Author(s):	Majliss Larson
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TOS #26 Titan Books Giant #4
Published:	November 1985
Pages:	277
Stardate:	5960.2 (2269)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671554255

The Klingons are hungry for war -- and Kirk is caught in a brutal battle of wits!

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

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!

Background InformationEdit

• This is the only Star Trek novel written by Majliss Larson.
• When this novel was released by Titan Books in the UK, it was released as a "Giant" novel and not as part of the normal numbered series. It was one of four such releases - the others being Dwellers in the Crucible, Shadow Lord and Uhura's Song.

CharactersEdit

James T. Kirk

Spock

Leonard McCoy

Montgomery Scott

Jean Czerny 

Agricultural scientist.

Kang 

Klingon commander.

Mara 

Kang's wife

Cyrano Jones 

space/y trader

Kevin Riley

ReferencesEdit

USS Enterprise; SS Dierdre; IKS Klolode Two, IKS Devisor; Capella IV; Space Station K-7; Klingon; tribbles; glommer; neoethylene; Beyond Antares; ryetalyn; quadrotriticale

External linksEdit

• Pawns and Symbols at Wikipedia
• Pawns and Symbols at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works