NOVEL
Captain's Blood
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series
Author(s):	William Shatner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Publication information
Published:	Hardcover - December 2003
Reprint(s):	Paperback - December 2004
Pages:	352
ISBN:	ISBN 067102129X
Chronology
Date:	57465.6-57503.1 (2380)

Contents 1 Summary 1.1 Blurb 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships 2.3 Locations 2.4 Species 2.5 States and Organizations 2.6 Other 3 Connections

SummaryEdit

BlurbEdit

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 USS Enterprise-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.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

• James T. Kirk
• Spock
• Leonard H. McCoy
• Montgomery Scott
• Jean-Luc Picard
• William Riker
• Deanna Troi
• Beverly Crusher
• Geordi La Forge
• Worf
• Kathryn Janeway
• The Doctor
• Joseph Kirk
• Norinda
• Marinta
• T'Vrel
• Sorel
• T'Rem
• Virron
• Sen
• Nran

StarshipsEdit

T'Karath class

LocationsEdit

Romulus ; Primedian ; Soltoth Caverns ; Romulan Neutral Zone ; Starfleet Academy

SpeciesEdit

Chalchaj 'qmey ; Human ; Klingon ; Reman ; Romulan

States and OrganizationsEdit

Klingon Empire ; House of Martok ; Romulan Star Empire ; Imperial Romulan Fleet ; Jolan Movement ; Tal Shiar ; United Federation of Planets ; Starfleet Intelligence

OtherEdit

"arrival"; assessor; bat'Wahl; "divide"; Dominion War; facilitator; Hour of Opposition; s'url; Sunpod flare ; The Totality; Primary Assessor

ConnectionsEdit

• Captain's Blood article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

Star Trek novels by William Shatner
Odyssey:	The Ashes of Eden	The Return	Avenger
Mirror Universe:	Spectre	Dark Victory	Preserver
Totality:	Captain's Peril	Captain's Blood	Captain's Glory
The Academy:	Collision Course

published order
Previous novel: Errand of Vengeance: River of Blood	TOS novels	Next novel: The Case of the Colonist's Corpse
Previous story: Unity	Star Trek hardcovers	Next story: Vulcan's Soul, Book 1: Exodus
Previous story: Captain's Peril	Stories by: William Shatner	Next story: Captain's Glory
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Articles of the Federation Chapters 7-17	Pocket	Next Adventure: Articles of the Federation Chapters 18-28