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Introduction

For almost three decades, millions of television viewers and moviegoers around the world have thrilled to the exciting adventures of the most successful science fiction creation of all time—Star Trek. And during all that time, William Shatner has portrayed Star Trek's most dynamic hero—Captain James Tiberius Kirk, a gallant commander of the legendary starship Enterprise and her crew.

Now William Shatner brings his unique blend of talents as an actor, writer, director, and producer, as well as bestselling author and creator of the acclaimed TekWar novels and television series, to tell the story only he can, of Captain Kirk's greatest adventure.

The time—six months prior to the launch of the USS Enterprise-B and the tragic loss of Captain James T. Kirk in deep space.

The place—Earth, where the galaxy's most renowned hero must now face the spectre of retirement and a life devoid of challenge and excitement.

But in the apparent twilight of his career, Kirk's path takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious young woman offers him an irresistible adventure—a perilous voyage to an uncharted planet where he will confront the ultimate threat to the fragile peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, and the ultimate temptation—a chance to actually recapture his youth.

Turning his back on his friends, Spock and McCoy, and hunted by Captain Sulu's USS Excelsior, Kirk soon stands alone as defender of a world of incredible vitality and sensual beauty where he must choose between conquering the gravest challenge of his career, or surrendering to the greatest passion of his life.

What arises from The Ashes of Eden is no less that a new understanding of one of science fiction's greatest heroes, and one of the most gripping—and personal—Star Trek stories ever told.

Summary

The book starts out with Spock on the mountain where Kirk was buried by Captain Picard at the conclusion of the Film Star Trek Generations. Sitting down Spock begins to reminisce about the final adventure of James T. Kirk before being lost on the maiden voyage of the Enterprise-B.

The reminisce starts out with Kirk running a holo simulation trial for Starfleet Technicians in the Cochrane Physics Hall of Starfleet Academy. The simulation was of one of Kirk's earlier missions dating back to when he was a Lieutenant on the Farragut. Beamed down to Tycho IV, Lt. Kirk and the away team including Androvar Drake, Weapons officer Faith Morgan and Ensign Galt are being hunted by a Dikironium cloud creature that feeds off of the corpuscles of iron-based blood until its victims have died. So far Faith Morgan and Ensign Galt have both died leaving only Drake and Kirk on the surface. On the Farragut, Captain Garrovick orders Kirk to provide the coordinates for a phaser barrage to take out the being. Providing the coordinates to his captain, the Farragut fires her phasers at the beast. Attracting the attention of the beast, it goes into orbit and destroys the ship before coming back down to finish of the away team.

excerpt: Drake laughed beside Kirk. "Great instincts, Jimbo. See you in Hell"

With that, Jim ends the holo simulation and returns to the real world. While speakings with the Techs about the HoloSuit he wore for the simulation, the Techs question Kirk on his exploits and refer to Kirk as a hero. Jim states that he was just doing his job, but the techs don't understand the statement and continue with their hero worship. More than anything Kirk is annoyed with the hero worship but humors them up to a point. He feels frustrated, a "Starship Captain without a Starship" as well as trapped with nowhere to go.

Later on in the evening, Kirk is at Carol Marcus's place in San Francisco drinking scotch and watching a thundershower. He feels the pull of the Enterprise-A up in Spacedock, The need to take her out one more time. More than anything Jim is feeling his age, and the need to do something, anything. Again Kirk begins to feel his age, he feels old. Carol approaches and questions him on the Kirk Farm, they place where Jim grew up. Advocates handling his parents estate wanted him to make the final decision, as to what he should do with the property. In the end, he and Carol get into an argument and Jim returns to drinking and watching the thundershower.

During this time, Chekov and Uhura are on a old space station: Dark Range Platform. Chekov and Uhura's mission is to find Klingon arms dealers who are willing to sell K'tinga-class cruisers. The Two pose as two ex-Starfleet officers, Chekov being the one who was drummed out of Starfleet by punching an Admiral in the face.

