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After his death at Veridian III, Captain James T. Kirk is brought back to life by an alliance of Borg and renegade Romulans who hope to use him for their own ends.

Part of a trilogy beginning with The Ashes of Eden.

Summary

From the book jacket: Veridian III: A world has been saved, the USS Enterprise 1701-D lies in ruins, and one of the galaxy's greatest heroes rests beneath a simple cairn of rocks on a lonely hillside. But as a legendary Vulcan ambassador comes at last to the grave of his best and dearest friend, the adventure is only beginning.

The Borg and the Romulan Empire have joined forces against the Federation, and their ultimate weapon is none other than James T. Kirk, resurrected by alien science to destroy the Borg's most formidable enemy: Jean-Luc Picard.

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Spoilers

Commander Riker and a group of security officers are preparing to meet Ambassador Spock so that he may come to give his final respects to James Kirk on his final resting spot. But they are halted by messages of attacks on the Federation base. The team beams over leaving Spock to sit and wait for their return.

Riker and his team beam into a war zone, as several small fighter craft are firing at the off-guard Starfleet personnel. He and another officer manage to get a small shuttle and fire on the craft, but as they are taking off, they fire one last blast into the crowd, wounding Riker and killing his counterpart. The officers and crewmen are confused as to who would want to attack Veridian. Meanwhile in orbit, the shattered hulk of the USS Farragut floats dead, the victim of a Romulan disruptor. The Romulans turn and enter warp, having captured their prize: Kirk.

End Spoilers

Background information

The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.
This story takes place one month after the events of Star Trek Generations.

Characters

James T. Kirk: Resurrected by Borg and Romulan technology. Kirk is programmed with memories of a happy life among the Romulans, as well as a remembrance of his colony's destruction at the hands of Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Spock: Unofficial ambassador to Romulus's reunificationists. Spock left Romulus when he became aware of Kirk's death on Veridian III. On that world he witnessed the Romulan theft of Kirk's remains, and subsequently investigated recent goings-on on Romulus to try and track down Kirk's body
Jean-Luc Picard: Awaiting reassignment after the destruction of Enterprise-D, Picard has been sent, along with Doctor Crusher, on a mission to investigate rumors of a Borg presence
Data: Awaiting reassignment after the destruction of Enterprise-D, Data joined La Forge for an archaeological dig investigating a planet that is rumored to have destroyed itself when its artificial lifeforms rebelled against their creators
Leonard McCoy: McCoy is called in to act as an adviser when an implant in Kirk's brain must be removed
Worf: Worf has gone on the Klingon equivalent of a spiritual retreat following the destruction of the Enterprise
William T. Riker: Riker is supervising the excavation of the saucer section of the Enterprise, and subsequently investigates the assailant (really Kirk) who has gone after Worf, La Forge, and Data
Beverly Crusher: Beverly Crusher has accompanied Picard to investigate rumors of a Borg presence
Geordi La Forge: La Forge and Data are on an archaeological dig investigating a planet that is rumored to have destroyed itself when its artificial lifeforms rebelled against their creators
Julian Bashir: Bashir analyzes Kirk's DNA to confirm that he actually is James T. Kirk, rather than a clone, and subsequently operates on Kirk (aided by McCoy) to remove an implant that has been planted by the Borg/Romulan alliance to control Kirk
Simm: Captain of USS Challenger, a Galaxy-class starship
Salatrel: Commander of the warbird Avatar of Tomed, and granddaughter of the Romulan commander whose ship was destroyed by Kirk during the events of TOS: "Balance of Terror"
John Lewinski: Captain of USS Monitor, a Defiant-class starship; the ship is given to Kirk and Picard's joint crews and renamed Enterprise for the attack at the heart of the Borg/Romulan alliance
Vox: Borg speaker to the Romulan worlds (as Locutus was the Borg speaker to Humanity), assimilated from a Romulan man who was Salatrel's lover.

References

Alex Raymond: Starship

Avatar of Tomed

Romulan warbird commanded by Salatrel.

Named for the Tomed Incident.

