done, all its matter and
anti-matter fuel will be simultaneously converted to energy
in eighteen-point-three seconds, which time will coincide
with its closest approach to the Enterprise. If that approach
is as close as previous approaches, our deflector shields
will not be able to withstand the energy release."
- A32 -
"Deep Domain"
Number: 33
Author: Howard Weinstein
First Printing: April, 1987
ISBN: 0-671-63329-5
Pages: 275
Back Cover Text:
A routine diplomatic visit to the water-world of Akkalia
becomes a nightmarish search for a missing Spock and Chekov,
a search that plunges Admiral Kirk headlong into a corrupt
government's desperate struggle to retain power.
For both a Federation Science outpost and akkalia's valiant
freedom fighters have begun uncovering the ancient secrets
hidden beneath her tranquil oceans. Secrets whose exposure
may mean civil war for the people of Akkalia - and death for
the crew of the starship Enterprise.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"STAND BY FOR EVASIVE MANEUVERS, MR. CHEKOV ..."
Spock shoved the throttle control to maximum. The G-forces
squeezed them back into their seats.
"Damn." Chekov glanced up from his scanner. "They're still
closing on us. They were built for this ... we weren't."
Spock replied by yanking the throttle back, cutting their
speed to a standstill. The pursuing Chorymi ships rushed
past.
Chekov grinned wickedly. "Good move, Mr. Spock."
"Not good enough, I'm afraid," Spock replied. The tactical
screen showed the dogged Chorymi fighters hadn't given up.
within seconds they were back within weapons range, and fired
another volley.
Spock and Chekov felt the shuttle take two hits at the stern.
A muffled explosion shook the ship and the cabin lights
flickered ...
- A33 -
"Dreams of the Raven"
Number: 34
Author: Carmen Carter
First Printing: June, 1987
ISBN: 0-671-64500-5
Pages: 255
Back Cover Text:
A merchant ship's frantic S.O.S. sends the Enterprise speed-
ing to the rescue! But the starship's mission of mercy soon
becomes a desperate struggle for survival against a nightmar-
ish enemy Captain Kirk can neither identify nor understand,
an enemy he must defeat without the aid of one of his most
trusted officers.
For the Leonard McCoy Kirk knew is gone. In his place stands
a stranger - a man with no memory of his Starfleet career,
his family, his friends ... or the one thing James T. Kirk
needs most of all. His dreams.
Front Inside Cover Text:
A Nasty Tingle Crept up the Base of Kirk's Neck ...
Spock's voice rang out. "Captain, bio-scan readings are
inconsistent with our profiles of the Frenni race."
Instinct, rather then thought, moved Kirk to action. His
voice rang out to Engineering. "Mr. Scott, recall the shut-
tlecraft." He edged forward on his seat. "Mr. Sulu, prepare
to raise shields as soon as those ships are back aboard."
"Kirk, what hass happened?" came the bewildered voice of the
alien as the shuttlecraft turned back towards the Enterprise.
Kirk hesitated.
"Captain, why thees gamess with uss? please hurry, we hass
injured needssing medical care."
"Captain," Spock said. "Energy output levels in their engine
room are increasing." On the viewscreen, the cruiser began to
turn slowly.
Jim felt the soft snap of a trap springing shut. "Scotty, get
those shuttles landed! We need to raise shields!"
"Five seconds, Captain."
Kirk chanted the count to himself. "Now, Sulu!"
But even as the helmsman moved to obey, the Frenni craft
burst into motion, racing straight for the Enterprise.
- A34 -
"The Romulan Way"
Number: 35
Author: Diane Duane and Peter Morwood
First Printing: August, 1987
ISBN: 0-671-63498-4
Pages: 254
Back Cover Text:
They are a race of warriors, a noble people to whom honor is
all. They are cousin to the Vulcan, ally to the Klingon, and
Starfleet's most feared and cunning adversary. They are the
Romulans - and for eight years, Federation Agent Terise
LoBrutto has hidden in their midst.
Now the presence of a captured Starfleet officer forces her
to make a fateful choice - between exposure and escape.
Between maintaining her cover - and saving the life of Dr.
Leonard McCoy.
Here, in a startlingly different adventure, is the truth
behind one of the most fascinating alien races ever created
in STAR TREK - the Romulans.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"I CAN TELL WHO I AM, SIR," THE MAN SAID ANGRILY ...
Arrhae broke out all over in cold sweat at the sound of him.
She was not wearing a translator, and he spoke Federation
Standard, and she understood him, Not that this should have
been strange, of course. Arrhae's composure began to shatter,
and she kept walking, steadily, to be well out of sight
before it should do so completely.
"I'm Doctor Leonard E. McCoy," he said, and O elements, it
was a native terran accent from somewhere in the south of
EnnAy, probably Florida or Georgia. Arrhae made herself keep
walking, without reaction, without any slightest reaction to
the language she had not heard from another begin for eight
years, and had stopped hearing even in her dreams.
"I'm a Commander in the United Federation of Planets' Star-
fleet - and what you people have done is a dammed act of
war!"
- A35 -
"How Much For Just the Planet?"
Number: 36
Author: John M. Ford
First Printing: October, 1987
ISBN: 0-671-62998-0
Pages: 257
Back Cover Text:
Dillithium. In crystalline form, the most valuable mineral in
the galaxy. It powers the Federation's starships... and the
Klingon Empires's battlecruisers. Now on a small, out-of-the-
way planet named Diredidi, the greatest fortune in Dillithium
crystals ever seen has been found.
Under the terms of the Organian Peace treaty. The planet will
go to the side best able to develop the planet and its
resources. Each side will contest the prize with the prime of
it's fleet. For the Federation - Captain James T. Kirk and
the starship Enterprise. For the Klingons - Captain Kaden
vestai-Oparai and the Fire Blossom.
Only the direidians are writing their own script for this
contest - a script that propels the crew of the Enterprise
into their strangest adventure yet!
Front Inside Cover Text:
"YOU THINK WE CAN HELP?" KIRK ASKED ...
"You plan against these petty nobles; that is bold," Captain
Kaden said, twisting the cap from his fourth bottle of beer.
"That is the way of the line-founder and I salute it ... but
what if we were discovered interfering with your planet?
Would not the lightbulbs object?" He looked at the bottle cap
in his hand, tossed it aside as if it were hot.
"Lightbulbs?" Pete said.
"Organians," Kirk said. "It's a habit they have .... Well,
never mind that. I don't think this should make any differ-
ence at all with them. It not like we're trying to influence
your world's decision about the dillithium rights...."
"No," Kaden said quickly.
"Of course not," Pete said.
"Absolutely," Kirk said.
"Nothing like it," Kaden added.
"Well," Kirk smiled. "I'm glad we understand that."
- A36 -
"Bloodthirst"
Number: 37
Author: J. M. Dillard
First Printing: December, 1987
ISBN: 0-671-64489-0
Pages: 264
Back Cover Text:
A class one medical emergency summons the Enterprise to the
Federation outpost Tanis. There a grisly surprise awaits
them. Two of the lab's three researchers are dead, their
bodies almost entirely drained of blood. There are no clues.
No records of their research. No remnants of their work.
There is only the outpost's sole survivor, Dr. Jeffrey Adams.
A man with a secret that will rock the very foundations of
Star Fleet... and a terrible, all-consuming hunger that will
bring death to the crew of the starship Enterprise.
Front Inside Cover Text:
STANGER GAVE A MUFFLED CRY ...
The faint outline of his suit, barely visible in the dark-
ness, showed him sprawled across the floor.
