Description[]
The Dominion War is over. The Federation is at peace. What better time for two legendary starship captains to set aside the demands of duty and simply take some well-deserved time off?
But when James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard arrive on Bajor to dive among the ruins of an ancient sunken city, conditions are far from what they had planned. The small group of scientists the captains have joined suddenly find their equipment sabotaged—isolating them from Deep Space 9 and any hope of rescue—as one by one, a murderer stalks them.
Cut off from the people and technology on which they have always depended, Kirk and Picard must rely more than ever on their own skills and abilities, and their growing friendship, to solve the mysterious deaths and protect one of Bajor's greatest living treasures.
At the same time, Kirk finds the events he and Picard struggle with are similar to one of the first challenges he faced as the new captain of the starship USS Enterprise, less than six months into his first five-year mission.
Now, with time running out for a dying child trapped in the scientists' camp, and Picard missing after a diving disaster, Kirk must search his memories of the past to relive one of his earliest adventures, propelling him into a harrowing personal journey that reveals the beginning of his path from young Starfleet officer to renowned legend, and the existence of a new and completely unsuspected threat to the existence of all life in the universe.
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Aku Sale • Lloyd Alden • Arisa • Arl Kresin • Arl Trufor • Atal • Avden Lara • Corrin Tal • Dukat • Exsin Morr • Freen Ulfreen • James T. Kirk • Nilan Artir • Norinda • Jean-Luc Picard • Mark Piper • Rals Salan • Rann Dalrys • Rowhn I'deer • Montgomery Scott • Sedge Nirra • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Tam Heldron • Hounslaw Tanaka • Uhura
- Referenced only
- Beverly Crusher • K'Thale • Morn • Christopher Pike • Quark • Benjamin Sisko • Will Riker
Locations[]
- B'Hatral Alps • B'Laydroc • Bajor • Bar'trila • Five Brothers • Inland Sea • Lharassa Desalinization Plant • Lharassa Foothills • Lharassa Province • Mandylion Rift (Mandylion • Mandylion V) • T'Pol's World • Trevin Desert • Valor Ocean
- Referenced only
- Large Magellanic Cloud • Trager III
Starships and vehicles[]
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Bajoran • Cardassian • Human • Klingon • Lurian • Tholian • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Trelorian
States and organizations[]
- Andorian Blood Council • Bajoran Institute for the Revelations of the Temple • Cardassian Aid Armada • Cardassian Ministry of Agricultural Reform • First Contact Office • Guild of Healers • Starfleet • Starfleet Astronomics • Starfleet Academy • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Bajoran Militia • Dominion • Quark Adventure Excursions • Quark Trading Cooperative
Science and classification[]
- combat transporter • communicator • coordinates • environmental suit • F'relorn disease • heat shield • helmet • holosuite • parachute • photon torpedo • radiation shield • starship • time • tractor beam • transporter • tricorder • turbolift
Ranks and titles[]
- archaeologist • captain • doctor • gul • historian • lieutenant • linguist • monk • officer • prylar • religious advisor • scholar • science officer • student
Other references[]
- archaeology • b'ath rayl • beard • d'ja pagh • batlh biHeghjaj • day • Dominion War • Ferengi Trade By-Laws • five-year mission • fungus • hangar deck • Heghle’neH QaQ jajvam • History of the Prime Directive • Irreducible Foundations of Logic • K'Thale Deployment • Kobayashi Maru scenario • lichen • lokim • orbital skydiving • pagh r'tel • planet • semester • Starfleet regulations • Sreen • Uniform Code of Starfleet Justice • year
Appendices[]
Information[]
- Set partially in Kirk's earliest days on the Enterprise, alongside the likes of Enterprise: The First Adventure, All Those Years Ago... and The Trial of Captain Kirk. This novel is the fourth Shatnerverse not set in the mirror universe, the first three being The Ashes of Eden, The Return, and Avenger.
| 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 | ||
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: River of Blood Errand of Vengeance |
TOS unnumbered novels | Next novel: Gemini |
| Previous novel: The Last Roundup |
Star Trek hardcovers | Next novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 The Eugenics Wars |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Enemy of My Enemy Spirit Walk |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: A Time to Be Born A Time to... |
| Previous Adventure: Enemy of My Enemy Spirit Walk |
Next Adventure: A Time to Be Born A Time to... | |
| Previous Adventure: Enterprise My Brother's Keeper Chapter 5 |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Enterprise My Brother's Keeper Chapters 5 & 6-20 |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2378. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Enterprise My Brother's Keeper Chapter 5, scenes 1-2 |
2264 Chapters 4-5; 7; 9; 13; 15; 19; 21-22; 24; 26; 32 Stardate 1003.6–1008.3 |
Next Adventure: Distant Early Warning What's Past |
| Previous Adventure: Death in Winter San Francisco |
2348 Prologue |
Next Adventure: Wildfire, Book 2 Chapter 8, Section 3 |
Translations[]
- 2003
- German : Sternendämmerung, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)
External link[]
- Captain's Peril article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.