USS Bozeman (NCC-1941)

USS Challenger tractors Delta Flyer — USS *Challenger* (VOY: "Timeless")

USS Challenger: Galaxy-class Federation starship. In 2371, under command of Captain Simm, the Challenger was docked at Deep Space 9.

This appears to be the same vessel that later appears in VOY: "Timeless", since that episode depicted a Galaxy-class Challenger with the registry NCC-71099, indicating that ship was likely commissioned before the time of this novel.

Claw That Rends Our Enemies' Flesh: Assimilated Romulan vessel.
USS Cydonia: Federation starship formerly commanded by Pavel Chekov

USS Farragut (NCC-60597): Nebula-class Federation starship

USS Hoagland: Miranda-class Federation starship lost in 2367 at the Battle of Wolf 359. Part of this ship's hull structure was used in the construction of a Borg unicomplex in a transwarp conduit.

USS Monitor: Defiant-class Federation starship of Captain John Lewinski, temporarily renamed USS Enterprise

Talon of Peace: Fictional Romulan colony ship, a warbird supposedly commanded by James T. Kirk

USS Potemkin: Excelsior-class Federation starship formerly commanded by Pavel Chekov

External link

The Return at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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 :''You might also be looking for the comic book "[[The Return!]]".''
-After his death at [[Veridian III]], [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] is brought back to life by an alliance of [[Borg]] and renegade [[Romulans]] who hope to use him for their own ends.
+After his death at [[Veridian III]], [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] is brought back to life by an alliance of [[Borg]] and renegade [[Romulan]]s who hope to use him for their own ends.
 Part of a trilogy beginning with ''[[The Ashes of Eden]]''.
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 == Summary ==
 ;From the book jacket:
-:''[[Veridian III]]: A world has been saved, the USS [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise'']] 1701-D lies in ruins, and one of the galaxy's greatest heroes rests beneath a simple cairn of rocks on a lonely hillside. But as a legendary [[Vulcan]] [[ambassador]] comes at last to the grave of his best and dearest friend, the adventure is only beginning.''
+:''[[Veridian III]]: A world has been saved, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D| 1701-D}} lies in ruins, and one of the galaxy's greatest heroes rests beneath a simple cairn of rocks on a lonely hillside. But as a legendary [[Vulcan]] [[ambassador]] comes at last to the grave of his best and dearest friend, the adventure is only beginning.''
-:''The [[Borg]] and the [[Romulan Star Empire|Romulan Empire]] have joined forces against the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]], and their ultimate weapon is none other than [[James T. Kirk]], resurrected by alien science to destroy the Borg's most formidable enemy: [[Jean-Luc Picard]].''
+:''The [[Borg]] and the [[Romulan Star Empire|Romulan Empire]] have joined forces against the [[Federation]], and their ultimate weapon is none other than [[James T. Kirk]], resurrected by alien science to destroy the Borg's most formidable enemy: [[Jean-Luc Picard]].''
 {{review}}
 ;Spoilers
-Commander Riker and a group of security officers are preparing to meet Ambassador Spock so that he may come to give his final respects to James Kirk on his final resting spot.  But they are halted by messages of attacks on the Federation base.  The team beams over leaving Spock to sit and wait for their return.
+[[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] and a group of security officers are preparing to meet Ambassador [[Spock]] so that he may come to give his final respects to James Kirk on his final resting spot. But they are halted by messages of attacks on the Federation base. The team beams over leaving Spock to sit and wait for their return.