"Stanger! Are you all right?" McCoy dropped the open communi-
cator.
"What in the hell is going on down there?" Kirk's angry voice
emanated from the communicator on the floor.
Stanger emitted a small bleat of disgust and pushed himself
away and up into a standing position. He was on his feet by
the time McCoy recovered the flashlight and shone it on him.
"My God, Stanger-"
Repelled by the energy field, a deep red fluid beaded up and
dribbled down the front of stanger's suit.
- A37 -
"The IDIC Epidemic"
Number: 38
Author: Jean Lorrah
First Printing: February, 1988
ISBN: 0-671-63574-3
Pages: 278
Back Cover Text:
I.D.I.C. - Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. More
than just a simple credo, for those of the planet Vulcan it
is the cornerstone of their philosophy.
Now, on the Vulcan Science Colony Nisus, that credo of toler-
ance is being put to its sternest test. For here, on a planet
where Vulcan, Human, Klingon, and countless other races live
and work side by side, a deadly plague has sprung up. A
plague whose origins are somehow rooted in the concept of
I.D.I.C. itself. A plague that threatens to tear down that
centuries-old maxim and replace it with an even older con-
cept.
Interstellar War.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"KROYKAH!" KIRK SHOUTED ...
Even to the followers of T'Vet, that word, used in ceremonies
dating back to the Vulcan Time of the Beginning, meant
"stop!"
"You are not on Vulcan now," Kirk said, striding between the
two fighters. They rested their weapons with the weighted
ends on the floor. "You are on my ship, and here my word is
law. There will be no combat with deadly weapons aboard ship.
You are welcome to use our facilities for unarmed combat, to
practice marksmanship in the-"
"How dare you profane Vulcan custom!" Satat, war-chief of
those assembled, said. He turned to the two fighters. "Con-
tinue the combat."
The two fighters hefted their weapons again and began moving.
Kirk stood still, squarely between them in the center of the
mat.
If he didn't get out of their way, they were going right
through him.
- A38 -
"Time for Yesterday"
Number: 39
Author: A. C. Crispin
First Printing: April, 1988
ISBN: 0-671-60371-X
Pages: 303
Back Cover Text:
Time in the galaxy has stopped running in its normal course.
That can mean only one thing - the Guardian of Forever is
malfunctioning. To save the universe, Starfleet Command
reunites three of its most legendary figures - Admiral James
T. Kirk, Spock of Vulcan, and Dr. Leonard McCoy - and sends
them on a desperate mission to contact the Guardian, a jour-
ney that ultimately takes them 5,000 years into the past.
They must find Spock's son Zar once again - and bring him
back to their time to telepathically communicate with the
Guardian.
But Zar is enmeshed in troubles of his own, and soon Kirk,
Spock, and McCoy find themselves in a desperate struggle to
save both their world - and his!
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"THE PERSON WHO COMMUNICATED WITH THE GUARDIAN WAS MY
SON ..."
Admiral Morrow looked at Spock incredulously.
"Your-" Kirk doubted that Morrow could have looked more
thunderstruck if the conference table had come to life and
danced a hornpipe. It was a full thirty seconds before the
admiral could speak. "I apologize, Mr. Spock ... but your
personnel records never ..."
He cleared his throat. "At any rate," Morrow continued, "the
important thing is that contact was established. What your
son did once, he may be able to do again. Where is he?"
"I am afraid that will be impossible, Admiral," Spock said
levelly, but something shadowed the dark eyes for a moment.
"My son has been dead for five thousand years."
- A39 -
"Timetrap"
Number: 40
Author: David Dvorkin
First Printing: June, 1988
ISBN: 0-671-64870-5
Pages: 221
Back Cover Text:
In a remote area of Federation space, the Enterprise picks up
an urgent distress signal - from a Klingon vessel! Tracing
the S.O.S., the crew finds the Klingon cruiser Mauler,
trapped in a dimensional storm of unprecedented power. Yet
paradoxically, the ship refuses both the Enterprise's call
and the offers of help.
Determined to discover what the klingons are doing in
Federation space, Kirk beams aboard their ship with a securi-
ty team, just as the storm flares to its highest intensity.
As the bridge crew watches in horror, Mauler vanishes from
the Enterprise's viewscreen.
And James T. Kirk awakens... one hundred years in the future.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"YOU MUST NOT COUNT ON EVER GOING HOME AGAIN ..."
Kirk gripped his cup tightly and waited.
"You see, Captain - may I call you Jim?" Morith asked.
Kirk nodded impatiently.
"Jim. You see, Jim, that storm that Mauler encountered was
apparently more than just some curious magnetic-ionic dis-
turbance. It was a temporal phenomenon as well," Morith said.
His voice, his face, the very stance of his body proclaimed
how nervous he was. "Mauler was almost destroyed by the
storm, but instead, the ship and all aboard her, including
you and your security team ... well, you were all flung
forward one hundred years into the future. That's where you
are now."
- A40 -
"The Three-Minute Universe"
Number: 41
Author: Barbara Paul
First Printing: August, 1988
ISBN: 0-671-65816-6
Pages: 265
Back Cover Text:
The Sackers. In all Captain James T. Kirk's travels, he has
never found a race more universally shunned and abhorred.
Their mere appearance causes most Federation members to
become violently ill.
Now the Sackers have performed a deed whose brutality matches
their horrifying exterior. They have a stolen a revolutionary
new scientific device - murdering an entire race in the
process - and used it to create a rip in space, a hole
through which another universe is rapidly leaking. Unless
Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise can find a way to
stop the universe's expansion, it will consume - and utterly
destroy - our own.
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"HELMSMAN, FULL REVERSE!" KIRK SHOUTED ...
"Full reverse." Sulu moved quickly, responding to the urgency
in the captain's voice without understanding the reason for
it.
"Course, Captain?" Chekov sounded puzzled.
"Away from ... that!" Kirk gestured toward the main view-
screen, which now was showing streaks of exploding gas in the
far distance. "Spock - any chance your figures could be
wrong?"
"No, Captain, I've checked them twice. We are now retreating
from the effects of a primal explosion identical to the one
that gave rise to the universe we are living in."
Kirk didn't like it; he didn't like it at all. "So what we're
seeing is a new universe in the process of being born," he
said heavily.
"Inside our uniwerse?" Chekov protested. "But ve vere here
first!"
- A41 -
"Memory Prime"
Number: 42
Author: Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens
First Printing: October, 1988
ISBN: 0-671-65813-1
Pages: 309
Back Cover Text:
It is the central core of an immense computer library - an
entire network of research planetoids. Here, the Pathfinders
- the only artificial intelligences legally permitted to
serve the Federation - control and sift the overwhelming
dataflow from thousands and thousands of research vessels
across the galaxy...
Now the greatest scientists in the Federation have gathered
here for the prestigious Nobel and Z-Magnees prize ceremonies
- unaware that a deadly assassin is stalking one of them. And
as Captain Kirk struggles to save his ship from sabotage and
his first officer from accusations of murder, he discovers
the hidden assassin is far from the deadliest secret lurking
on Memory Prime...
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"WHO ARE YOU - AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON MY SHIP, MISTER?"
Kirk kept his voice even, but his hands were clenched tight
at his side.
A Starbase security trooper in full armor blocked the airlock
door. The trooper lowered his phaser rifle and saluted.
"Lieutenant Abrand, sir. Commodore Wolfe requests your imme-
diate presence on the bridge."
