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Can the Starship Enterprise prevent the Second Romulan War?

Summary

From the book jacket: At last, the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire have agreed to meet on neutral ground to attempt to resolve the tangle of intrigue and conspiracy that began with the hijacking of the USS Intrepid many years ago – but the meeting may be as dangerous as the war they hope to prevent.

As a show of good faith, the crew of the legendary Starship Enterprise has been ordered to attend the talks. In their informal charge is Romulan renegade Ael, the wanted fugitive who, with Kirk served as a catalyst to the current troubles. Kirk must represent the interests of the Federation first and foremost, but the best approach to an agreement remains muddled in the ever-shifting Romulan order.

And the visiting Romulan party is as fractious and divided as their troubled world. Among the Romulan nobles in attendance are the hero and popular Senator Arrhae, who secretly helped rescue Dr. Leonard McCoy from a Romulan execution, and the very men and women who put McCoy on trial for treason – and tried to carry out the sentence.

As Kirk and crew attempt to renegotiate a delicate peace, and Romulans attempt to restore their tarnished honor, it becomes increasingly apparent hat their only course of action is to prepare for war!

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Background information

This book starts at chapter six, where the previous Rihannsu novel left off at chapter five; likewise, both novels end with To be continued. Six years later, a concluding book, The Empty Chair, was finally released.
This is the first chronological (though non-canon) mention of the Romulans using a quantum singularity to power their starships instead of using a warp core.

Characters

James T. Kirk
Spock
Montgomery Scott
Doctor Leonard McCoy
Uhura
Hikaru Sulu
Pavel Chekov
M'Benga
Ael t'Rllailleu: Romulan fugitive, commander of the Bloodwing
Aidoann: Romulan antecenturion serving on the Bloodwing, Ael's second-in-command and cousin;
Khiy: Romulan antecenturion serving on the Bloodwing
t'Hrienteh: Romulan officer serving on the Bloodwing
tr'Keirianh: Romulan chief engineer of the Bloodwing
tr'AAnikh: Bloodwing officer
Robert Fox
Samuel Cogley
Hloal t'Illialhle: Praetor of the Romulan Senate, and widow of the commander of the Battlequeen, destroyed by the Federation in My Enemy, My Ally - easily the most militant delegate sent to the talks with the Federation.

References

Lake Champlain: Federation ship, destroyed in battle
Sempach: the flagship of the task force sent to negotiate with the Romulans, the second of the new Constellation class starships.
Gorget
Pillion
Speedwell: the third of the Constellation class starships built;
Ortisei
Nimrod
Hemalat
Lailaru: a nomadic spacefaring culture made up of several different species, trusted to act as neutral hosts for the negotiations; the Lailaru previously appeared in Duane's TNG: novel Dark Mirror.

