Star Trek Classic Series by Greg Bear, Julia Ecklar, Barbara Paul, Barbara Hambly, Majliss Larson, S.D. Perry, L.A. Graf, David Dvorkin, Sonni Cooper, John Vornholt, Laurence Yep, A.C. Crispin, John M. Ford, Michael Jan Friedman, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Jean Lorrah, Diane Duane, Mel Gilden, Carolyn Clowes, V.E. Mitchell, Janet Kagan, J.M. Dillard, Vonda N. McIntyre, Harve Bennett, Della Van Hise, Diane Carey, Peter Morwood, D.C. Fontana, M.S. Murdock, Gene Roddenberry, Alan Dean Foster, Harold Livingston, Sondra Marshak, Myrna Culbreath, Carmen Carter, Lee Correy, Robert E. Vardeman, Howard Weinstein, Gene DeWeese, Melissa Crandall, Dana Kramer-Rolls, Peter David, Robert Greenberger, Victor Milán, Judy Klass, Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Simon Hawke, Brad Ferguson, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Denny Martin Flinn, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens, James I. Kirkland

3.67 · 1023 ratings
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (Star Trek Classic #1)
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    Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (Star Trek Classic #1)

    Vonda N. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 1982

    The Federation starship Reliant is on its surveying mission to find a lifeless planet to serve for the test site for Genesis Project. While surveying Ceti Alpha V they accidentally discover the camp of Khan Noonien Singh, who with his followers, quickly captures the ship. Khan then seizes space station Regula I where the Genesis Project is being developed. Khan lures his nemesis, Kirk and the Enterprise TM crew to the space station... more

  • The Entropy Effect (Star Trek Classic #2)
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    The Entropy Effect (Star Trek Classic #2)

    Vonda N. McIntyre

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1981

    The Starship Enterprise™ is summoned to transport a dangerous criminal to rehabilitation: the brilliant physicist, Dr. Georges Mordreaux, who is accused of promising to send people back in time, then killing them instead. But when a crazed Mordreaux escapes, he inexplicably bursts onto the bridge and murders Captain Kirk before the crew's eyes. Now Spock must journey back in time to avert the disaster "before" it occurs. But more is at stake than Kirk's life... more

  • The Klingon Gambit (Star Trek Classic #3)
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    The Klingon Gambit (Star Trek Classic #3)

    Robert E. Vardeman

    Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1981

    THE KLINGONS ARE HUNGRY FOR WAR...THEIR TARGET: THE ENTERPRISE! When Captain Kirk and his crew are ordered to Alnath 11 to challenge the deadliest Klingon starship Terror, they're ready for anything -- or so they think. But the defenseless Vulcan crew of a Federation science ship has been wiped out. The remaining members of the Alnath II mission have discovered a fabulous ancient city -- but their report doesn't make sense... more

  • Abode of Life (Star Trek Classic #4)
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    Abode of Life (Star Trek Classic #4)

    Lee Correy

    Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1982

    ON THE PLANET MERCAN THERE ARE NO STARS, NO MOON, NO OUTER SPACE...The citizens of Mercan cannot conceive of worlds beyond their own. Their sun, Mercaniad, is prone to deadly, radioactive flare-ups, and the Mercans have organized their life around the need to survive The Ordeal -- until a strange visitor appears from out of nowhere...The Enterprise, badly crippled and in desperate need of repairs, must seek help from a people who cannot believe in its existence... more

  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Star Trek Classic #5)
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    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Star Trek Classic #5)

    Vonda N. McIntyre, Harve Bennett

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1984

    No One On The Enterprise Can Believe That Mr. Spock Is Gone! As the crew grieves for Mr. Spock, the awesome Genesis Device, now controlled by the Federation, has transformed an inert nebula into a new planet teeming with life. But Genisis can also destroy existing worlds. The creators of the Device want it given freely to the Galaxy. But Starfleet Command fears that it will become a force for evil... more

  • Web of the Romulans (Star Trek Classic #6)
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    Web of the Romulans (Star Trek Classic #6)

    M.S. Murdock

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1983

    Ravaged by a killer virus, the Romulans enter Canara, where the only antidote can be found. Desperate, they incite a victorious U.S.S. Enterprise attack on one of their vessels, but Kirk discovers their ruse. Meanwhile the central computer has fallen in love with him, severely crippling the Starship Enterprise. Somehow Kirk must overcome the lovesick computer and bring the antidote to the Romulans, before the galaxy crashes over the brink of war.

  • Black Fire (Star Trek Classic #7)
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    Black Fire (Star Trek Classic #7)

    Sonni Cooper

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1983

    When sabotage strikes the Enterprise™, Spock's investigation leads him into an alliance with the Romulan and Klingon empires against the Tomarii, a bloodthirsty race for whom war is life itself. Spock is declared a traitor and sentenced to the Federation's highest-security prison, and Kirk must choose between friendship and duty, with dire consequences for himself, Spock, and the entire Federation if he's wrong.

