Prime Directive (novel)

Introduction (blurb)
Starfleet's highest law has been broken. Its most honored captain is in disgrace, its most celebrated starship in pieces, and the crew of that ship scattered among the thousand worlds of the Federation...

Journey with Spock, McCoy, and the rest of the former crew of the Starship Enterprise to Talin - the planet where their careers ended. A world once teeming with life that now lies ruined, its cities turned to ashes, its surface devastated by a radioactive firestorm - because of their actions. There, they must find how - and why - this tragedy occured...and discover what has become of their captain.

Regulars

 * James T. Kirk
 * Spock
 * Leonard H. McCoy
 * Montgomery Scott
 * Nyota Uhura
 * Hikaru Sulu
 * Pavel Chekov
 * Christine Chapel
 * Ed Leslie
 * Jabilo M'Benga
 * Carolyn Palamas
 * John Kyle

Others
Artinton | Mario Cardinali | Alise Chavez | Jorge Frietas | Anne Gauvreau | Glissa | Glynis | Penn Grossman | Hammersmith | Sukio Hirashito | Krulmadden | Lasslanlin | Alexander Llorente | Marita Llorente | Carole Mallett | Raycheba | Alonzo Richter | Styles | Sytok | Zalan Wilforth

States and Organizations

 * United Federation of Planets
 * First Contact Office

Information
Robert Orci, one of the writers of the eleventh Star Trek movie (2009), lists this as his one of his two favorite Star Trek books. Scenes from this book were used as readings for casting calls for the movie. He reports that there will be nods to some of the lore in this novel in the movie.