Book description
Following the explosive events of
Star Trek® Nemesis
, the Romulan Star Empire is in disarray, and Ambassador Spock attempts
to render aid by launching a last-ditch effort to reunify the Romulans
with their distant forebears, the Vulcans. But when Spock is publicly
assassinated at a Romulan peace rally, Starfleet and the Federation are
unable to search for the criminals responsible without triggering an
intergalactic war.
Thus, it falls to James T. Kirk, now retired, to
investigate his beloved friend's murder. Given clandestine assistance
by Captain Will Riker of the Starship Titan, and accompanied by
his good friend Jean-Luc Picard, Kirk travels to Romulus as a
civilian, along with his five-year-old child, Joseph, the cantankerous
Doctor Leonard McCoy, retired Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, as well
as several members of Picard's crew, still waiting to return to duty
on the badly damaged U. S.S. EnterpriseTM NCC-1701-E. But on
Romulus' sister world, Remus, Kirk unexpectedly encounters an alluring
enemy from his past as Picard and he discover that Spock's apparent
murder hides an even deeper mystery, literally reaching beyond the
limits of the galaxy.
Trapped on a deadly, alien world on the eve of a Romulan civil war
that could plunge the galaxy into a civilization-ending conflict,
Kirk's investigation at last brings him to the heart of a staggering
conspiracy. Now, he discovers the true threat facing the Romulans, and
is forced into the heartrending realization that for peace to prevail,
he must sacrifice the freedom of his son, whose very blood holds the
secret to his startling destiny.
Captain's Blood is a return to the sweeping action of William
Shatner's greatest Star Trek adventures, bringing together both
generations to face an unstoppable enemy in a battle for the existence
of all life in this galaxy, and beyond.
William Shatner is the author of nine Star Trek
® novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The
Ashes of Eden and The Return. He is also the author of
several nonfiction books, including Get a Life! and I'm
Working on That. In addition to his role as Captain James T.
Kirk, he stars as Denny Crane in the hit television series from David
E. Kelley, Boston Legal -- a role for which he has won two Emmy
Awards and a Golden Globe. More information is available at williamshatner. com.