  • Mutiny on the Enterprise (Star Trek Classic #8)
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    Mutiny on the Enterprise (Star Trek Classic #8)

    Robert E. Vardeman

    Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1983

    The ship is crippled in orbit around a dangerous, living, breathing planet, and a desperate peace mission to the Orion Arm is stalled. Kirk has never needed his crew more. But a lithe, alien women is casting a spell of pacifism -- and now mutiny -- over the crew. Suddenly Captain Kirk's journey for peace has turned into terrifying war--to retake command of his ship!

  • The Covenant of the Crown (Star Trek Classic #9)
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    The Covenant of the Crown (Star Trek Classic #9)

    Howard Weinstein

    Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1981

    An Enterprise shuttle is forced to crash-land in a violent storm on the barren planet Sigma 1212. Spock, McCoy and Kailyn, the beautiful heir to the Shaddan throne, survive in the near disaster. Pursued by primitive hunters and a band of Klingon scouts, they must reach the mountain where the fabulous dynastic crown is hidden. With the help of Spock and McCoy, and her own fantastic mental powers, Kailyn must prove that she alone is the true heir to the throne... more

  • The Prometheus Design (Star Trek Classic #10)
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    The Prometheus Design (Star Trek Classic #10)

    Sondra Marshak, Myrna Culbreath

    Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1982

    CAN THE GALAXY'S GROWING VIOLENCE BE STOPPED?Captain Kirk and his crew are on a mission to investigate the mysterious wave of violence that has overtaken the Helvans -- revolutions, mass riots, horrible tortures. This chaos is all part of an experiment by an unimaginable power that soon grips even the crew of the U.S.S. EnterpriseCaptain Kirk is plagued by violent hallucinations and removed from command. Spock takes charge but his orders seem irrational -- even cruel... more

  • Triangle (Star Trek Classic #11)
    #11

    Triangle (Star Trek Classic #11)

    Sondra Marshak, Myrna Culbreath

    Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1983

    Kirk's soul...Spock's lifeA dark plan has been unleashed in the galaxy, a design so vast, only a collective -- and ruthless -- mindlike the Totality could have conceived it. Now Captain Kirk must battle the seductive force of the Totality's will. It was reasonable that Captian Kirk and Federation Free Agent Sola Than would fall in love. But no reasoning the the universe could have foreseen the tragedy of Spock's own passion for the same woman... more

  • Yesterday's Son (Star Trek Classic #12)
    #12

    Yesterday's Son (Star Trek Classic #12)

    A.C. Crispin

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 1983

    The Romulans attack the planet Gateway, where Federation scientists are studying the Guardian of Forever—the mysterious portal to the past. The Starship Enterprise™ must protect the Guardian—or destroy it. But Spock has already used the portal to journey to the past. On the planet Sarpedion, 5,000 years ago, Spock knew a beautiful, primitive woman. Now he has gone back to meet his son!

  • The Wounded Sky (Star Trek Classic #13)
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    The Wounded Sky (Star Trek Classic #13)

    Diane Duane

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1983

    An alien scientist invents the Intergalactic Inversion Drive, an engine system that transcends warp drive, and the U.S.S. Enterprise will be the first to test it! The Klingons attempt to thwart the test, but a greater danger looms when strange symptoms surface among the crew, and time becomes meaningless. Captain Kirk and his friends must repair the fabric of the Universe before time is lost forever.

  • The Trellisane Confrontation (Star Trek Classic #14)
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    The Trellisane Confrontation (Star Trek Classic #14)

    David Dvorkin

    Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 1984

    The Treallisane Confrontation The U.S.S Enterprise™ has rushed to war-torn Trellisane! Kirk is on the bridge of a Klingon warship, McCoy is dining with cannibals, and the ship is surrounded by Romulans. In the Neutral Zone, power is up for grabs. Now only the ingenuity and raw courage of the Enterprise crew can avert catastrophe!

  • Corona (Star Trek Classic #16)
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    Corona (Star Trek Classic #16)

    Greg Bear

    Rated: 3.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 1984

    An awesome force of protostars known as Corona has taken control of a stranded team of Vulcan scientists. The Starship Enterprise* has come on a rescue mission, with a female reporter and a new computer that can override Kirk's command. Suddenly, the rescuers must save themselves and the entire universe before Corona unleashes a Big Bang.

  • The Final Reflection (Star Trek Classic #17)
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    The Final Reflection (Star Trek Classic #17)

    John M. Ford

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1984

    Klingon Captain Krenn is a ruthless war strategist. But on a mission to Earth, Krenn learns a lesson in peace. Suddenly he must fight a secret battle of his own. His empire has a covert plan to shatter the Federation. Only Krenn can prevent a war -- at the risk of his own life!

  • My Enemy, My Ally (Star Trek Classic #18)
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    My Enemy, My Ally (Star Trek Classic #18)

    Diane Duane

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1984

    Ael t' Rlailiiu is a noble and dangerous Romulan Commander. But when the Romulans kidnap Vulcans to genetically harness their mind power, Ael decides on treason. Captain Kirk, her old enemy, joins her in a secret pact to destroy the research laboratory and free the captive Vulcans. When the Romulans discover their plan, the Neutral Zone seethes with schemes and counter-schemes, sabotage and war.