"Commodore Wolfe? On my bridge?" Kirk looked over the
trooper's shoulder. There were more of them in the lock - all
armed. "Where the devil is Spock? What's the meaning of
this?" If Kirk's eyes had been phasers, the Lieutenant would
have been a dissipating blue mist.
"Commander Spock is in interrogation, sir. Commodore Wolfe
will explain."
"You can be damn sure about that," Kirk said, pushing past
the startled trooper and through the airlock.
- A42 -
"The Final Nexus"
Number: 43
Author: Gene DeWeese
First Printing: December, 1988
ISBN: 0-671-66018-7
Pages: 282
Back Cover Text:
Uncounted centuries ago, an unknown race from beyond our
galaxy created a series of interstellar gates - shortcuts
across our universe - and then disappeared, leaving behind no
clues to their fate, or the operation of their system. Twice
before, the Enterprise has used the system to traverse the
galaxy, and returned each time no wiser to the gates' opera-
tion.
Now it is imperative that they find out. For the gates are
breaking down, taking the very stars in the sky with them.
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of the Enterprise
crew, and their ability to communicate not only with crea-
tures from another world - but from another universe as well.
Front Inside Cover Text:
THE DEVLIN, SHIELDS RAISED, PUT ITSELF DIRECTLY IN THE
ENTERPRISE'S PATH ...
"Damn it, Kirk" Captain Sherbourne shouted. "I don't want to
fire on you, but I will! Believe me, I will!"
"I believe you, Captain," Kirk replied. "That's why we have
our deflectors at maximum strength."
"Spock!" Sherbourne called, "Certainly you can't be going
along with this insanity! It just isn't logical to risk
everything-"
"But it is quite logical, Captain Sherbourne," Spock said.
"Based on what we have experienced - what Captain Kirk has
told and shown you - it would be illogical for us to do
otherwise. We are the only chance the Federation has for
survival."
The Devlin's helmsman spoke. "All systems locked on, Captain.
Ready to fire at your command."
"I'm warning you, Kirk," Sherbourne said, shaking his head
angrily. "I'm warning everyone who can hear me on the Enter-
prise-"
Suddenly, there was a scream from the Devlin.
"Full impulse power, now!" Spock ordered, and the Enterprise
surged ahead.
- A43 -
"Vulcan's Glory"
Number: 44
Author: D. C. Fontana
First Printing: February, 1989
ISBN: 0-671-65667-8
Pages: 252
Back Cover Text:
Here is a very special STAR TREK novel - from the woman
consistently voted by the fans as their favorite writer from
the original STAR TREK television series!
D. C. Fontana, writer of such classic STAR TREK episodes as
"Journey to Babel" and "This Side of Paradise," here brings
us the never-before-told story of a very young Mr. Spock, on
his first mission aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. You'll also
meet Captain Cristopher Pike and his enigmatic first officer
"Number One" (previously seen only in the original STAR TREK
pilot "The Cage"). as well as the ship's brand new engineer-
ing officer, Montgomery Scott.
VULCAN'S GLORY is the tale of Spock's struggle to reconcile
his many obligations - those forced on him by his Vulcan
heritage. and those chosen by him upon his enlistment in
Starfleet - to balance the wishes of others against the
desires of his own heart.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"YOU HAVE A WAY OF ASKING DIFFICULT QUESTIONS," SPOCK
SAID ...
T'Pris nodded, quietly acknowledging the fact. "So my parents
said, and so said my husband. But now I am T'Sai T'Pris,
Aduna Sepei Kiran. For humans, a widow. For Vulcans, free to
choose a new mate." She turned to look directly at him. "Or a
lover, That is a difficult question to consider."
"I am betrothed," he said softly.
"But not wed," she said as softly. "Not yet."
Spock studied her for a long moment, considering what he knew
of her, what he felt for her, the surprising emotions she
called up in him. And he remembered what he knew of T'Pring,
what he felt for her. The only emotions T'Pring brought forth
in him were duty and obligation laid on him by others.
Slowly, he reached out his hand to T'Pris.
Lightly, gently, almost fearfully, their fingers touched and
caressed.
- A44 -
"Double, Double"
Number: 45
Author: Michael Jan Friedman
First Printing: April, 1989
ISBN: 0-671-66130-2
Pages: 308
Back Cover Text:
On a routine exploratory mission, the Starship U.S.S. Hood
picks up a distress signal from a research expedition thought
lost long ago - the expedition of Dr. Roger Korby, on of the
centuries' greatest scientific minds. Korby himself is dead,
it seems, but his colleagues have made a most incredible
discovery - a discovery they insist the Hood's captain see
for himself. Reluctantly, the captain agrees to beam down...
Meanwhile, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise begins long-
overdue shore leave on Tranquility Seven. James T. Kirk is
looking forward to a few days of rest and relaxation... until
what seems like a bizarre case of mistaken identity plunges
Kirk into a whirlpool of mayhem and murder.
And puts an inhuman stranger with his memories and abilities
in command of the Enterprise.
Front Inside Cover Text:
THE FORM ON THE CIRCULAR PATTERN JERKED ONCE ...
...its head thrown back, the tendons in its neck standing out
like knotted cords.
Then it lay still.
Brown cut power. The machine cycled down.
He walked over to the platform, stood over the being locked
into it. It was a few moments before its eyelids fluttered
open.
There was intelligence in those eyes. And something else -
something that seemed to hold him captive for a moment.
"Brown," said the android. "Isan't it?"
"That's right," said Brown. "And you are ...?"
"Captain James T. Kirk - Captain, U.S.S. Enterprise." he
chuckled. "The improved version."
- A45 -
"The Cry of the Onlies"
Number: 46
Author: Judy Klass
First Printing: October, 1989
ISBN: 0-671-68167-2
Pages: 255
Back Cover Text:
Boaco Six - a once-tranquil Federation colony, now caught up
in the throes of revolution. The Enterprise's mission: re-
establish contact with the planet, and determine whether or
not formal ties between the Federation and Boaco Six should
be strengthened.
Negotiations between Captain Kirk and the planet's ruling
Council of Youngers are proceeding smoothly, until the atmos-
phere of goodwill is shattered by the sudden destruction of a
Boacan ship - at the hands of an experimental Starfleet
vessel!
Now, in order to prevent full-scale war from breaking out,
the Enterprise must recapture the stolen Starfleet vessel and
its abductors. A mission that will require the aid of the
galaxy's most reclusive genius - and bring Captain Kirk face-
to-face with the long-buried secrets of his past...
Front Inside Cover Text:
AN UGLY WHITE BEAM SHOT OUT OF THE KLINGON SHIP ...
It blasted into the graceful metal arch that held up the top
decks of the Enterprise. The bridge shook. It was a well-
aimed shot; Kirk prayed the damage was not severe.
"Shields up!" The captain barked hoarsely. "Drop everything,
Mr. Scott. Divert all power if you have to, but get those
shields up!"
"Aye, sir."
"The answer to our question, Captain," Spock said, as he
helped a shaken Flint rise to his feet. "They feel confident
enough to risk an all-out war."
Kirk nodded grimly. "Go to red alert, Mr. Sulu."
- A46 -
"The Kobayashi Maru"
Number: 47
Author: Julia Ecklar
First Printing: December, 1989
ISBN: 0-671-65817-4
Pages: 254
Back Cover Text:
A freak shuttlecraft accident - and suddenly Captain Kirk and
most of his senior officers find themselves adrift in space,
with no hope of rescue, no hope of repairing their craft, or
restoring communications - with nothing, in short, but time
on their hands.