-Riker and his team beam into a warzone, as several small fighter craft are firing at the off guard Starfleet personnel.  He and another officer manage to get a small shuttle and fire on the craft, but as they are taking off, they fire one last blast into the crowd, wounding Riker and killing his counterpart.  The officers and crewmen are confused as to who would want to attack Veridian.  Meanwhile in orbit, the shattered hulk of the [[USS Farragut]] floats dead, the victim of a Romulan disruptor.  The Romulans turn and enter warp, having captured their prize: Kirk.
+Riker and his team beam into a war zone, as several small fighter craft are firing at the off-guard Starfleet personnel. He and another officer manage to get a small shuttle and fire on the craft, but as they are taking off, they fire one last blast into the crowd, wounding Riker and killing his counterpart. The officers and crewmen are confused as to who would want to attack Veridian. Meanwhile in orbit, the shattered hulk of the {{USS|Farragut|NCC-60597}} floats dead, the victim of a [[Romulan]] [[disruptor]]. The Romulans turn and enter warp, having captured their prize: Kirk.
 ;End Spoilers
-== Background Information ==
+== Background information ==
+* The audiobook version was abridged by [[George Truett]].
-* This story takes place one month after the events of ''"{{film|7}}"''.
+* This story takes place one month after the events of {{film|7}}.
 == Characters ==
 ;[[James T. Kirk]]: Resurrected by Borg and Romulan technology. Kirk is programmed with memories of a happy life among the Romulans, as well as a remembrance of his [[colony]]'s destruction at the hands of Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard
-[[Image:Spock2368.jpg|thumb|Spock]]
+[[File:Spock,_2368.jpg|thumb|Spock]]
 ;[[Spock]]: Unofficial [[ambassador]] to Romulus's reunificationists. Spock left Romulus when he became aware of Kirk's death on Veridian III. On that world he witnessed the Romulan theft of Kirk's remains, and subsequently investigated recent goings-on on Romulus to try and track down Kirk's body
-;[[Jean-Luc Picard]]: Awaiting reassignment after the destruction of ''Enterprise''-D, Picard has been sent, along with Doctor Crusher, on a mission to investigate rumours of a Borg presence
+;[[Jean-Luc Picard]]: Awaiting reassignment after the destruction of ''Enterprise''-D, Picard has been sent, along with Doctor Crusher, on a mission to investigate rumors of a Borg presence
-;[[Data]]: Awaiting reassignment after the destruction of ''Enterprise''-D, Data joined Geordi for an archaeological dig investigating a planet that is rumoured to have destroyed itself when its artificial life-forms rebelled against their creators
+;[[Data]]: Awaiting reassignment after the destruction of ''Enterprise''-D, Data joined La Forge for an archaeological dig investigating a planet that is rumored to have destroyed itself when its artificial lifeforms rebelled against their creators
-;[[Leonard McCoy]]: McCoy is called in to act as an advisor when an implant in Kirk's brain must be removed
+;[[Leonard McCoy]]: McCoy is called in to act as an adviser when an implant in Kirk's brain must be removed
 ;[[Worf]]: Worf has gone on the Klingon equivalent of a spiritual retreat following the destruction of the ''Enterprise''
-;[[William Riker]]: Riker is supervising the excavation of the saucer section of the ''Enterprise'', and subsequently investigates the assailant (Really Kirk) who has gone after Worf, La Forge and Data
+;[[William T. Riker]]: Riker is supervising the excavation of the saucer section of the ''Enterprise'', and subsequently investigates the assailant (really Kirk) who has gone after Worf, La Forge, and Data
-;[[Beverly Crusher]]: Beverly Crusher has accompanied Picard to investigate rumours of a Borg presence
+;[[Beverly Crusher]]: Beverly Crusher has accompanied Picard to investigate rumors of a Borg presence
-;[[Geordi La Forge]]: La Forge and Data are on an archaeological dig investigating a planet that is rumoured to have destroyed itself when its artificial life-forms rebelled against their creators
+;[[Geordi La Forge]]: La Forge and Data are on an archaeological dig investigating a planet that is rumored to have destroyed itself when its artificial lifeforms rebelled against their creators