  • The Tears of the Singers (Star Trek Classic #19)
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    The Tears of the Singers (Star Trek Classic #19)

    Melinda M. Snodgrass

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1984

    The Tears Of The Singers Captain Kirk and the U.S.S Enterprise™ join the Klingons to avert disaster in the Taygeta V system -- where a time/space warp has swallowed a spaceship without a trace. Spock suspects a link between the anomaly and the inhabitants of Taygeta, semi-aquatic creatures killed for the jewel-like tears secreted at the moment of death... more

  • The Vulcan Academy Murders (Star Trek Classic #20)
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    The Vulcan Academy Murders (Star Trek Classic #20)

    Jean Lorrah

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1984

    Kirk and McCoy accompany Spock to the Vulcan Academy Hospital seeking experimental treatment for a badly wounded Enterprise crew member. Spock's mother is also a patient in the hospital, and Kirk soon becomes involved in the complex drama of Spock's family... Suddenly, patients are dying, and Kirk suspects the unthinkable—murder on Vulcan! But can he convince the Vulcans that something as illogical as murder is possible? Until the Killer is caught, everyone is in danger!

  • Uhura's Song (Star Trek Classic #21)
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    Uhura's Song (Star Trek Classic #21)

    Janet Kagan

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1985

    Years ago, Lieutenant Uhura befriended a diplomat from Eeiauo, a land of graceful, catlike beings. The two women exchanged forbidden songs and promised never to reveal their secret. Now the Starship Enterprise must race to save the Eeiauoans before a deadly plague destroys them all. Uhura's secret songs may hold the key to a cure, but the clues are veiled in layers of mystery. The plague is killing humans, threatening other planets—and Kirk must crack the code before the Enterprise succumbs!

  • Shadow Lord (Star Trek Classic #22)
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    Shadow Lord (Star Trek Classic #22)

    Laurence Yep

    Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1985

    Angira is a primitive, violent planet -- and young Prince Vikram returns from Earth filled with new ideas. When Sulu and Spock accompany Vikram home, they walk into a bloodbath: reactionary forces, afraid of any modernization, have seized Vikram's rightful throne. Suddenly the men from the Enterprise are on an underground journey with a Prince who is coming of age. The future of Angira is at stake, and each man's survival depends on his skill -- and daring -- with a sword!

  • Ishmael (Star Trek Classic #23)
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    Ishmael (Star Trek Classic #23)

    Barbara Hambly

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1985

    The Enterprise is on a peaceful mission at Starbase 12, and Spock is visiting aboard a Klingon vessel, when a mysterious phenomenon causes the Klingon ship to vanish. Spock's last message from the ship is cryptic, but frightening. It suggests that the Klingons are traveling into the past, hoping to kill one man who was decisive in the course of history, and thereby change it, destroying the Federation before it was born.

  • Killing Time (Star Trek Classic #25)
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    Killing Time (Star Trek Classic #25)

    Della Van Hise

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings · published 1985

    Second History: a Romulan time-tampering project that has transported the Enterprise and the galaxy into an alternate dimension of reality. Now, Kirk is an embittered young ensign and Spock is a beseiged Starship commander. Lured into a Romulan trap, Captain Spock and Ensign Kirk must free themselves from both their captors and their own altered selves...before the galaxy hurtles toward total destruction!

  • Dwellers in the Crucible (Star Trek Classic #26)
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    Dwellers in the Crucible (Star Trek Classic #26)

    Margaret Wander Bonanno

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1985

    Essef - Warrantors of Peace: the Federation's daring experiment to prevent war among its members. each Warrantor, man or woman is hostage for the government of his native world - and is instantly killed if that world breaks the peace. Now Romulans have kidnapped six Warrantors, to foment political chaos - and then civil war - within the Federation. Captain Kirk must send Sulu to infiltrate Romulan territory, find the hostages, and bring them back alive - before the Federation self-destructs!

  • Pawns and Symbols (Star Trek Classic #27)
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    Pawns and Symbols (Star Trek Classic #27)

    Majliss Larson

    Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1985

    Pawns And Symbols Threatened by a deadly famine, the Klingon Empire is on the verge of igniting a mad interplanetary war of conquest. When an earthquake destroys a remote Federation research station, Jean Czerny, agricultural scientist, succumbs to amnesia. Stranded on enemy borders, she is imprisoned by Kang, the evil commander of a Klingon battleship. Now Kirk must play a dangerous game of mind strategy to prevent a savage attack on the Federation

  • Dreadnought! (Star Trek Classic #30)
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    Dreadnought! (Star Trek Classic #30)

    Diane Carey

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1986

    Star Empire is the Federation's most powerful weapon, a dreadnought, the first of a new class of super-starships capable of outgunning a dozen Klingon cruisers. On the eve of her maiden voyage, a band of terrorists steals Star Empire and demands a rendezvous with the EnterpriseTM... more

  • Battlestations! (Star Trek Classic #33)
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    Battlestations! (Star Trek Classic #33)

    Diane Carey

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings · published 1986

    Back on Earth enjoying a well-deserved shore leave, Captain Kirk is rudely accosted by a trio of Starfleet Security guards. He is wanted for questioning in connection with the theft of transwarp, the Federation's newest most advanced propulsion system. With the aid of Mr. Spock, Lt. Cmdr. Piper begins a desperate search for the scientists who developed transwarp, a search that leads her to an isolated planet where she discovers the real and very dangerous traitor!

