Summary
Blurb
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.
References
Characters
- 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
Starships
Locations
Species
- Chalchaj 'qmey • Human • Klingon • Reman • Romulan
States and Organizations
- Klingon Empire • House of Martok • Romulan Star Empire • Imperial Romulan Fleet • Jolan Movement • Tal Shiar • United Federation of Planets • Starfleet Intelligence
Other
- "arrival" • assessor • bat'Wahl • "divide" • Dominion War • facilitator • Hour of Opposition • s'url • Sunpod flare • The Totality • Primary Assessor
Connections
- 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 |
Next Adventure: Articles of the Federation Chapters 18-28 | |