Time enough for each to tell the story of the Kobayashi Maru
- the Starfleet Academy test given to command cadets. Nomi-
nally a tactical exercise, the Kobayashi Maru is in fact a
test of character revealed in the choices each man makes -
and does not make.
Discover now how Starfleet Cadets Kirk, Chekov, Scotty and
Sulu each faced the Kobayashi Maru...and became in turn
Starfleet officers.
Front Inside Cover Text:
SCOTT'S VOICE PIERCED THE SILENCE WITH A SHARP, FRIGHTENED
CRY ...
Chekov clutched the helmet to him again. "Scotty!"
"I've got a suit breach! ah, DAMN! Chekov! Listen, lad,
you've got to-"
Silence engulfed the open channel.
Chekov threw his helmet to the floor and began hastily strip-
ping off his duty jacket.
"Where do you think you're going?" McCoy demanded. "Chekov,
don't be an idiot!"
Chekov didn't look up. "I won't leave the lock," he promised.
"If I can't see him, I'll come right back."
"We need someone in this shuttle besides me who isn't inca-
pacitated ..." McCoy began.
"Bones," Kirk said, interrupting the doctor. He turned to
Chekov. "Go. But be careful."
- A47 -
"Rules of Engagement"
Number: 48
Author: Peter Morwood
First Printing: February, 1990
ISBN: 0-671-66129-9
Pages: 245
Back Cover Text:
A sudden revolution on the planet Dekkanar brings Captain
Kirk and the Enterprise running to evacuate Federation per-
sonnel trapped there. But their orders from Starfleet are
quite clear: The Enterprise is to assist in the evacuation,
no more. No weapons are to be displayed, no shields raised,
no shots fired.
Meanwhile, halfway across the galaxy, an experimental Klingon
warship sets forth on a mission of its own, a warship with
hidden - and heretofore undreamed of - capabilities, command-
ed by a warrior who will stop at nothing to bring glory to
his Empire - and restore his own lost honor.
The Klingon ship's destination? The planet Dekkanar...
Front Inside Cover Text:
"SULU, EVASIVE," SNAPPED KIRK.
He watched the Klingon ship Hakkarl heel wildly across the
screen as the Enterprise hit a savage combination break of
yaw, roll and pitch all at the same time. It worked.
Hakkarl's incoming fire seared under and through where they
had been less than a second before.
But any satisfaction generated by that evasion was squashed
by the way the Klingon snapped around in pursuit.
Whatever impossible maneuver Sulu attempted, Hakkarl matched
and exceeded.
Spock looked up from a monitor with a grave expression on his
face. "Captain," he said. "There has been a critical overload
in the shields, total failure will occur in fifty-seven
seconds, unless we are given respite from this constant
battering."
In other words, Kirk thought, do something. Or we're all
dead.
- A48 -
"The Pandora Principle"
Number: 49
Author: Carolyn Clowes
First Printing: April, 1990
ISBN: 0-671-65815-8
Pages: 273
Back Cover Text:
A Romulan Bird of Prey mysteriously drifts over the neutral
zone and into Federation territory. Captain Kirk and the crew
of the Enterprise investigate. Only to find the ship dead in
space. When Starfleet orders the derelict ship brought to
Earth for examination, the Enterprise returns home with
perhaps her greatest prize.
But the Bird of Prey carries a dangerous cargo, a deadly
force that is soon unleashed in the heart of the federation.
Suddenly the only hope for the Federation's survival lies
burried in the tortured memory of Commander Spock's protege,
a cadet named Saavik. Together, Spock and Saavik must return
to the nightmare world of Saavik's birth - a planet called
Hellguard. To discover the secret behind the Romulans most
deadly threat of all...
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"I REGRET THAT I CANNOT CONCUR ..."
Heads turned. Spock felt the disapproval at his impertinence;
it could not be helped.
"Someday these children will seek to know their place in the
Universe. They will need a home-"
"Do not presume to speak to us of our principles, Spock!"
Sarek's voice cut like a knife through the shocked, uncomfta-
ble gathering. "Your... dissent... has been noted - and you
will keep your place. This does not concern you."
But it did. Spock regretted it had come to this. "I am con-
strained to point out," he said into the chilly silence,
"that the Federation Council would agree with my concern. The
children of Hellguard require a home."
"You would speak to outworlders of this?" S'tvan, philosopher
and physicist, was on his feet. "You would threaten disclo-
sure? Public Humiliation?"
"If I must." Simple blackmail. They all stared at him in
disbelief; Sarek closed his eyes in shame.
"Spock," his father said. "You are dismissed from these
proceedings."
- A49 -
"Doctor's Orders"
Number: 50
Author: Diane Duane
First Printing: June, 1990
ISBN: 0-671-66189-2
Pages: 291
Back Cover Text:
When Dr. McCoy grumbles once too often about the way the
Enterprise ought to be run, Captain Kirk decides to leave the
doctor in command while he oversees a routine diplomatic
mission. Kirk beams down to a strange planet nicknamed
"Flyspeck" to negotiate its admission into the Federation,
leaving Dr. McCoy to enjoy his new authority.
However, the doctor soon learns that command is a double-
edged sword when Kirk disappears without a trace. Desperately
trying to locate his captain, McCoy comes under pressure from
Starfleet to resolve the situation immediately. Matters go
from bad to worse when the Klingons arrive and stake their
own claim on Flyspeck.
Then another, more deadly power threatens them all, and
suddenly, Dr. McCoy and the Enterprise find themselves pitted
against an alien fleet in a battle they have no hope of
winning.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"HERE. SIT DOWN."
McCoy stared at him.
"Come on," Kirk said. "Have a seat. It's nice and comfort-
able; you can sit here and dictate your report. I'm leaving
you the conn."
McCoy was outraged. "You can't do that."
"Of course I can," Kirk said. "I can leave anybody with the
conn that I please, most especially a department head and a
fellow officer. This is Captain's discretion."
"Uh-"
"Get down here."
McCoy walked down to the center seat, and very slowly, very
gingerly, lowered himself into it. It was indeed very com-
fortable.
"You have the conn," Kirk said. "I'll be back at the end of
the shift. Have fun."
"Mnf," McCoy said as Kirk walked away, and the bridge doors
closed on him.
I'm going to get him for this, McCoy thought.
- A50 -
"Enemy Unseen"
Number: 51
Author: V. E. Mitchell
First Printing: October, 1990
ISBN: 0-671-68403-5
Pages: 279
Back Cover Text:
Transporting a diplomatic party is nothing new for Captain
James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise - but this
particular mission promises trouble from the start.
For one thing, the wife of the Federation ambassador on this
trip is an old flame of Kirk's - and she's determined to see
that they resume their romance where they left off. Of
course, when another ambassador presents Kirk with three of
his wives, finding time for his first romance, let anone any
of his other duties, is going to prove nearly impossible.
When a diplomatic attache is murdered, and the prime suspect
is one of his crewmembers, Kirk begins to wish that Starfleet
Command would consider using some other Starship to ferry
diplomatic personnel....
Front Inside Cover Text:
"BONES, CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN HE DIED?" KIRK ASKED.
"And also," he continued, "anything about the weapon that did
it."
McCoy looked over Kirk's shoulder and his expression turned
grim. He gulped and gave the body a quick examination. "I'm
surprised Security didn't catch the killer in the act; he's
been dead only a few minutes."
"That short a time, how could we have missed him?"