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References

Characters

Pavel Chekov/Martin Arkady • Curtis • Androvar Drake • Ariadne Drake/Jade • Esys • Galt • James T. Kirk • Kort • Krult • Carol Marcus • David Marcus • Leonard McCoy • Faith Morgan • Arex Na Eth • Ra-ghoratreii • Janice Rand • William T. Riker • Montgomery Scott • Spock/Sarin • Hikaru Sulu • Teilani • Torl • Nyota Uhura/Ja'nette Marratin • unnamed Andorians • unnamed Klingons
Referenced only: Adonais • Apollo • Azetbur • Cartwright • Chang • Bonnie Prince Charlie • Liviana Charvanek • Zefram Cochrane • Frank Davis • Deela • Devil • Elaan • Stephen Garrovick • God • Phillip Green • John Harriman • Icarus • Kahless the Unforgettable • Kelinda • Alexander Kirk • George Samuel Kirk, Jr. • George Samuel Kirk, Sr. • Julius Kirk • Peter Kirk • Winona Kirk • Miramanee • Gary Mitchell • Molor • Montgolfier brothers • Marlena Moreau • Odona • Christopher Pike • Shahna • Surak • Jocelyn Treadway • V'Ger • Patrick West

Starships and vehicles

antigrav car • cargo shuttle • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class, Enterprise-subclass) • USS Excelsior (Excelsior-class) • flying car • Golden Hind NCC-10019/1 • groundcar • hover truck (truck) • K'tinga-class (battle cruiser) • Romulan bird-of-prey (bird-of-prey) • sail boat • shuttlecraft • Tellarite ore shuttle • Tholian starcruiser (Emerald-class) • Vulcan warp shuttle • workbee • yacht
Referenced only: SS Bonaventure • USS Constitution (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-B • USS Enterprise-D • USS Farragut (Constitution-class) • gunboat • impulse liner • Mann-class • Marshall-class • ChR Memenda • Pathfinder • Starfleet hospital ship

Locations

Andromeda Galaxy • the galaxy • Garden of Eden • Heaven • Hell • Kalinora sector • Klingon-Romulan Frontier • mirror universe • Old Regions • Romulan Neutral Zone • Sector 001

Shipboard areas

bridge • briefing room • brig • bulkhead • cargo bay • communications • communications station • corridor • docking bay • engineering • environmental station • hanger bay • helm • holding cell • hull • Jefferies tube • quarters • saucer section • science station • sickbay • stateroom • transporter room

Stations and outposts

Dark Range Platform (cargo bay 12) • Spacedock • Starfleet Headquarters (Great Hall)

Planetary locales

The Armory • Camp Khitomer • Mount Seleya • Plains of Gol • Tranquility Base
Earth: California • Cochrane Physics Hall • Eiffel Tower • France • Golden Gate Bridge • Iowa • North America • Pacific Ocean • Paris • Presidio • Public Communications Hub • Riverside • Rome • San Francisco • San Francisco Travelport • Southern United States • Starfleet Headquarters • Starfleet Holographic Test Suite • Vulcan Embassy

Stars and systems

Chal system • Delstin • Deneb • Kappa Fornacis • Prestor • Sol (Sol system) • Tycho Prime (Tycho system)

