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Will the Klingons rule at last?
The Covenant of the Crown is a Pocket TOS novel – #4 in the numbered series – written by Howard Weinstein. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in December 1981.
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.
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Background information[]
- This is the first Star Trek novel to take place after Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The Pocket Books series would continue to move back and forth between the TOS and post-TMP eras throughout its run.
- The Science Fiction Book Club released a special edition of the novel in hardback in July 1982.
- The book features an introduction by David Gerrold.
- Guest character Kailyn is diagnosed with choriocytosis, the same disease which nearly killed Spock. (TAS: "The Pirates of Orion") Both instances of the diseases were written by author Howard Weinstein.
- The flashback sequence establishes that James T. Kirk served aboard the USS Normandy as a lieutenant commander. This would place the flashback after his time on the USS Farragut and his run in with the dikironium cloud creature, where he was only a lieutenant. (TOS: "Obsession")
Characters[]
- James T. Kirk
- Captain.
- Spock
- Science Officer
- Leonard McCoy
- CMO
- Uhura
- Hikaru Sulu
- Pavel Chekov
- Christine Chapel
- Paul Harrington
- Admiral.
- Kailyn
- Heir to the Shaddan throne.
References[]
Enterprise, USS; Federation; Klingon; Organians; Treaty of Organia
- Galileo
- Shuttlecraft.
- IKS Nightwing (β)
- Klingon battle cruiser commanded by Captain Kaidin.
- USS Normandy (β)
- Federation starship, assignment of Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk.
- Quadrant J-221
- Shad
- Planet.
- Sigma 1212
- Fourth planet in the Sigma system. Sixty-two percent of the planet's land-mass is too cold for Human habitation.
- Zenna Four
- Planet.
Chronology[]
- 2258
- Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk visits Shad while serving aboard the USS Normandy.
- 2276
- The events of this novel.
External links[]
- The Covenant of the Crown at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- The Covenant of the Crown at Wikipedia
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