Captains Blood, William Shatner
Captains Blood, William Shatner
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Captain's Blood

Author: William Shatner

Narrator: William Shatner

Abridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2003


Synopsis

This thrilling and sweeping Star Trek adventure from William Shatner brings together multiple generations to face an unstoppable enemy in a battle for the existence of all life in the galaxy and beyond.

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 the now retired James T. Kirk to investigate his beloved friend’s murder. Given clandestine assistance by Captain Will Riker 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. But on Romulus’s 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, literally 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 at last brings him to the heart of a staggering conspiracy. Now, he discovers the true threat facing the Romulans, and is forced into the heartrending realization that for peace to prevail, he must sacrifice the freedom of his son, whose very blood holds the secret to his startling destiny.

About William Shatner

William Shatner is the author of nine Star Trek ® novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Ashes of Eden and The Return. He is also the author of several nonfiction books, including Get a Life! and I’m Working on That. In addition to his role as Captain James T. Kirk, he starred as Denny Crane in the hit television series from David E. Kelley, Boston Legal—a role for which he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. Find more information at WilliamShatner.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 21, 2024

Wow! Kirk has never faced an enemy like this before and the bit way at the back of the book - the very last chapter that hints at what will be in book #3 - I don't see how Kirk could ever defeat something like that! This is way beyond what he faced in the TV series... That last chapter is such a sho......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on August 11, 2020

William Shatner has some awesome writing skills. A legacy beyond Captain Kirk.......more

Goodreads review by Dan on September 26, 2018

While Captain's Blood is plagued by many of the same issues that the rest of the "Shatnerverse" novels suffer from (an over-abundance of Kirk-worship, Picard and his crew being forever upstaged by the legendary James T. Kirk), the novel is a definite improvement over the previous story, Captain's Pe......more

Goodreads review by Lee on January 15, 2022

#2 in this final series is a bit better than book 1. Perhaps doing the old author thing of cheering people up before things go downhill fast. At some point #3 will be read. First half as always uphill climb but second half goes fast and the plot is very detailed.. Problem with alot of the Star Trek......more

Goodreads review by Joe on February 16, 2022

A look into the goings-on of Romulus and Remus, something that was not uncovered in Star Trek history until the 2002 movie Star Trek: Nemesis. We had never seen a Reman before this. This book explains that a Romulan civil war is about to happen and brings in the Tal Shiar, the Jolan Movement and eve......more