-;[[Julian Bashir]]: Bashir analyses Kirk's DNA to confirm that he actually is James T. Kirk, rather than a clone, and subsequently operates on Kirk (Aided by McCoy) to remove an implant that has been planted by the Borg/Romulan alliance to control Kirk
+;[[Julian Bashir]]: Bashir analyzes Kirk's DNA to confirm that he actually is James T. Kirk, rather than a clone, and subsequently operates on Kirk (aided by McCoy) to remove an implant that has been planted by the Borg/Romulan alliance to control Kirk
-;Simm : Captain of USS ''Challenger'', a {{ShipClass|Galaxy}} starship
+;Simm : Captain of USS ''Challenger'', a {{Class|Galaxy}} starship
 ;Salatrel : Commander of the warbird ''Avatar of Tomed'', and granddaughter of the Romulan commander whose ship was destroyed by Kirk during the events of {{TOS|Balance of Terror}}
-;John Lewinski : Captain of USS ''Monitor'', a {{ShipClass|Defiant}} starship; the ship is given to Kirk and Picard's joint crews and renamed ''Enterprise'' for the attack at the heart of the Borg/Romulan alliance
+;John Lewinski : Captain of USS ''Monitor'', a {{Class|Defiant}} starship; the ship is given to Kirk and Picard's joint crews and renamed ''Enterprise'' for the attack at the heart of the Borg/Romulan alliance
-;Vox : Borg speaker to the Romulan worlds (as [[Locutus]] was the Borg speaker to humanity), Salatrel's former lover.
+;Vox : Borg speaker to the Romulan worlds (as [[Locutus]] was the Borg speaker to Humanity), assimilated from a Romulan man who was Salatrel's lover.
 == References ==
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 ::''Named for the [[Tomed Incident]].''
-;[[USS Bozeman|USS ''Bozeman'' (NCC-1941)]]
+;{{USS|Bozeman}} (NCC-1941)
-[[Image:Uss challenger (ncc-71099).jpg|thumb|150px|USS ''Challenger'' ({{VOY|Timeless}})]]
+[[File:USS Challenger tractors Delta Flyer.jpg|thumb|USS ''Challenger'' ({{VOY|Timeless}})]]
-;[[USS Challenger (NCC-71099)|USS ''Challenger'']] : {{ShipClass|Galaxy}} [[Federation]] [[starship]]. In 2371, under command of Captain Simm, the ''Challenger'' was docked at [[Deep Space 9]].
+;{{USS|Challenger|NCC-71099}} : {{class|Galaxy}} [[Federation]] [[starship]]. In 2371, under command of Captain Simm, the ''Challenger'' was docked at [[Deep Space 9]].
-::''This appears to be the same vessel that later appears in {{VOY|Timeless}}, since that episode depicted a ''Galaxy''-class ''Challenger'' with the [[registry]] NCC-71099, indicating that ship was likely commissioned before the time of this novel.''
+{{bginfo|This appears to be the same vessel that later appears in {{VOY|Timeless}}, since that episode depicted a ''Galaxy''-class ''Challenger'' with the [[registry]] NCC-71099, indicating that ship was likely commissioned before the time of this novel.}}
 ;''Claw That Rends Our Enemies' Flesh'' : Assimilated Romulan vessel.
 ;USS ''Cydonia'' : Federation starship formerly commanded by [[Pavel Chekov]]
-;[[USS Farragut (NCC-60597)|USS ''Farragut'' (NCC-60597)]] : [[Nebula class|''Nebula''-class]] Federation starship
+;{{USS|Farragut|NCC-60597}} (NCC-60597) : {{class|Nebula}} Federation starship
-;USS ''Hoagland'' : [[Miranda class|''Miranda''-class]] Federation starship lost in [[2367]] at the [[Battle of Wolf 359]]. Part of this ship's [[hull]] structure was used in the construction of a Borg unicomplex in a [[transwarp conduit]].
+;USS ''Hoagland'' : {{class|Miranda}} Federation starship lost in [[2367]] at the [[Battle of Wolf 359]]. Part of this ship's [[hull]] structure was used in the construction of a Borg unicomplex in a [[transwarp conduit]].
-;[[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']] : {{ShipClass|Defiant}} Federation starship of Captain John Lewinski, temporarily renamed USS ''Enterprise''
+;{{USS|Monitor}} : {{class|Defiant}} Federation starship of Captain John Lewinski, temporarily renamed USS ''Enterprise''
 ;''Talon of Peace'' : Fictional Romulan colony ship, a warbird supposedly commanded by James T. Kirk
-; [[USS Potemkin (NCC-1657)|USS ''Potemkin'']] : [[Excelsior class|''Excelsior''-class]] Federation starship formerly commanded by Pavel Chekov
+;{{USS|Potemkin|NCC-1657}} : {{class|Excelsior}} Federation starship formerly commanded by Pavel Chekov
+== External link ==
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