  • Chain of Attack (Star Trek Classic #34)
    #34

    Chain of Attack (Star Trek Classic #34)

    Gene DeWeese

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1987

    While mapping a series of gravitational anomalies, the Enterprise is suddenly hurled millions of light-years through space, into a distant galaxy of scorched and lifeless worlds . . . into the middle of an endless interstellar war. With no way back home, the crippled starship finds itself under relentless and suicidal attack by both warring fleets. And Captain Kirk must gamble the lives of his crew on his ability to stop a war that has raged for centuries⁠—and ravaged a galaxy . . .

  • Deep Domain (Star Trek Classic #36)
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    Deep Domain (Star Trek Classic #36)

    Howard Weinstein

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1987

    A routine diplomatic visit to the water-world of Akkalla becomes a nightmarish search for a missing Spock and Chekov, a search that plunges Admiral Kirk headlong into a corrupt government's desperate struggle to retain power. For both a Federation Science outpost and Akkalla's valiant freedom fighters have begun uncovering the ancient secrets hidden beneath her tranquil oceans... more

  • Dreams of the Raven (Star Trek Classic #37)
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    Dreams of the Raven (Star Trek Classic #37)

    Carmen Carter

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1987

    Dreams Of The Raven A merchant ship's frantic S.O.S sends the U.S.S. Enterprise™ speeding to the rescue! But the starships mission of mercy soon becomes a desperate struggle for survival against a nightmarish enemy Captain Kirk can neither identify nor understand, an enemy he must defeat without the aid of one of his most trusted officers. For the Leonard McCoy Kirk knew is gone. In his place stands a stranger -- a man with no memory of his Starfleet career, his family, his friends.. more

  • The Romulan Way (Star Trek Classic #38)
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    The Romulan Way (Star Trek Classic #38)

    Diane Duane, Peter Morwood

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 1987

    They are a race of warriors, a noble people to whom honor is all. They are cousin to the Vulcan, ally to the Klingon, and Starfleet's most feared and cunning adversary. They are the Romulans, and for eight years, Federation Agent Terise LoBrutto has hidden in their midst. Now the presence of a captured Starfleet officer forces her to make a fateful choice between exposure and the chance to escape: maintain her cover -- or save the life of Dr... more

  • How Much for Just the Planet? (Star Trek Classic #39)
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    How Much for Just the Planet? (Star Trek Classic #39)

    John M. Ford

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1987

    Dilithium. In crystalline form, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy. It powers the Federation's starships... and the Klingon Empire's battlecruisers. Now on a small, out-of-the-way planet named Direidi, the greatest fortune in dilithium crystals ever seen has been found.Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planet will go to the side best able to develop the planet and its resources. Each side will contest the prize with the prime of its fleet... more

  • Bloodthirst (Star Trek Classic #40)
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    Bloodthirst (Star Trek Classic #40)

    J.M. Dillard

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 1987

    A class one medical emergency summons the Enterprise to the Federation outpost Tanis. There, a grisly surprise awaits them. Two of the lab's three researchers are decade, their bodies almost entirely drained of blood. There are no clues. No records of their research. No remnants of their work. There is only the oupost's sole survivor, Dr. Jeffrey Adams. A man with a secret that will rock the very foundtions of Star Fleet.. more

  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Star Trek Classic #41)
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    Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Star Trek Classic #41)

    Gene Roddenberry, Alan Dean Foster, Harold Livingston

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1979

    The historic five-year mission is over. But Kirk, McCoy, Scotty and the crew join forces again on the Enterprise to thwart an incredibly destructive power—a threat to earth and the human race. This novel is written by the creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry.

  • The IDIC Epidemic (Star Trek Classic #43)
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    The IDIC Epidemic (Star Trek Classic #43)

    Jean Lorrah

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1988

    I.D.I.C -- Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. More than just a simple credo, for those of the planet Vulcan it is the cornerstone of their philosophy.Now, on the Vulcan Science Colony Nisus, that credo of tolerance is being being put to its sternest test. For here, on a planet where Vulcan, human, Klingon, and countless other races live and work side by side, a deadly plague whose origins has sprung up. A plague whose origins are somehow rooted in the concept of I.D.I.C. itself... more

  • Time for Yesterday (Star Trek Classic #44)
    #44

    Time for Yesterday (Star Trek Classic #44)

    A.C. Crispin

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1986

    To keep the universe from collapsing, a reunited Enterprise crew must save Spock's son from the past. Read by Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan, this is the story of the crew's mission to Gateway, their goal being to bring Zar out of the past to contact the Guardian of Forever and save civilization.

