The Covenant of the Crown
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 .

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.

Background information 
 This is the first Star Trek novel to take place after . 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 .
 The book features an introduction by David Gerrold.
 Guest character Kailyn is diagnosed with choriocytosis, the same disease which nearly killed Spock. () 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  and his run in with the dikironium cloud creature, where he was only a lieutenant. ()

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 
;  Federation; Klingon; Organians; Treaty of Organia
Galileo  Shuttlecraft. 
  Klingon battle cruiser commanded by Captain Kaidin.
  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.

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