External link

Honor Blade at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+''Can the Starship ''Enterprise'' prevent the Second Romulan War?''
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-''Can the ''Starship Enterprise'' prevent the Second Romulan War?''
-==Summary==
 ;From the book jacket:
-:''At last, the [[United Federation of Planets]] and the [[Romulan Star Empire]] have agreed to meet on neutral ground to attempt to resolve the tangle of inrigue and conspiracy that began with the hijacking of the [[USS Intrepid (23rd century)|USS ''Intrepid'']] many years ago &mdash; but the meeting may be as dangerous as the war they hope to prevent.''
+:''At last, the [[United Federation of Planets]] and the [[Romulan Star Empire]] have agreed to meet on neutral ground to attempt to resolve the tangle of intrigue and conspiracy that began with the hijacking of the {{USS|Intrepid|NCC-1631}} many years ago &ndash; but the meeting may be as dangerous as the war they hope to prevent.''
-:''As a show of good faith, the crew of the legendary ''[[Starship]] [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']]'' has been ordered to attend the talks.  In their informal charge is [[Romulan]] renegade Ael, the wanted fugitive who, with [[James Kirk|Kirk]] served as a catalyst to the current troubles.  Kirk must represent the interests of the Federation first and foremost, but the best approach to an agreement remains muddled in the ever-shifting Romulan order.''
+:''As a show of good faith, the crew of the legendary [[Starship]] ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']]'' has been ordered to attend the talks.  In their informal charge is [[Romulan]] renegade Ael, the wanted fugitive who, with [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] served as a catalyst to the current troubles.  Kirk must represent the interests of the Federation first and foremost, but the best approach to an agreement remains muddled in the ever-shifting Romulan order.''
-:''And the visiting Romulan party is as fractious and divided as their troubled [[Romulus|world]].  Among the Romulan nobles in attendance are the hero and popular [[Senator]] Arrhae, who secretly helped rescue [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Leonard McCoy]] from a Romulan execution, and the very men and women who put McCoy on trial for treason &mdash; and tried to carry out the sentence.''
+:''And the visiting Romulan party is as fractious and divided as their troubled [[Romulus|world]].  Among the Romulan nobles in attendance are the hero and popular [[Senator]] Arrhae, who secretly helped rescue [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Leonard McCoy]] from a Romulan execution, and the very men and women who put McCoy on trial for treason &ndash; and tried to carry out the sentence.''
 :''As Kirk and crew attempt to renegotiate a delicate peace, and Romulans attempt to restore their tarnished [[honor]], it becomes increasingly apparent hat their only course of action is to prepare for war!''
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+<!--
 FURTHER SUMMARY
+==Memorable quotes==
-==Background Information==
-This book starts at chapter six, where the previous ''Rhiannsu'' novel left off at chapter five, likewise, both novels end with ''To be continued''.  After six years without a conclusion, information on a final book was recently released, with a publication date tentativly set for [[December 2006]].
-===Memorable Quotes===
 QUOTES
+-->
+== Background information ==
-==Characters==
+* This book starts at chapter six, where the previous ''[[Rihannsu]]'' novel left off at chapter five; likewise, both novels end with ''To be continued''.  Six years later, a concluding book, [[The Empty Chair]],  was finally released.
+*This is the first chronological (though non-canon) mention of the Romulans using a [[quantum singularity]] to power their starships instead of using a [[warp core]].
+== Characters ==
 ;[[James T. Kirk]]
 ;[[Spock]]
 ;[[Montgomery Scott]]
 ;[[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy]]
-;[[Uhura]]
+;[[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]]
 ;[[Hikaru Sulu]]
 ;[[Pavel Chekov]]
 ;[[M'Benga]]
 ;Ael t'Rllailleu : Romulan fugitive, commander of the ''Bloodwing''
-;Aidoann : Romulan [[Romulan ranks|antecenturion]] serving on the ''Bloodwing''
+;Aidoann : Romulan [[Romulan ranks|antecenturion]] serving on the ''Bloodwing'', Ael's second-in-command and cousin;
-;Khiy : Romulan [[Romulan ranks|antecenturion]] serving on the ''Bloodwing'', Ael's second-in-command
+;Khiy : Romulan [[Romulan ranks|antecenturion]] serving on the ''Bloodwing''
 ;t'Hrienteh : Romulan officer serving on the ''Bloodwing''
 ;tr'Keirianh : Romulan [[chief engineer]] of the ''Bloodwing''
 ;tr'AAnikh : ''Bloodwing'' officer
+;[[Robert Fox]]
+;[[Samuel Cogley]]
+;Hloal t'Illialhle : [[Praetor]] of the [[Romulan Senate]], and widow of the commander of the ''Battlequeen'', destroyed by the Federation in ''[[My Enemy, My Ally]]'' - easily the most militant delegate sent to the talks with the Federation.
-==References==
+== References ==
-;Lake Champlian : Federation ship, destroyed in battle
+;''Lake Champlain'' : Federation ship, destroyed in battle
+;Sempach : the flagship of the task force sent to negotiate with the Romulans, the second of the new [[Constellation class]] starships.
-;Sempach :
 ;Gorget :
 ;Pillion :
+;Speedwell : the third of the [[Constellation class]] starships built;
-;Speedwell
 ;Ortisei
 ;Nimrod
 ;Hemalat
+;Lailaru : a nomadic spacefaring culture made up of several different species, trusted to act as neutral hosts for the negotiations; the Lailaru previously appeared in Duane's {{TNG}} novel ''[[Dark Mirror]]''.
+== External link ==
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+|prev        = #95: ''[[Swordhunt]]''
+|next        = #97: ''[[In the Name of Honor]]''
+|series2     = [[Rihannsu]]
+|next2       = ''[[The Bloodwing Voyages]]''
+}}
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