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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[]
- This is the only Star Trek novel by Melinda M. Snodgrass. She was later a story editor and writer on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- A limited edition hardcover was published by Gregg Press in 1985.
Characters[]
Canon characters[]
Non-canon characters[]
- Guy Maslin
- Human musician, brought by Kirk as an expert to help the crew learn the Taygetans' music-based language
External links[]
- The Tears of the Singers at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- The Tears of the Singers at Wikipedia
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