Technology and weapons

air pump • air purifier • antigrav generator • antimatter containment bottle • antimatter pod • artificial gravity • battery • blast shield • bomb • cargo transporter • ceremonial dagger • chronograph • cloaking device • combat tricorder • command chair • comm imager • comm system • communicator • computer • computer net • computer wafer • console speaker • credit wafer • dagger • data chip • data conduit • databank • deck plate • deflector shield • disruptor • disruptor cannon • disruptor cell • disruptor pistol • doomsday weapon • drug-delivery inhaler • drydock • emergency light • emitter node • encounter helmet • encounter suit • energy mesh • engine • environmental dome • environmental suit • fabric sealer • feedback boot • feedback web • flood light • force field • force field emitter • fusion bomb • Genesis Device • gravity generator • grille • gun • hand disruptor • headlight • holoenvironment encounter rig • hologram • holographic environment simulator • holographic projector • holoprojection • hourglass • hypospray • ID packet • ID wafer • impeller fan • impulse engine • impulse thruster • inertial damper • intervalve coupling • Iron Maiden • kaleidoscope • knife • laser • laser cannon • laser pistol • laser rifle • library computer • life-support chair • life support sphere • lock plate • magnetic boots • maneuvering rocket • maneuvering thruster • Mark VIII photon torpedo • matter-antimatter reactor • medical scanner • medical tricorder • message buoy • microexplosive projectile • microscalpel • mind sifter • particle beam • particle etching beam • pen knife • phaser • phaser bank • phaser pistol • photon torpedo • photon tube • pistol • planetary defense system • plasma gun • plasma jet • power cell • power generator • power grouping • projectile weapon • propulsion carriage • protobomb • protoplaser • radiation shield • reader • recording • rifle • rocket • scanner • scanning mechanism • security field • security screen • sensor • sensor array • sensor grid • sensor web • servo driver • seymott blade • shield • shield augmenter • shields • slowgun • smart cannon • space station • spacecraft • spacedock • spotlight • spring knife • starbase • starship • status indicator • street light • subsonic field • subspace jammer • sword • tactical scanner • tailpipe • thruster • torpedo • torpedo launcher • tractor beam • tractor enhancer • transmitter • transporter • transporter coil • transporter phase coil • transporter shield • tricorder • turbolift • type-1 phaser • type-2 phaser • universal translator • viewing dome • viewport • viewscreen • visual input encoder • voiceprint identification • warp core • warp drive • warp generator • warp nacelle

Materials and energies

adrenaline • antimatter • atom • blood • bone • brick • canvas • carbon • chemical • chemical cleanser • cloth • cob web • copper • crystal • dikironium • dilithium • dioramium • DNA • drug • duranium • electric • explosive • fabric • feather • fire • fur • gas • gauze • glassite • glass • hair • ice • ice cube • keva • leather • lightning • liquid • mahogany • matter • medicine • metal • mud • ore • oxygen • ozone • packing foam • paint • paper • photon • plasma • plasma bridge • plaster • plastic • poison • polycrete • propellant • protomatter • quartz • radiation • rock • sand • sapphire • satin • scale • silk • soil • solid • spiderweb • stimulant • straw • subatomic particle • sulfur • swab • Tellarite ceremonial mud • terry-cloth • tile • trillium • wood

Food and drink

brandy • coffee • dessert • egg • licorice • mint julep • Prestor beer (beer) • ration • Romulan ale (ale) • scotch • spice • tea • water

Lifeforms

alien • animal • bear • bird • cattle • chestnut tree • cicada • dikironium cloud creature • gagh • firefly • fish • flower • hay • horse • humanoid • jackrabbit • mugato • nightfeeder • predator • rat • spider • tribble • vulture • watch dragon • worm

Ranks and titles

Federation Starfleet ranks (2240s-2260s) • Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s) • admiral • ambassador • arms dealer • artist • athlete • banker • bartender • cadet • captain • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • chief • chief engineer • chief of operations • colonel • commander • commander-in-chief • Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet • communications officer • concert pianist • copilot • data keeper • deputy chief in security services • dignitary • diplomat • dockmaster • doctor • Dohlman • drill thrall • engineer • ensign • farmer • fleet admiral • Fourth World Mercenary • general • helmsman • lieutenant • mercenary • meteorologist • midshipman • molecular biologist • navigator • officer • politician • pilot • poet • police • president • President of the United Federation of Planets • priestess • queen • sailor • science officer • scientist • senior officer • smuggler • soldier • sports star • spy • surgeon • technician • transporter tech • warrior • weapons officer • yeoman

