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Author: Howard Weinstein
Illustrator: Unknown
Publisher: Pocket Books
Series: TOS
Published: December 1981
Pages: 191
Year: 227x
Stardate: XXXX.X
Reference #: ISBN 0839828861 (hardcover)
ISBN 0671700782 (paperback)
ASIN B0000523SS (e-book)

The Covenant of the Crown is set during Star Trek: The Motion Picture era.

Summary

From the book jacket
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.
Should they fail, they will open the door for Klingon takeover of the whole quadrant.

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Background

Guest character Kailyn is diagnosed as having choriocytosis,the same disease which nearly killed Spock in the TAS episode The Pirates of Orion. That episode is directly referenced in this story, and was also written by author Howard Weinstein.

Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket TOS characters.
James T. Kirk
Spock
Leonard McCoy
Kailyn
heir to the Shaddan throne.

References

IKS Nightwing
Klingon battle cruiser commanded by Captain Kaidin.
USS Normandy
Federation starship, assignment of Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk.


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