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| Author: | Howard Weinstein |
| Illustrator: | Unknown |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TOS #4 |
| Published: | December 1981 |
| Pages: | 191 |
| Year: | 2258/2276 |
| Stardate: | 7815.3 |
| Reference #: | ISBN 0839828861 (hardcover) ISBN 0671700782 (paperback) ASIN B0000523SS (e-book) |
Will the Klingons rule at last?
Summary
- From the book jacket
- 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.
- 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.
- Should they fail, they will open the door for Klingon takeover of the whole quadrant.
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Background Information
- This is the first written Star Trek novel to take place after Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- Guest character Kailyn is diagnosed with choriocytosis,the same disease which nearly killed Spock. (TAS: "The Pirates of Orion") Both instances of the diseases were written by author Howard Weinstein.
Characters
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket TOS characters.
- James T. Kirk
- Spock
- Leonard McCoy
- Kailyn
- heir to the Shaddan throne.
References
- IKS Nightwing
- Klingon battle cruiser commanded by Captain Kaidin.
- USS Normandy
- Federation starship, assignment of Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk.
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