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The Romulan Empire is in disarray and Ambassador Spock's attempts
to unify the Romulans with their distant forebears, the Vulcans,
result in him being publicly assassinated. Retired federation
captain James T. Kirk is hauled out of mothballs to find Spock's
murderer. Along the way he is helped by Riker, Picard, McCoy
and Scotty...
Captain's
Blood is set after the events that unfolded in Star
Trek: Nemesis. If you've never read a Shatner/Reeves-Stevens
novel then you are going to be pretty confused.
Those
of you who think that Kirk is already dead are in for a shock.
However, fans of the series will already know that Kirk was
resurrected to help against a Borg threat in a previous novel.
There
are problems with this book, that need to be mentioned here,
but not to be taken too seriously by the reader. Firstly they
drag a retired Scotty out to help Kirk. Now which Scotty is
this? I hear you ask. According to the Next Gen episode
Relics, Scotty had just retired when he was held in
limbo for x number of years and then rescued by Picard and
his Enterprise many years later. Then, off he tottered into
the vast unknown in a small shuttlecraft. And McCoy is almost
dead when we see him in the pilot of TNG, so what use
is he on a mission? These were some of the questions nagging
at me before I started to read this book.
But, as always, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens writing
(and William Shatner, who I'm sure made a valuable contribution
somewhere along the line) explain everything so that what
sounds like a mental idea really works out okay.
The
biggest complaint I have is that the authors seem to be trying
to please all fans whether they be of the original series,
TNG, DS9, Voyager or the movies. There
is such a crossing over of shows that it was difficult to
keep up with it at times.
Those
who take their Trek seriously may want to steer clear
of this book, but anyone who wants to see what William Shatner's
ego is up to these days will find this most amusing.
Ray
Thompson
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