Other references

20th century • 21st century • 23rd century • almanac • alternate timeline • Amish rocker • anarchy • antenna • anteroom • antigrav gym • apartment • apron • archipelago • arm chair • armory • art • assassination • atmosphere • attic • autonomic self-control • autonomic system • bank • banquet • barn • basement • bathrobe • baton • battle code • battle flag • belt • binary sun • biological warfare • birthday • black hole • blanket • bomb shelter • booby trap • book • bookcase • booklet • boot • brain • bridle • camouflage • cancer • capital city • cargo bed • cargo pallet • carotidartery • carpet • cathedral • cave • cellar • centimeter • century • chain mail • chess • city • cloak • clone • clothing • cocoon • Code One • coin • colony • combat armor • court martial • cradle • credit • Crimson Level • currency • dance • datacase • day • Death Poem of Molor • death rattle • decade • decommissioning ceremony • demerit • Deneb V Credit Exchange • dress armor • dress uniform • drink • eardrum • emotion • empathy • encryption code • energy • evolution • fairy • farm • Federation-Klingon Cold War • Federation Standard • fireplace • flag • flight helmet • flight hood • flight jacket • floodgate • fluctuation feedback • food • food kiosk • freeze-dried stomach • French language • funeral • galaxy • General Order 104, Section C • genetic engineering • genocide • g-force • ghost • giant • glove • government • gown • grave • gravity • Greek god • hail • halo • hay bale • heart • helmet • history • holiday • holster • homeworld • honor guard • hoof • hotel • hour • hyper-acceleration • iceberg • initializing matrix • insignia • ion trail • ionization • ionosphere • jacket • jumpsuit • Kelvin • kettle • kilogram • kilometer • kiss • Klingon language • Kobayashi Maru scenario • laboratory • ladder • landing pad • landing party • language • lifeform • light-year • livestock • logic • lung • magic • mannequin • marathon • martial arts • meditation • medkit • meter • microgravity • military • minute • modular cargo crate • money • month • moon • mosaic • mountain • munitions dump • The Mural • museum • music • mutiny • nova • orbit • orchestra • painting • photo print • piracy • planet • plaque • playground • poem • poetry • porch • power station • Prime Directive • protectorate • puppet • pylon • QIghpej • quadrant • quantum probability wave • rain • rainbow • rank • rank insignia • ration booklet • reclamation team • recycling • red alert • registry • reins • resort • robe • Romulan language • rope • Russian language • saddle • sal-tor-fee • school • science • Seal of the Federation • second • sector • ship commissioning • Siren • skeleton crew • smuggling • snifter • solitary confinement • space • spaceport • stadium • star • star system • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2240s-2265) • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • statue • subspace • suicide • summer • Talon • tarmac • technology • Tellarite mud bath • temporal phase shift • temporal slingshot maneuver • terrorism • test tube • textbook • thimble • thunder • ticket • time • title • tornado • transmitting station • transplant • treaty • tunic • uniform • universe • veterinary science • volcano • Vulcan language • Vulcan nerve pinch • warehouse • warp factor • warp pulse • warp signature • war games • watchtower • weapon • World War III • year

Chronology

2250: Kirk and Drake enter Academy as part of the same class.
2253: The Klingons and Romulans establish a joint colony on Chal.
2262: Carol Marcus informs Kirk that she doesn't want him to be a part of their son David's life.
2293: Kirk considers retirement as Drake assumes command of the admiralty.
2371: Spock reflects on the loss of his friend on Veridian III.

Appendices

Translations

German:

Title: Die Asche von Eden
Subtitle: -
Publisher: Heyne
ISBN 3453161718
Translator:
Published: 1999

Images

Connections

Media featuring the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) under Captain Hikaru Sulu
episodes/movies	The Undiscovered Country • Flashback
novels	The Undiscovered Country • The Fearful Summons • The Captain's Daughter • The Ashes of Eden • Starfleet Academy • The Captain's Table: War Dragons • The Lost Era: The Sundered • Excelsior: Forged in Fire • Flashback • The Lost Era: One Constant Star • Burning Dreams
comics	Tests of Courage (The Tabukan Syndrome) • A Wolf in Cheap Clothing (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Captain's Log: Sulu • The Undiscovered Country • The Veteran
Captain Sulu Adventures (audiobooks)	Cacophony • Envoy • Transformations
games	Shattered Universe
characters	Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Janice Rand • Dmitri Valtane • Leonard James Akaar • Lojur • Tuvok • Altos Viger

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

Timeline

published order
Previous novel: Sarek	TOS novels	Next novel: The Return
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Last Roundup	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Fearful Summons
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2293. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes:
Previous Adventure: Federation Part 4, Chapter 3	2371 Framing story	Next Adventure: The Return
Previous Adventure: Burning Dreams Chapter 20	2262 Chapter 35, Flashback	Next Adventure: Harbinger Prologue

External links

The Ashes of Eden article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Psi Phi: The Ashes of Eden: cover picture and basic information
German translation ISBN 3453196554
French edition ISBN 2265059137

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