Changes: The Tears of the Singers

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The USS Enterprise must stop the slaughter of an alien race, or risk the fate of the universe!

Summary

From the book jacket: Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise join the Klingons to avert disaster in 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 secreted 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!

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Background information

This is the only Star Trek novel by Melinda M. Snodgrass. She was later a story editor and writer on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She is credited with writing "The Measure Of A Man", "Pen Pals", "Up The Long Ladder", "The Ensigns of Command", and "The High Ground".

Characters

Canon characters

James T. Kirk
Spock
Uhura
Leonard McCoy
Montgomery Scott
Kor

Non-canon characters

Kali: Kor's wife
Guy Maslin: Human musician, brought by Kirk as an expert to help the crew learn the Taygetans' music-based language

External links

The Tears of the Singers at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
The Tears of the Singers at Wikipedia

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-| Image             = Tearsofthesingers.jpg
+| image             = Tearsofthesingers.jpg
 | Author            = [[Melinda M. Snodgrass]]
+| Artist            = [[Boris Vallejo]]
 | Publisher         = [[Pocket Books]]
-| Series            = [[Pocket TOS]] #19
+| Series            = [[Pocket TOS]] #19<br />[[Titan Books]] #39
-| Published         = {{d|15|August|1989}}
+| Published         = {{d|1|September|1984}}
 | Pages             = 252
 | Stardate          = 3126.7
-| ISBN              = 0671696548
+| ISBN              = 0671696548 (paperback)<br />{{ASIN|B002ZAJIU6}} (Kindle)
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 ''The USS ''Enterprise'' must stop the slaughter of an alien race, or risk the fate of the universe!''
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 ==Summary==
 ;From the book jacket:
-:''[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} join the [[Klingon]]s to avert disaster in the Taygeta V system &ndash; 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 secreted 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 [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] &ndash; and the entire universe!''
+:''[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} join the [[Klingon]]s to avert disaster in the Taygeta V system &ndash; 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 secreted 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]] &ndash; and the entire universe!''
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-==Background Information==
+==Background information==
-* This is the only ''Star Trek'' novel by [[Melinda M. Snodgrass]].  She was later a story editor and writer on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.  She is credited with writing {{e|The Measure Of A Man}}, {{e|Pen Pals}}, {{e|Up The Long Ladder}}, {{e|The Ensigns of Command}}, and {{e|The High Ground}}.
+* This is the only ''Star Trek'' novel by [[Melinda M. Snodgrass]]. She was later a story editor and writer on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. She is credited with writing {{e|The Measure Of A Man}}, {{e|Pen Pals}}, {{e|Up The Long Ladder}}, {{e|The Ensigns of Command}}, and {{e|The High Ground}}.
 ==Characters==
-===Canon Characters===
+===Canon characters===
-; [[James T. Kirk]]
+;[[James T. Kirk]]
-; [[Spock]]
+;[[Spock]]
-; [[Uhura]]
+;[[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]]
-; [[Leonard McCoy]]
+;[[Leonard McCoy]]
-; [[Montgomery Scott]]
+;[[Montgomery Scott]]
-; [[Kor]]
+;[[Kor]]
-===Non-Canon Characters===
+===Non-canon characters===
+;Kali : Kor's wife
-; Guy Maslin : Human musician, brought by Kirk as an expert to help the crew learn the Taygetans' music-based language
+;Guy Maslin : Human musician, brought by Kirk as an expert to help the crew learn the Taygetans' music-based language
-; Kali : Kor's wife
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