  • Timetrap (Star Trek Classic #45)
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    Timetrap (Star Trek Classic #45)

    David Dvorkin

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1988

    In a remote area of Federation space, the Enerprise picks up an urgent distress signal -- from a Klingon vessel! Tracing the S.O.S., the crew finds the Klingon cruiser Mauler, trapped in a dimensional storm of unprecedented power. Yet paradoxically, the ship refuses both the Enterprise's call and the offers of help. Determined to discover what the Klingons are doing in Federation space, Kirk beams aboard their ship with a security team, just as the storm flares to its highest intensity... more

  • The Three-Minute Universe (Star Trek Classic #46)
    #46

    The Three-Minute Universe (Star Trek Classic #46)

    Barbara Paul

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 1988

    The Sackers may be the most hated race in the galaxy, so repugnant that their mere appearance makes most Federation citizens ill. That hatred runs both ways, and now the Sackers have stolen a powerful new device that they use to imperil the rest of the universe. They've torn a hole in the fabric of spacetime, an expanding tear so that one universe is leaking into another, and unless the EnterpriseTM crew can stop it, it will consume everything in its path.

  • Memory Prime (Star Trek Classic #47)
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    Memory Prime (Star Trek Classic #47)

    Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens, V.E. Mitchell, Gene DeWeese

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1988

    Memory Prime It is the central core of an immense computer library -- an elite network of research planetoids. Here, the Pathfinders -- the only artificial intelligences legally permitted to serve the Federation -- control and sift the overwhelming dataflow from thousands of research vessels across the galaxy... Now the greatest scientists in the Federation have gathered here for the prestigious Nobel and Z-Magnees prize ceremonies -- unaware that a deadly assassin is stalking one of them... more

  • The Final Nexus (Star Trek Classic #48)
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    The Final Nexus (Star Trek Classic #48)

    Gene DeWeese

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1988

    Uncounted centuries ago, an unknown race from beyond our galaxy built a series of interstellar gates -- shortcuts through the cosmos -- and then disappeared, leaving no clues to their identity nor to the workings of their system. The "EnterpriseTM herself has used the gates twice before, without gaining any insight into the mystery... more

  • Vulcan's Glory (Star Trek Classic #49)
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    Vulcan's Glory (Star Trek Classic #49)

    D.C. Fontana

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1989

    Here is a very special STAR TREK novel—from the woman consistently voted by the fans as their favorite writer from the original STAR TREK television series!D.C. Fontana, writer of such classic STAR TREK episodes as "Journey to Babel" and "This Side of Paradise," here brings the never-before-told story of a very young Mr. Spock, on his first mission aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise... more

  • Double, Double (Star Trek Classic #51)
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    Double, Double (Star Trek Classic #51)

    Michael Jan Friedman

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1989

    On a routine exploratory mission, the Starship U.S.S. "Hood" picks up a distress signal from a research expedition thought lost long ago -- the expedition of Dr. Roger Korby, one of the centuries' greatest scientific minds. Korby himself is dead, it seems, but his colleagues have made a most incredible discover -- a discovery they insist the "Hood's" captain see for himself. Reluctantly, the captain agrees to beam down...Meanwhile, the crew of the U.S.S... more

  • The Cry of the Onlies (Star Trek Classic #52)
    #52

    The Cry of the Onlies (Star Trek Classic #52)

    Judy Klass

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1989

    Captain Kirk must face his past to prevent a major war.

  • The Kobayashi Maru (Star Trek Classic #53)
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    The Kobayashi Maru (Star Trek Classic #53)

    Julia Ecklar

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1989

    Trapped aboard a seemingly doomed shuttlecraft, the Enterprise's officers reminisce about their days at the Starfleet Academy, particularly about a no-win exercise, providing the inspiration for them to effect their own rescue.

  • Rules of Engagement (Star Trek Classic #54)
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    Rules of Engagement (Star Trek Classic #54)

    Peter Morwood

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1990

    Kirk and the Enterprise become embroiled in a Klingon power struggle when they stumble upon a previously uncataloged and apparently abandoned Klingon starship in neutral space.

  • The Pandora Principle (Star Trek Classic #55)
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    The Pandora Principle (Star Trek Classic #55)

    Carolyn Clowes

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings · published 1990

    A Romulan Bird of Prey mysteriously drifts over the neutral zone and into Federation territory. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise investigate, only to find the ship dead in space. When Starfleet orders the derelict ship brought to Earth for examination, the Enterprise returns home with perhaps her greatest prize. But the Bird of Prey carries a dangerous cargo, a deadly force that is soon unleashed in the heart of the Federation... more

  • Doctor's Orders (Star Trek Classic #57)
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    Doctor's Orders (Star Trek Classic #57)

