Author(s):	Diane Duane
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TOS #95 Rihannsu #3
Published:	October 2000
Pages:	226
Stardate:	Unknown (2276)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671042092

A deadly game puts the fate of an empire at stake!

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

The sword was the ultimate symbol of Romulan power, tradition, and pride. It lay in the Senate Chamber of the Romulan Star Empire, revered and untouched for centuries, until the day Dr. Leonard McCoy was tried for treason – and both were stolen during an attack on Romulus itself.

Now, to avenge that insult and save face in the eyes of their deadly enemies, the Empire must recover the sword at any cost. Their envoys to the Federation demand the return of the sword and the extradition of the Romulan renegades who aided the Starship Enterprise in McCoy's escape. If diplomacy fails, the Romulans will trap the Klingons and the Federation in open war.

In such dangerous times, the Starship Enterprise is assigned the most valuable – and volatile – element of all: the fugitive Ael, her stolen Bird-of-Prey Bloodwing, and the sword they carry. Ael will undoubtedly use ship and sword to foil her enemies and play her hand in the dangerous game that she's begun. But she will do it all under the watchful eyes of James T. Kirk, the Federation starship captain who knows her dangerously well...

Background InformationEdit

• This book was released thirteen years after its prequel, The Romulan Way.

CharactersEdit

James T. Kirk

Spock

Montgomery Scott

Doctor Leonard McCoy

Uhura

Hikaru Sulu

Pavel Chekov

Ael t'Rllailleu 

Romulan fugitive, commander of the Bloodwing

Aidoann 

Romulan antecenturion serving on the Bloodwing

Khiy 

Romulan antecenturion serving on the Bloodwing

t'Hrienteh 

Romulan officer serving on the Bloodwing

Giellun tr'Keiranh 

Romulan chief engineer of the Bloodwing

External link Edit

• Swordhunt at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works