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The USS Enterprise must stop the slaughter of an alien race, or risk the fate of the universe!

The Tears of the Singers is a Pocket TOS novel – #19 in the numbered series – written by Melinda M. Snodgrass. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in September 1984.

Summary[]

From the book jacket
Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise join the Klingons to avert disaster in the Taygeta V system – where a time/space warp has swallowed a spaceship without a trace. Spock suspects a link between the anomaly and the inhabitants of Taygeta, semi-aquatic creatures killed for the jewel-like tears secreted at the moment of death. But a mutinous Klingon officer threatens the vital mission, as a desperate Kirk and Spock race to save the Taygetians, the Federation – and the entire universe!

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Background information[]

Characters[]

Canon characters[]

James T. Kirk
Spock
Uhura
Leonard McCoy
Montgomery Scott
Kali
Kor

Non-canon characters[]

Guy Maslin
Human musician, brought by Kirk as an expert to help the crew learn the Taygetans' music-based language

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#20: The Vulcan Academy Murders
Killing Time (#38) Titan Books release order  Enemy Unseen (#40)
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