    Diane Duane

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1990

    When Dr. McCoy grumbles once too often about the way the U.S.S. Enterprise™ ought to be run, Captain Kirk decides to leave the doctor in command while he oversees a routine diplomatic mission. Kirk beams down to a strange planet nicknamed "Flyspeck" to negotiate its admission into the Federation, leaving Dr. McCoy to enjoy his new authority. However, the doctor soon learns that command is a double-edged sword when Kirk disappears without a trace... more

  • Enemy Unseen (Star Trek Classic #58)
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    Enemy Unseen (Star Trek Classic #58)

    V.E. Mitchell

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1990

    Enemy Unseen Transporting a diplomatic party is nothing new for Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the "Enterprise(TM) " -- but this particular mission promises trouble from the start.For one thing, the wife of the Federation ambassador on this trip is an old flame of Kirk's -- she's determined to see that they resume their romance where they left off... more

  • Home is the Hunter (Star Trek Classic #59)
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    Home is the Hunter (Star Trek Classic #59)

    Dana Kramer-Rolls

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1990

    A dispute over a planet and its primitive people leads Captain Kirk and a Klingon Commander to pit their ships against each other in battle. But the fight is stopped by a mysterious and powerful alien being named Weyland, who decides to punish three Enterprise™ crewmembers with their own history. He places Sulu in feudal Japan during the period's most important and bloody power struggle, Scotty in 18th century Scotland on the eve of revolt, and Chekov in WWII Russia... more

  • Ghost-Walker (Star Trek Classic #60)
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    Ghost-Walker (Star Trek Classic #60)

    Barbara Hambly

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1991

    Elcidar Beta Three -- a tranquil, undisturbed planet strategically located between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Home to the Midgwins, a race of people who throughout all time have lived in peace with their planet, and themselves. But now, times are changing. Unwilling to embrace any form of technology, the Midgwins have exhausted their world's natural resources, and stand on the brink of global famine... more

  • A Flag Full of Stars (Star Trek Classic #61)
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    A Flag Full of Stars (Star Trek Classic #61)

    Brad Ferguson

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1991

    It has been eighteen months since the Starship Enterprise completed her historic five-year mission and her legendary crew has separated, taking new assignments that span the galaxy. On Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk has married and started a new life as the Chief of Starfleet operations where he is overseeing the refit of his beloved ship, now commanded by a new Captain—Willard Decker. Kirk's only tie to his former crewmates is his Chief of Staff, a young Lieutenant Commander named Kevin Riley... more

  • Renegade (Star Trek Classic #62)
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    Renegade (Star Trek Classic #62)

    Gene DeWeese

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1991

    Captain Kirk must moderate a dispute between rebel colonists and the residents of Chrellkan III, an investigation that leads him to uncover a dangerous plot against the Federation.

  • Legacy (Star Trek Classic #63)
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    Legacy (Star Trek Classic #63)

    Michael Jan Friedman

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1991

    A routine survey of the planet Alpha Octavius Four turns disastrous as Spock is attacked and poisoned by a huge creature and Kirk's landing party is trapped underground by a violent earthquake. As Spock fights for his life in sickbay, Scotty organizes a search for Kirk and his men. However, rescue efforts must cease when the U.S.S. Enterprise™ is called away to the Beta Cabrini system where a mining colony is under heavy attack. At Beta Cabrini, the U.S.S... more

  • The Rift (Star Trek Classic #64)
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    The Rift (Star Trek Classic #64)

    Peter David

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1991

    Every thirty-three years, a rift in space connects the Federation with a mysterious race called the Calligar who live on a planet hundreds of light years away -- much too far to travel in a Starship. Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise™ are dispatched to transport a Federation delegation of diplomats, scholars and scientists who will travel to Calligar directly during the brief period of time that the rift will be open. Mr... more

  • Faces of Fire (Star Trek Classic #65)
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    Faces of Fire (Star Trek Classic #65)

    Michael Jan Friedman

    Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1992

    En route to Alpha Malurian Six to settle a dispute between two opposing religious groups, the Enterprise drops Mr. Spock off at a colony on Beta Canzandia, and later he must come to their rescue when their mission backfires.

  • The Disinherited (Star Trek Classic #66)
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    The Disinherited (Star Trek Classic #66)

    Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1992

    Gamma Xaridian is a peaceful Federation research colony that becomes the third Federation world to suffer a brutal attack at the hands of a mysterious alien fleet. With Lt. Uhura gone on an important mission of her own, Captain Kirk and the "U.S.S. Enterprise" TM are dispatched to investigate the attacks, only to find the planets completely devastated. When another nearby colony is attacked, the U.S.S. "Enterprise" is ready and encounters a fleet of quick, small and deadly ships... more

  • Ice Trap (Star Trek Classic #67)
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    Ice Trap (Star Trek Classic #67)

    L.A. Graf

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1992

    When an orbital shuttle transporting civilian research scientists explodes in a mysterious magnetic storm on the planet Nordstral, Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise come to the rescue.