McCoy simply shrugged. "I'll do a complete autopsy when
Security is throgh recording the mess, but as a first guess I
haven't got a clue about what happened here." The doctor
shook his head in bewildernment. "Those cuts are deep and
parallel, like giant claw marks - though anything with claws
long enough to do that much damage would have to be one
hellaciously big monster."
- A51 -
"Home is the Hunter"
Number: 52
Author: Dana Kramer-Rolls
First Printing: December, 1990
ISBN: 0-671-66662-2
Pages: 278
Back Cover Text:
A dispute over a planet and its primitive people leads Cap-
tain Kirk and a Klingon Commander to pit their ships against
each other in battle. But the fight is stopped by a mysteri-
ous and powerful alien being named Weyland, who decides to
punish three Enterprise crewmembers with their own history.
He places Sulu in feudal Japan during the period's most
important and bloody power struggle, Scotty in 18th Century
Scotland on the eve of revolt, and Chekov in WWII Russia.
Now, the three time travellers must face overwhelming dangers
as they are pulled by conflicting forces: Their allegiance to
their homelands, their duty to the Federation they serve, and
the demands of history.
Front Inside Cover Text:
LT. PAVEL CHEKOV AND JOHN C. KIRK FACED THE FIRING SQUAD ...
The Nazi SS man smiled into Chekov's face, his jaw jutting
outward in a cocky grin. "Do you have any final words?" asked
the SS man.
Chekov smiled, inwardly pleased at his composure during what
were undoubtedly his last moments on earth. "Your Fuhrer is
going to kill himself, and your precious Reich is going to
stand as a symbol of all that's vile," he said evenly.
The Nazi shoved them against the wall and stepped away.
Chekov took his place next to Kirk as the American muttered,
"Don't worry."
"No?"
"No." Kirk showed the hint of a smile. "I'm working on a
plan."
Chekov looked at the firing squad before them, raising their
rifles and taking dead aim.
"I can't wait to hear it..."
- A52 -
"Ghost-Walker"
Number: 53
Author: Barbara Hambly
First Printing: Feburary, 1991
ISBN: 0-671-64398-3
Pages: 273
Back Cover Text:
Elcidar Beta Three - a tranquil, undisturbed planet strategi-
cally located between the Federation and the Klngon Empire.
Home to the Midgwins, a race of people who throughout all
time have lived in peace with their planet, and themselves.
But now, times are changing. Unwilling to embrace any form of
technology, the Midgwins have exhausted their world's natural
resources, and stand on the brink of global famine.
When Captain Kirk and the Enterprise arrive to aid the Midg-
wins, they find themselves caught up in that race's struggle
for survival...a struggle whose climactic battle pits them
against creature of darkness and shadow - an entity who roams
the Enterprise corridors as if it owned them - an enemy wo
will not hesitate to kill to achieve its ultimate goal...
Front Inside Cover Text:
BEHIND HIM, VERY FAINTLY, HE HEARD A FOOTSTEP ON THE FLOOR...
Spock's reflexes were quick. Even as he turned, his mind
groped at the anomaly, the sense that there couldn't have
been anyone in his quarters when he came in, dim though the
lighting was, for his acute hearing would have picked up
breathing, the creat of boot leather, the thousand soft
subsensory rustlings that the clothed human body makes...
And there was, in fact, no one behind him at all.
- A53 -
"A Flag full of Stars"
Number: 54
Author: Brad Ferguson*
First Printing: April, 1991
ISBN: 0-671-73918-2
Pages: 241
Back Cover Text:
It has been eighteen months since the Starship Enterprise
completed her historic five-year mission and her legendary
crew has separated, taking news assignments that span the
galaxy.
On Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk has married and started a new
life as the Chief of Starfleet operations where he is over-
seeing the refit of his beloved ship, now commanded by a new
Captain - Willard Decker. Kirk's only tie to his former
crew-mates is his Chief of Staff, a young Lieutenant Command-
er named Kevin Riley.
But Kirk's new, quiet life changes when he meets a scientist
named G'dath who is on the brink of perhaps the greatest
scientific discovery in a century. G'dath's invention could
mean tremendous strides in Federation technology, or in the
wrong hands - the subjugation of countless worlds.
When Klingon agents capture this new technology, Admiral Kirk
and Lt. Commander Riley are all that stands between peace and
a devastation for the entire Federation.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"ZERO," LT. COMMANDER KEVIN RILEY SAID AT LAST.
Full thrusters help, Admiral Kirk thought to himself as he
watched the launch from the roof of the Admiralty. For a
moment, Kirk's hand closed, as if he were grasping the arm of
a chair.
The command section of the Enterprise lifted vertically and
ever so slowly from the ground, its landing legs retracted
smoothly into the shell, shaking the dust of earth from their
pads. The saucer continued rising.
And for the first time in half a year, the Enterprise was
under way, once again a creature that lived in the sky.
* - Brad Ferguson has disclaimed ownership to this novel because
of the changes imposed by the powers-that-be and the
"editing" done by J. M. Dillard to "bring his novel into
line." This book is still credited to him because he wrote
the origional novel.
- A54 -
"Renegade"
Number: 55
Author: Gene DeWeese
First Printing: June, 1991
ISBN: 0-671-65814-X
Pages: 276
Back Cover Text:
For nearly a hundred years, the planet Chrellkan IV has
enjoyed a peaceful relationship with the colony on the third
planet of its star system. However, relations between the two
worlds take a deadly turn as rebel colonists take over
Chrellkan III and turn against their mother world.
To prevent the conflict from escalating into full-scale war,
Starfleet orders Captain Kirk and the Enterprise to moderate
the dispute. On arrival, Kirk sends Spock and McCoy to inves-
tigate the rebel's claims. But seconds after beaming down,
the two officers are taken hostage and then - according to
sensors - killed. Devastated by his loss, Kirk must try to
learn the truth behind the mysterious rebellion that has
claimed the lives of his two closest friends.
Kirk's investigation leads him to uncover a dangerous plot
against the Federation - a plot driven by revenge that may
make the Federation's highest law, the Prime Directive, an
instrument of violence and destruction.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"TRANSPORTER ROOM," SPOCK SAID, "BEAM US UP - NOW."
"Do it!" Kirk confirmed instantly as he turned toward the
science station.
"Yes, sir," Pritchard replied. "Transporters energizing ...
now. Just another second-"
Over the jumble of voices coming from Delkondros' headquar-
ters there was the sizzling sound of an energy weapon. For an
instant, it was louder on the communicator channel than were
the voices, but then, abruptly, the communicator went dead.
"Laser fire!" Pritchard snapped, and then gasped. "Captain...
both mewn - both lifeform readings - are gone! They must've
been hit!"
- A55 -
"Legacy"
Number: 56
Author: Michael Jan Friedman
First Printing: August, 1991
ISBN: 0-671-74468-2
Pages: 280
Back Cover Text:
A routine survey of the planet Alpha Octavius Four turns
disastrous as Spock is attacked and poisoned by a huge crea-
ture and Kirk's landing party is trapped underground by a
violent earthquake. As Spock fights for his life in sickbay,
Scotty organizes a search for Kirk and his men. However,
rescue efforts must cease when the U.S.S. Enterprise is
called away to the Beta Cabrini system where a mining colony
is under heavy attack.
At Beta Cabrini, the U.S.S. Enterprise faces off against a
Marauder named Dreen - a man that Spock had watched his
former captain Christopher Pike defeat years before. Fighting
the effects of the poison, Spock struggles to his feet and
takes command of the ship. Soon Spock and Dreen are locked
into a deadly game of cat and mouse - a game driven by mad
revenge that can have only one survivor!
