CHRONOLOGY / SYNOPSIS 
 
The Original Series
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Period F
 
 
Select another time period.
 
 
  TOS period A   Events occurring prior to the Original Series tv episodes.  
  TOS period B   Kirk's original 5-year mission plus (up to his promotion to Admiral). 
             period B is ten pages long, with titles in alphabetical order
  TOS period C   The years Kirk is based on Earth during the Enterprise refit.  
  TOS period D   Kirk commands the Enterprise as an admiral. (the first four movies)  
  TOS period E   Events between movies "The Voyage Home" and "The Final Frontier".  
  TOS period F   Star Trek V through Kirk's "death" on the Enterprise-B and its aftermath.   
  TOS period G   The continuing adventures of Kirk and his crew in Picard's time.
 
 

 
 
 
The Original Series
period F
 
 
Star Trek V through Kirk's "death" on the Enterprise-B
and its effect on his former crew.
 
 
 
 
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 

     Dillard, J. M. 
               Pocket, 1989 

 
Novelization of the movie. Spock's half-brother leads a band of terrorists who have kidnapped a group of diplomats in a bid for galactic power. 
 
 
 
 
Starfleet Academy 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1997 

 

 
Kirk, Sulu and Chekov put a class of Starfleet cadets through their paces while uncovering a plot to start a war with the Klingons.
 
 
 
 
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The Captain's Table   (6-part series encompassing all the TV shows and New Frontier.)      
  
Welcome to the Captain's Table, where commanding officers from across the ages entertain their fellows with tales of daring and adventure.  
 
Book 1: Original Series:  War Dragons        
  
     Graf, L.A.         
               Pocket, 1998       
 
Kirk and Sulu tell of encountering the same group of pirates some twenty years apart.  
                                        see also: TOS period B  
Book 2: Next Generation:  Dujonian's Hoard    
  
     Friedman, Michael Jan    
               Pocket, 1998      
Picard relates a tale of going undercover with Worf to search for a fabled treasure of priceless and potentially dangerous artifacts before they fall into unscrupulous hands.   
 
Book 3: Deep Space Nine:  The Mist    
  
    Smith, Dean W. & Kristine K. Rusch  
               Pocket, 1998  
Sisko's story of an attempted Klingon / Cardassian attack on beings from another dimension provokes the wrath of the Klingon captain involved in the incident.  
 
Book 4: Voyager:  Fire Ship   
  
    Carey, Diane  
               Pocket, 1998  
Janeway describes her harrowing struggle to survive on a bizarre alien ship after being rescued badly injured from a lifepod following an attack on Voyager.  
 
Book 5: New Frontier:  Once Burned  
  
    David, Peter   
               Pocket, 1998  
 
Mackenzie Calhoun recounts the grim details of his involvement in the Grissom disaster.  
                                        see also: NF period C  
 
Book 6: Original Series:  Where Sea Meets Sky  
  
    Oltion, Jerry  
               Pocket, 1998
Christopher Pike has the audience in the palm of his hand with an intriguing yarn about deadly "space whales".
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 

     Dillard, J. M. 
               Pocket, 1992 

 
Novelization of the movie. Kirk and McCoy are convicted of the murder of the Klingon Chancellor and sentenced to a brutal Klingon penal colony.
 
 
 
 
Flashback 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1996 

A "Voyager" crossover novel

 
Novelization of the VOY TV episode. Young Ensign Tuvok, whose first assignment is with Captain Sulu on the Excelsior, disagrees with Sulu's attempt to rescue Kirk and McCoy from the Klingon penal colony. (told in flashback)
 
 
 
 
Assignment: Eternity 

     Cox, Greg 
               Pocket, 1998          TOS #84 

 
Time traveling agent Gary Seven must prevent Spock from being assassinated at the Khitomer conference after Kirk exposes the real conspirators. 
                                        see also: TOS period A, B
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mind Meld 

     Vornholt, John 
               Pocket, 1997          TOS # 82

 
Spock goes on the run with his young niece after the child learns of an assassination plot through a mind meld. 
 
 
 
 
Shadows on the Sun 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1993 

 
Nearing retirement, McCoy encounters his ex-wife during a mission, and finally has a chance to come to terms with their disastrous marriage. 
                                        see also: TOS period A 
 
 
 
 
Best Destiny 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1992 

sequel to: 
Final Frontier  (TOS period A)

 
Kirk has another encounter with the warped genius who 45 years earlier helped a pirate crew attack the shuttle carrying a rebellious sixteen year-old Jim Kirk and his father. 
                                        see also: TOS period A 
 
 
 
 
Sarek 

     Crispin, A. C. 
               Pocket, 1994

 
Spock's mother dies and Kirk's nephew Peter is kidnapped by a vengeful Klingon.
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
The Ashes of Eden 

     Shatner, William 
               Pocket, 1995 
 

     sequel below: 

 
Ashes...: 
Kirk faces a bitter retirement until a mysterious woman offers him a chance to be young again. 

  
 
 

 
Avenger 

     Shatner, William 
               Pocket, 1997 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel

  
Avenger: 
The resurrected Kirk is reunited with his long lost love, only to find her dying from a galaxy-wide plague. 
                                        see also: TOS period A, G 
 
 
 
 
The Fearful Summons 

     Flynn, Denny Martin 
               Pocket, 1985          TOS #74 

 
When Sulu and the crew of the Excelsior are kidnapped, Kirk and his old Enterprise crew embark on an unsanctioned rescue mission. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Star Trek Generations 

     Dillard, J. M. 
               Pocket, 1994 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

 
Novelization of the movie. Kirk "dies" saving the Enterprise-B from destruction on her maiden voyage. 
                                        see also: TOS period G  
 
 
 
  
The Lights in the Sky 

     Weldon, Phaedra M., 1998 
 

 
Shahna of Triskelion travels to Earth in hopes of resuming her relationship with Kirk. 

     A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

 
 
 
 
The First Law of Metaphysics 

     Poteet, Michael S., 1999 

 
In shock over Kirk's death on the Enterprise-B, Spock travels to Vulcan to guide a difficult young student of Saavik's through her first mind meld. 
 
  A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II 
 
 
 
 
The Captain's Daughter 

David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1995          TOS #76 

 
Still trying to recover from Kirk's death, Sulu is emotionally battered again when his daughter goes berserk and is killed in self-defense while attacking her shipmates. 
                                        see also: TOS period B 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Relics 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1992 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

 
Novelization of the TNG TV episode. Scotty puts himself into suspended animation in a transporter buffer following the crash of the passenger liner he is traveling on. 
                                       see also: TOS period G 
 
 
 
 
Vulcan's Forge 

     Sherman, Josepha & Susan Shwartz 
               Pocket, 1997 

 
A year after Kirk's death, a stressful mission causes Spock to recall the events leading to his decision to join Starfleet as a young man, and to now make another decision to join the diplomatic corps. 
                                        see also: TOS period A
 
 
 
 
The Hero of My Own Life 

     Robinson, Peg, 1999 
 
 

 
Eminent scientists Gillian Taylor and Carol Marcus struggle to escape the label of "Kirk's women" some thirty years after his death. 
 
A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II 
 
 
 
 
 
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