  • Sanctuary (Star Trek Classic #68)
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    Sanctuary (Star Trek Classic #68)

    John Vornholt

    Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1992

    Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are trapped on a planet from which there is no escape!The planet Sanctuary—a fabled world in unexplored space thought to be the last refuge of the persecuted, home to both the justly and unjustly accused. Though its name has been translated into every language in the galaxy, Starfleet has never known its exact location.When the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise is assigned to capture a dangerous criminal named Auk Rex, their pursuit takes them to an unexplored sector of space... more

  • Death Count (Star Trek Classic #69)
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    Death Count (Star Trek Classic #69)

    L.A. Graf

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1992

    The disappearance of Andorian scientific genius Muav Haslev fuels tensions between the Orions and Andorians, tensions that come dangerously close to full scale war. Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are called to Starbase Sigma 1, located on the edge of Andorian-Orion space, to patrol the sector as a deterrent to hostilities. On arrival, the crew encounters an inexplicable series of events, beginning with missing equipment and shipboard malfunctions... more

  • Shell Game (Star Trek Classic #70)
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    Shell Game (Star Trek Classic #70)

    Melissa Crandall

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1993

    While on a routine mission to retrieve a research drone for recycling, the "U.S.S. Enterprise" TM encounters a Romulan space station adrift within Federation borders. Exploring the lifeless station, the crew finds ghostly apparitions flitting at the edges of sight. Soon the "U.S.S. Enterprise" is also inexplicably without power. Captain Kirk and his crew must now solve the mystery of the strange apparitions before the Starship suffers the station's fate... more

  • The Starship Trap (Star Trek Classic #71)
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    The Starship Trap (Star Trek Classic #71)

    Mel Gilden

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1993

    At an important diplomatic reception, Captain Kirk learns that Federation, Klingon, and Romulan vessels have been mysteriously vanishing without a trace, and he is determined to find out why.

  • Windows on a Lost World (Star Trek Classic #72)
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    Windows on a Lost World (Star Trek Classic #72)

    V.E. Mitchell

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1993

    While Kirk, Spock, Chekov and an archaeological team are exploring the ruins of an ancient civilization on the uninhabited planet Careta IV, they discover strange devices that appear to be simple windows. But the windows prove dangerous when Kirk and Chekov enter them, and disappear. Now, while the two struggle to survive, Spock struggles to unravel the mystery--while fighting off aliens.

  • From the Depths (Star Trek Classic #73)
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    From the Depths (Star Trek Classic #73)

    Victor Milán

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1993

    Okeanos, a water world settled centuries ago by a group of Federation separatists, is now rocked by a power struggle between the natives and the ex-Federation colony. When the USS Enterprise is sent beyond the Federation's boundaries to the planet to act as mediators, they are surprised to find a group of Klingons already serving as the natives' advisors... more

  • The Great Starship Race (Star Trek Classic #74)
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    The Great Starship Race (Star Trek Classic #74)

    Diane Carey

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1993

    When a friendly, alien people called Rey make contact with the Federation, they are thrilled to learn the galaxy has a large number of intelligent races. To bring the myriad cultures to their world, the Rey host a celebration - inviting spacefaring peoples to send representative ships to complete against one another and the Great Starship Race is born.

  • Best Destiny (Star Trek Classic #76)
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    Best Destiny (Star Trek Classic #76)

    Diane Carey

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1992

    As James T. Kirk prepares to retire from a long and illustrious Starfleet career, events in a distant part of the Federation draw him back to a part of the galaxy he had last visited as a young man, a mysterious world called Faramond whose name takes Kirk on a journey back to his youth. At sixteen, Kirk is troubled, estranged from his father, and has a bleak future... more

  • Firestorm (Star Trek Classic #77)
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    Firestorm (Star Trek Classic #77)

    L.A. Graf

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1994

    Firestorm When a convert Elasian mining operation interferes with a Federation geological expedition, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the" Starship Enterprise(TM) " are dispatched to the planet Rakatan to mediate between the rival parties. The Elasian Dohman claims that the planet and its dilithium deposits are hers... more

  • The Patrian Transgression (Star Trek Classic #79)
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    The Patrian Transgression (Star Trek Classic #79)

    Simon Hawke

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1994

    The "U.S.S. Enterprise" TM is sent to Patria I to discuss that world's application for Federation membership. But Captain Kirk and his landing party soon discover that the Patrians have a strict system of laws, laws that are enforced by a telepathic police force. In the midst of this startling revelation, the crew finds themselves in the middle of Patria's growing political unrest... more

  • Crossroad (Star Trek Classic #81)
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    Crossroad (Star Trek Classic #81)

    Barbara Hambly

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1994

    The crew of the Nautilus, a battered Starship of mysterious origin, is beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise™. The group claims they are freedom fighters from the future working to save the Federation from the Consilium, a group of corrupt power-seekers. The Nautilus crew members then seize control of the U.S.S. Enterprise, and a Starship from the future arrives to arrest the renegades. Kirk must separate his true allies from those who wish to destroy the Federation.

