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Spock and Sulu are swept into a savage power struggle on a primitive, beautiful world.
Shadow Lord is a Pocket TOS novel – #22 in the numbered series – written by Laurence Yep. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in March 1985.
Summary
- From the book jacket
- Prince Vikram of the planet Angira has been studying on Earth, and plans to return to his rather primitive world with revolutionary ideas. Spock and Sulu accompany him home, but are quickly embroiled in a savage conflict between Vikram's supporters and the technology-fearing usurpers who have seized his throne. To survive, and win Angira back for Vikram, Spock and Sulu must meet their enemies on their own terms, with swords.
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Background information
- This is the only Star Trek novel written by Laurence Yep.
- 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, Uhura's Song and Pawns and Symbols.
Characters
Canon characters
- James T. Kirk
- Captain
- Spock
- Hikaru Sulu
Non-canon characters
- Vikram
- Prince of Angira
External links
- Shadow Lord at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Shadow Lord at Wikipedia
Previous novel: | Series | Next novel: |
#21: Uhura's Song | Pocket TOS Numbered novels |
#23: Ishmael |
Dwellers in the Crucible | Titan Books release order "Giant" novels |
Pawns and Symbols |