Front Inside Cover Text:
SPOCK WAS IN THE GRIP OF SOME TERRIBLE CONVULSION ...
He looked flushed - feverish - his eyes wide. And he was
breathing much too quickly, as evidenced by the rapid rise
and fall of his chest. The captain had expected some frac-
tured ribs, maybe internal bleeding, but not this.
"Bones," Kirk breathed, "What's happening to him?"
McCoy scowled, "Something's gotten into his bloodstream -
some kind of poison I can't identify. It's accelerating
Spock's vital processes."
Abruptly, the captain flashed back to the sight of the crea-
ture's tentacle brushing Spock's shoulder. He cursed, drawing
McCoy's attention. "Bones, I saw the thing touch him with one
of its tentacles... there..." He pointed to the juncture of
Spock's neck and shoulder.
Pulling the material of the first officer's tunic asside,
McCoy exposed three tiny puncture marks, still green with
clotting blood. "Damn," he said. "Jim, I've got to get him up
to sickbay ..."
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"The Rift"
Number: 57
Author: Peter David
First Printing: November, 1991
ISBN: 0-671-74796-7
Pages: 274
Back Cover Text:
Every thirty-three years, a rift in space connects the Feder-
ation with a mysterious race called the Calligar who live on
a planet hundreds of light years away - much too far to
travel in a Starship. Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise
are dispatched to transport a Federation delegation of diplo-
mats, scholars and scientists who will travel to Calligar
directly during the brief period of time that the rift will
be open.
Mr. Spock leads the Federation party as they travel by shut-
tle through the rift just as a group of the aliens arrives in
Federation space. The meetings go smoothly until the Calligar
take Spock's party hostage and Kirk discovers that the aliens
are keeping a deadly secret. With angry Tellarite and Ando-
rain fleets ready to attack the Caligar, Kirk must save Spock
and the others before war breaks out and the rift closes for
another fifty years.
Front Inside Cover Text:
"WE ARE BOTH INTELLIGENT, REASONABLE PEOPLES..." KIRK SAID
EVENLY.
"I'm certain that we can work matters out to our mutual
satisfaction."
"Are you willing to bet your crew on that, Captain Kirk"
asked Macro. "Because until such time that you return our
Master Builder to us, we will hold on to your contact team.
And I remind you, Captain, the rift will close in just a few
hours. I suggest you use the time wisely.
Kirk sagged back in his chair and rubbed his forehead.
"Perfect," he said. "Just perfect."
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"Faces of Fire"
Number: 58
Author: Michael Jan Friedman
First Printing: March, 1992
ISBN: 0-671-74992-7
Pages: 307
Back Cover Text:
En route to Alpha Malurian Six to settle a dispute between
two religions, the U. S. S. Enterprise first stops to do a
routine check on the progress of a terraforming colony on
Beta Canzandia Three - a colony whose inhabitants include
Carol and David Marcus.
While Spock is left behind at the terraforming colony to
continue his scientific studies, the rest of the crew heads
to Alpha Malurian Six to find the dispute has turned to war.
As Kirk, McCoy, and Scotty search for a solution to end the
conflict, a ship piloted by a Klingon faction arrives at the
terraforming colony to take control of the facility. When
colonists are imprisoned, Spock and David must defeat the
Klingons or face certain death...
Front Inside Cover Text:
"WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME, SON?"
For the first time since they'd come in, David looked to his
mother. He seemed confused. Carol Marcus pattend him on the
shoulder. "Would you excuse us a moment? I have to discuss
something with Dr. McCoy."
As the doors shooshed closed behind the boy, she returned the
doctor's scrutiny. There was a decidedly no-nonense cast to
her features - something Bones would have called defiance
under different circumstances.
"Dr. McCoy," she bagan, lifting her chin slightly, almost
exactly the way the boy had earlier. "A long time ago, I knew
Jim Kirk quite well."
He nodded. "The captain has mentioned you once or twice, But-
"
"He doesn't know about David," she interrupted. "And I want
to keep it that way."
Suddenly all the pieces fell into place. McCoy cyrsed softly.
"You understand what I'm saying," she observed.
"You're damnn right I do," he said. "That boy is Jim's son."
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"The Disinherited"
Number: 59
Author: Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and
Robert Greenberger
First Printing: May, 1992
ISBN: 0-671-77958-3
Pages: 261
Back Cover Text:
Gamma Xaridian - a peaceful Federation research colony that
becomes the third Federation world to suffer a brutal attack
at the hands of a mysterious alien fleet. With Lt. Uhura gone
on an important mission of her own, Captain Kirk and the
U.S.S. Enterprise are dispatched to investigate the attacks,
only to find the planets compleately devastated.
When another nearby colony is attacked, the U.S.S. Enterprise
is ready and encounters a fleet of quick, small and deadly
ships. Though Kirk and his crew manage to turn the raiders
away, the U.S.S. Enterprise is severely damaged and the
aliens escape.
As Kirk and his crew prepare for their next encounter with
the raiders, Mr. Spock makes a startling discovery about the
purpose behind the alien attacks - a purpose that, if
realized, could have deadly consequences for the Federation
and the U.S.S. Enterprise...
Front Inside Cover Text:
"FORWARD PHASERS OUT!" CALLED SPOCK.
"Starboard shields buckling," the Vulcan continued. "Port
shields can sustain only two more hits."
"Captain, how about the Turnoga defense!" Chekpv suddenly
shouted. "In a situation like thts-"
"Not now, Mr. Chekov!" snapped Kirk.
"But sir-"
"Ensign," said Kirk, "I don't have time to turn the bridge
into an Academy lecture hall. Bring us around to 419 mark 6.
Drop forward shields; prepare for warp speed."
"What?" Chekov exclaimed. "Captain, even minimal warp will
kick us right out of the system! And with no shields, we'll
be defenseless."
"Ensign, you're relieved," said Kirk sharply. "Palmer, take
over. Mr. Chekov, get the hell off the bridge. You're
confined to quarters."
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Section B
Giant Novels
- B0 -
"Enterprise: The First Adventure"
Number: 1
Author: Vonda N. McIntyre
First Printing: September, 1986
ISBN: 0-671-62581-0
Pages: 371
Back Cover Text:
"I heartily recommend ENTERPRISE THE FIRST ADVENTURE as a
most creative and enjoyable tale of Star Trek's beginning..."
-Gene Roddenberry
He was the youngest man to captain a starship in Federation
history. His crew included an untried first officer - and a
maverick ship's surgeon. In the years to come the voyages of
Captain James T. Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise would become
legend.
But before their historic five-year mission began, before the
crew meshed into the superb unit that would journey across
the galaxy, before the legend took shape. there was the
mission that brought them together for the first time.
Here, at last, is that untold story - the first voyage of
Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and all the rest of the
Enterprise crew - the most eagerly-awaited Star Trek adven-
ture of all!
By Hugo and Nebula Award Winner VONDA N. McINTYRE
Front Inside Cover Text:
From the moment James T. Kirk steps aboard the Enterprise -
the youngest captain in Starfleet's history - things begin to
go wrong. His Vulcan science officer, Mr. Spock, considers
Kirk impetuous; the ship's chief engineer thinks him an
inexperienced young hotshot; his chief medical officer hasn't
bothered to show up yet; and the new helmsman would rather be
somewhere else entirely. To top it all off, Starfleet Command
has assigned the Enterprise a disappointingly tame task: to
ferry a troupe of vaudeville performers on a morale-raising
mission to Federation starbases - in short, a USO tour.