  • Traitor Winds (Star Trek Classic #82)
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    Traitor Winds (Star Trek Classic #82)

    L.A. Graf

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1994

    More than a year has passed since the end of the Enterprise's legendary five-year mission, and Kirk and his crew have settled into their new, separate assignments. But Sulu and Chekov soon find themselves framed for murder and treason, and the two officers are forced to go into hiding. Admiral Kirk and Lt. Uhura frantically search for evidence to prove Sulu and Chekov innocent and uncover a plot that threatens the very foundations of Starfleet... more

  • The Better Man (Star Trek Classic #83)
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    The Better Man (Star Trek Classic #83)

    Howard Weinstein

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1994

    When the planet Empyrea, a colony of genetically perfected Human beings, demands that the Federation remove a science station which has been in place for nearly twenty years, the Starship Enterprise is assigned to transport to the planet the Federation ambassador who negotiated with the Empyreans long ago – an ambassador who was once Dr. McCoy's closest friend, but is now a bitter rival.On Empyrea, McCoy discovers Anna, a daughter he never knew he had... more

  • Recovery (Star Trek Classic #85)
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    Recovery (Star Trek Classic #85)

    J.M. Dillard

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1995

    The long awaited final book in the Lost Years Saga! It began with The Lost Years: the story of what happened to Captain Kirk and the legendary crew of the U.S.S Enterprise when their original five-year mission ended. The saga continued in A Flag Full of Stars and Traitor Winds. Now, in Recovery, J.M. Dillard brings to an end one of the most exciting chapters in STAR TREK history! Admiral James T. Kirk, former Captain of the U.S... more

  • The Fearful Summons (Star Trek Classic #86)
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    The Fearful Summons (Star Trek Classic #86)

    Denny Martin Flinn

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1995

    Captain Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior and his crew are kidnapped. When Federation-conducted negotiations come to a standstill, Captain James Kirk and the former officers of the U.S.S. Enterprise™ reunite to rescue their old comrade. The officers learn carrying out their mission could prove difficult when they encounter the kidnappers -- a greedy little-known race called the Thraxians, who believe their way is the only way... more

  • First Frontier (Star Trek Classic #87)
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    First Frontier (Star Trek Classic #87)

    Diane Carey, James I. Kirkland

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1995

    While testing a new shielding device, the "U.S.S. EnterpriseTM is caught in the middle of a Klingon/Romulan battle. The "Enterprise crew rescues a lifepod, and they are confronted by a Klingon who claims to know nothing of human existence. Convinced the Klingon is telling the truth, Captain Kirk hurries to Starfleet Headquarters in search of answers... more

  • The Captain's Daughter (Star Trek Classic #91)
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    The Captain's Daughter (Star Trek Classic #91)

    Peter David

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1995

    When Demora Sulu, an exemplary young Starfleet officer, suddenly attacks her commanding officer, who kills her in self-defense, everyone is stunned. No one is more grief-stricken than her father, Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior. Determined to learn the truth behind his daughter's bizarre death, Sulu goes to the planet where she was killed, and finds himself confronted by an old enemy eager to destroy Sulu's reputation and his life!

  • The Rings of Tautee (Star Trek Classic #93)
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    The Rings of Tautee (Star Trek Classic #93)

    Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1996

    An entire solar system begins to disintegrate into cosmic rubble, and Captain Kirk suspects that rumors of a new Klingon superweapon are all too true. The Tautee system houses a flourishing pre-Warp civilization not quite ready to join the Federation, so the Prime Directive limits Kirk's ability to prevent the disaster, and to make matters worse his rescue efforts provoke an attack from four Klingon warships... more

  • First Strike (Star Trek Classic #94)
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    First Strike (Star Trek Classic #94)

    Diane Carey

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 1996

    THE BEGINNING OF THE ULTIMATE STAR TREK SAGA! "Across time and space comes a Fury!"Long ago, before the days of myth and legend, our worlds belonged to them. Now they want them back....Captain Kirk is stunned when the Federation receives an urgent plea for help -- from the Klingon Empire. A mysterious starship has invaded Klingon space and resisted all their efforts to destroy it... more

  • Treaty's Law (Star Trek Classic #102)
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    Treaty's Law (Star Trek Classic #102)

    Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 1997

    The Day of Honor is celebrated throughout the Klingon Empire. But every tradition had to being somewhere... Signi Beta is an M-class planet ideal for farming. The Federation wants Signi Beta, but the Klingon Empire has the stronger claim. Captain Kirk hates to lose the planet, especially to his old adversary, Commander Kor. Their mutual antagonism turns into an uneasy alliance, however, when yet another alien fleet attacks both the Klingons and the "U.S.S. Enterprise... more

  • Cloak (Star Trek Classic #106)
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    Cloak (Star Trek Classic #106)

    S.D. Perry

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 2001

    They are the self-appointed protectors of the Federation. Amoral, shrouded in secrecy, answerable to no one, Section 31 is the mysterious covert operations division of Starfleet, a rogue shadow group committed to safeguarding the Federation at any cost. Once, in order to preserve the galaxy's fragile balance of power, Captain James T. Kirk carried out a dangerous mission to capture a cloaking device from the Romulan Star Empire... more

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