Author(s):	William Shatner with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TOS Totality #2
Published:	1 December 2003 (hardback) 28 December 2004 (paperback)
Pages:	352
Stardate:	Unknown (post-2379)
Reference(s):	ISBN 067102129X (hardback) ISBN 0671021303 (paperback) ASIN B000FC0Y72 (Kindle)
Audiobook (abridged)
Narrator:	William Shatner
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Audio
Published:	1 July 2004
Reference(s):	ISBN 0743533593 (cassette) ISBN 0743533607 (CD)

Summary Edit

From the book jacket

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 forebearers, 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 William T. 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 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 NCC-1701-E. But on Romulus' sister world, Remus, Kirk unexpectedly encounters an alluring enemy from his past as Picard and he discover Spock's apparent murder hides an even deeper mystery, 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 brings him to the heart of a staggering conspiracy. As he discovers the true threat facing the Romulans, he realizes that he must sacrifice the freedom of his son, whose very blood holds the secret to his destiny. Captain's Blood brings together both generations in a battle for the existence of all life in this galaxy, and beyond.

Memorable Quotes Edit

"I wish Spock was here, too."
"C'mon, Bones. You're supposed to say, Spock's the one who got us into this mess."
"Exactly. Which is why I wish he was here, so I could tell him so, to his face."

- McCoy and Kirk

Background Information Edit

• The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.

Cover gallery Edit

Audiobook cover

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Characters Edit

James T. Kirk 

Captain.

Kathryn Janeway 

Admiral.

Jean-Luc Picard 

Captain.

Montgomery Scott 

Captain.

Spock 

Ambassador. Believed to have died on Romulus.

Leonard McCoy 

Doctor.

William T. Riker 

Captain. Commanding Officer of the USS Titan.

Joseph Kirk 

Kirk's five year old son.

References Edit

USS Titan

Romulus

Remus

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)

Romulan Star Empire

Farr Jolan Peace Movement

External link Edit

• Captain's Blood at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works