Then the largest spacecraft anyone has ever seen suddenly
appears in the ship's flight path...and on their first mis-
sion together, Kirk and the entire Enterprise crew are facing
what could truly be mankind's final frontier....
- B1 -
"Strangers from the Sky"
Number: 2
Author: Margaret Wander Bonanno
First Printing: July, 1987
ISBN: 0-671-64049-6
Pages: 402
Back Cover Text:
IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: United at last after countless
years of warfare, humanity turns toward the stars. But when
an alien spacecraft crashlands in the South Pacific bearing
visitors from another world - the Vulcans - Earth must decide
weather to extend the hand of friendship, or the fist of
war...
While in the distant future, horrible dreams torment Admiral
James T. Kirk, dreams prompted by his reading of STRANGERS
FROM THE SKY, a book about that historic first contact.
Dreams of an alternate reality where he somehow changed the
course of history - and destroyed the Federation before it
began!
Front Inside Cover Text:
WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WENT DOWN OUT THERE LAST NIGHT, IT
WASN'T ONE OF OURS..."
Sawyer paced the confines of the cabin, contemplating the
calm and sparkling Pacific, somewhere in which a supposedly
alien spacecraft had gone down the night before. Chances were
it has simply plummeted like a stone into a pond and that was
the end of it.
"So you see," Nyere smiled wanly, "what it is is our having a
long, considered look at the aliens and reporting our find-
ings to Command. Command then decided if Earth is ready - for
the first time and for an absolute certainty - to know that
such aliens exist."
"And if Command decides not?"
"Then it falls upon us to make certain that they - and any
witnesses to their arrival" -he shook his head, unbelieving-
"cease to exist."
- B2 -
"The Final Frontier"
Number: 3
Author: Diane Carey
First Printing: January, 1988
ISBN: 0-671-64752-0
Pages: 434
Back Cover Text:
This is the story of a hero - and a moment forever lost to
history.
It is a tale of Starfleet's early days, of a time before the
STAR TREK we know. The story of a secret mission gone horri-
bly wrong - and an instant in time when the galaxy stood
poised on the brink of one final, destructive war. It is the
story of a ship since passed on into legend, and a man we
know only as the father of Starfleet's greatest captain.
His name is Kirk. Commander George Samuel Kirk. He is a
warrior, born and bred to battle. Now destiny has placed the
fate of a hundred innocent worlds on his shoulders.
And put the power of the greatest weapon the galaxy has seen
in his hands...
Front Inside Cover Text:
"AN IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE..."
April murmured. "Think of it, George. A way to turn a four-
month journey into a three-week epic triumph in the name of
life. Think of it."
George moved around to face him, to force April to look at
him. "Why all the cloak and dagger, then? Why didn't you just
ask me?"
"Couldn't take the chance, old boy."
"Why?" George pressed.
April stepped closer to the helm, placed his hands on the
console, and looked out, upward, at the looming spacedock. He
nodded, out, up. "That's why."
Soft lights from the spacedock played in his eyes.
George stepped close, leaned over the console and looked out.
The lights bathed his ruddy cheeks and drew him onward, into
astonishment.
"My God, Robert..." he whispered. "What is that?"
"That," April breathed, "is a starship."
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Section C
Hardcovers
- C0 -
"Spock's World"
Number: 1
Author: Diane Duane
First Printing: October, 1988
ISBN: 0-671-66851-X
Pages: 310
Back Cover Text:
"I AM SPOCK...
I hold the rank of Commander in the Starfleet of the United
Federation of Planets; I serve as First Officer of the Star-
ship Enterprise...
I am the son of two worlds. Of Earth, whose history is an
open book...and of Vulcan, whose secrets have lain hidden
beneath its burning sands...
Until now..."
Front Inside Cover Text:
Ever since 1966, when the very first episode of the original
STAR TREK television series aired, casual fans and devoted
Trekkers alike have been captivated by the alien Mr. Spock
and his enigmatic home planet Vulcan. Now, for the first time
anywhere, here is an in-depth look at the secret history of
both.
In is the twenty-third century. On the planet Vulcan, a
crisis of unprecedented proportion has caused the convocation
of the planet's ruling council - and summons the U.S.S.
Enterprise from halfway across the galaxy, to bring Vulcan's
most famous son home in its hour of need. As Commander Spock,
his father Sarek and Captain James T. Kirk struggle to pre-
serve the very future of the Federation, the innermost se-
crets of the planet Vulcan are laid before us, from its
beginnings millions of years ago to its savage pre-history,
from merciless tribal warfare to medieval court intrigue,
from the exploration of space to the development of c'thia -
the ruling ethic of logic. And Spock torn between his duty to
Starfleet and the unbreakable ties that bind him to Vulcan -
must find a way to reconcile both his own inner conflict and
the external dilemma his planet faces...lest the Federation
itself be ripped asunder.
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"The Lost Years"
Number: 2
Author: J. M. Dillard
First Printing: October, 1989
ISBN: 0-671-68293-8
Pages: 307
Back Cover Text:
THE MISSING CHAPTER IN STAR TREK HISTORY - REVEALED AT LAST!
Front Inside Cover Text:
What exactly happened to the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise
after the end of their five year mission? How did that mis-
sion end? What did they do before they were reunited for the
STAR TREK films? Even the casual STAR TREK fan finds
him/herself asking these questions from time to time...
Here at last, is the book that provides the answers to those
questions - a book as anticipated, in its own way, as SPOCK'S
WORLD was and one that promises to equal its New York Times
bestseller success.
THE LOST YEARS tells the story of Captain Kirk's final hours
in command of the U.S.S. Enterprise, and how he, Mr. Spock,
and Dr. McCoy struggle to establish new lives apart from each
other and the starship. We see the newly promoted Admiral
Kirk, in charge of a specially-created Starfleet division, as
he attempts to defuse a critical hostage situation; Mr.
Spock, who in the midst of a teaching assignment on Vulcan,
finds the one thing he least expected; and Dr. McCoy, whose
unerring instinct for trouble lands him smack in the middle
of an incident that could trigger an interstellar
bloodbath...
In THE LOST YEARS, J. M. Dillard, author of the STAR TREK V:
THE FINAL FRONTIER novelization, has written her best book to
date - and has bridged a gap in STAR TREK history in a manner
sure to excite and delight STAR TREK fans everywhere.
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"Prime Directive"
Number: 3
Author: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
First Printing: September, 1990
ISBN: 0-671-70772-8
Pages: 404
Back Cover Text:
"You have broken our most sacred commandment, James T. Kirk -
and in doing so, destroyed a world...
"As of this day, you are relieved of your command, stripped
of your rank and all accompanying privileges, and discharged
from Starfleet...
"May whatever gods there are have mercy on your soul...."
Front Inside Cover Text:
Starfleet's highest law has been broken. Its most honored
captain is in disgrace, its most celebrated starship in
pieces, and the crew of that ship scattered among the thou-
sand worlds of the Federation....
Thus begins PRIME DIRECTIVE, an epic tale of the STAR TREK
universe. Following in the tradition of SPOCK'S WORLD and THE
LOST YEARS, both major New York Times hardcover bestsellers,
Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens have crafted a thrilling
tale of mystery and wonder, a novel that takes the STAR TREK
characters from the depths of despair into an electrifying
new adventure that spans the galaxy.
Journey with Spock, McCoy, and the rest of the former crew
of the starship Enterprise to Talin - the planet where their
careers ended. A world once teeming with life that now lies
ruined. It's cities turned to ashes, its surface devastated
by a radioactive firestorm - because of their actions. There,
they must find out how - and why - this tragedy occurred...
and discover what has become of their captain.
Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens cowrote MEMORY PRIME, a
STAR TREK novel and previous New York Times bestseller. They
are also the authors of the new fantasy series, THE CHRONI-
CLES OF GALEN SWORD, and the forthcoming science fiction
novel, SLYDE. On his own, Garfield Reeves-Stevens is the
author of NIGHTEYES and the forthcoming thriller DARK MATTER,
as well as numerous other science fiction and horror books.
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"Probe"
Number: 4
Author: Margaret Wander Bonanno*
First Printing: April, 1992
ISBN: 0-671-72420-7
Pages: 345
Back Cover Text:
THE SPELLBINDING SEQUEL TO STAR TREK IV...
Front Inside Cover Text:
STAR TREK - a vision of humanity's future that has captivated
audiences worldwide for a quarter century. Those audiences
made SPOCK'S WORLD and THE LOST YEARS, the first two STAR
TREK hardcover novels, nationwide bestsellers - and flocked
to by the millions to see STAR TREK IV: THE VORAGE HOME, the
most popular of all the STAR TREK motion pictures.
Here now is PROBE - an epic length novel that at last picks
up the story of the USS Enterprise and her crew where STAR
TREK IV left off. A novel that reveals the secrets behind the
mysterious probe that almost destroyed Earth - and whose
reappearance now sends Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and their
shipmates hurtling into unparalleled danger... and
unsurpassed discovery.
Winds of change are sweeping the galaxy. The Romulan Praetor
is dead, and with his passing, the Empire he ruled is in
chaos. Now, on a small planet in the heart of the Neutral
Zone, representatives of the United Federation of Planets and
the Empire have gathered to discuss initiating an era of true
peace....
But the talks are disrupted by a sudden defection - and as
accusations of betrayal and treachery swirl around the
conference table, news of the probe's reappearance in Romulan
space arrives, And the Enterprise crew find themselves headed
for a final confrontation with not only the probe - but the
Romulan Empire.
Margaret Wander Bonanno was born in Brooklyn in 1950. She has
been at various times a teacher, a pacifist, an office worker
and a theater person. In addition to her three STAR TREK
novels, she has published four mainstream novels and a
biography of Angela Lansbury. Her most recent works include
two of the Zebra Boooks YOUNG ASTRONAUTS series and a science
fiction novel for St. Martin's Press entitled THE OTHERS.
* - Margaret Wander Bonanno has disclaimed ownership to this
novel because of the changes imposed by the powers-that-be
and the "editing" done by Pocket Books to "bring her novel
into line." This book is still credited to her because she
wrote the origional novel.
- C4 -
Section D
Movie Novelisations
- D0 -
"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"
Number: N/A
Author: Vonda N. McIntyre
First Printing: December, 1986
ISBN: 0-671-63266-3
Pages: 274
Back Cover Text:
At last, Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the late
starship Enterprise begin the long voyage home.
But their trip is interrupted by the appearance of a mysteri-
ous, all-powerful intruder. Suddenly, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and
the rest of the crew must journey back through time to twen-
tieth-century Earth. For only there can they save the future
- by rescuing the past!
Front Inside Cover Text:
The Bounty Sped Through Warp Space.
"Estimating planet earth, one point six hours, present
speed," Sulu said.
"Continue on course," Admiral Kirk replied.
"Admiral, I'm getting something very strange," Uhura said.
"And very active. Overlapping multiphasic transmissions ...
It's nothing I can translate. Itt's gibberish."
"Can you separate them?"
"I've been trying, sir.... Captain! They're distress calls.
Maydays from starships, and-"
"Let's hear them!" Kirk said. "Have you got any visuals? Put
them on screen."
The Maydays flicked onto the holographic viewing area: star-
ships overtaken and drained by a huge spacegoing object that
blasted their power supplied and sailed past at high warp,
without answering their greetings or their supplications.
The blurry image of the president of the Federation Council
formed before them. His message broke and dissolved, but
Uhura had captured enough that the meaning could not be
mistaken.
"This is... president of... grave warning: Do not approach
planet Earth... To all starships, repeat: Do not approach!"
- D1 -
"Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"
Number: N/A
Author: J. M. Dillard
First Printing: June, 1989
ISBN: 0-671-68008-0
Pages: 311
Back Cover Text:
The planet Nimbus III. A desolate, forbidding world, situated
in the heart of the Neutral Zone. Unremarkable, except for
one thing: Nimbus III is the site of an unprecedented attempt
at cooperation among the galaxy's three major powers. Here,
to this "Planet of Galactic Peace", the Klingons, the Romu-
lans, and the Federation have all sent ambassadors, who are
working together to develop the planet - an experiment that,
if it succeeds, could transform the galactic balance-of-
power.
But now terrorists have seized control of Nimbus III. And
when Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise attempt a
dramatic rescue, they discover a threat unlike any they have
ever faced. A threat that will force them to confront the
inner demons of their own, secret pasts - and the forbidden
secrets that lie at the center of the galaxy itself...
Front Inside Cover Text:
"FOR THIS, WE NEED JIM KIRK AND HIS CREW..."
Starfleet had apparently made up its mind; Kirk yielded, but
not graciously. "Very well, Admiral. Go ahead."
"Your orders are to proceed to Nimbus Three, assess the
situation, and avoid confrontation if at all possible. Above
all you've got to get those hostages out safely."
An unpleasant realization struck Jim. "What about the Klin-
gons? Have they reacted?"
"No, but you can bet they will."
"Klingons don't negotiate," Jim said. "They annihilate.
They're liable to blow up the hostages just for the chance to
revenge themselves on the kidnapers."
The admiral's smile thinned to a grim line. "I know, That's
why you've got to get there first, Jim."
- D2 -
"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"
Number: N/A
Author: J. M. Dillard
First Printing: January, 1992
ISBN: 0-671-75883-7
Pages: 301
Back Cover Text:
THE KLINGONS ARE PROPOSING PEACE
Does this mean the end of war or the end of history?
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
Stardate 8679.25: Internal pressures, enourmous military
expenditures, and the destruction of their primary energy
source have brought the Klingon Empire to the verge of catas-
trophic collapse...
To avert disaster, Gorkon, Chancellor of the Klingon High
Council, proposes negotiations between the Federation and
Klingon Empire - negotiations that will put and end to the
years of hostility between the two powers, and herald a new
era of peace and co-operation. Captain James T. Kirk and the
U.S.S. Enterprise are dispatched to escort the Chancellor
safely into Federation space.
But a treacherous assasination brings negotiations to a
sudden halt - and places Kirk and Dr. McCoy in the hands of
the Federation's greatest enemy. With time running out, Spock
and the Enterprise crew must work to uncover the deadly
secret that threatens to propel the galaxy into the most
destructive conflict it has ever known!
Front Inside Cover Text:
THE PHOTON TORPEDO STRUCK THE KLINGON FLAGSHIP WITH DAZZLING,
WHITE HOT FORCE.
"We have fired on the chancellor's ship," Spock stated heavi-
ly.
Kirk wheeled, his expression stunned. "Uhura, monitor! Chekov
find out what's going on in weapons!"
A second torpedo flared at the botom corner of the main
viewscreen.
"Who's doing that?" Kirk cried as it hurtled at the battle
cruiser.
"The Klingon ship's hull has been breached," Spock reported.
"They have lost gravity and are slowly losing life support.
Damage to the vessel is severe." He straightened and faced
his captain. "Jim, they never even raised their shields."
- D3 -