Captain's Blood
Captain's Blood is a Pocket TOS novel – the second novel in the Totality trilogy – written by William Shatner with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in hardback in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
Following the explosive events of , the Romulan Star Empire is in disarray, and Ambassador Spock attempts to render aid by launching a last-ditch effort to reunify the Romulans with their distant forebearers, the Vulcans. But when Spock is publicly assassinated at a Romulan peace rally, Starfleet and the Federation are unable to search for the criminals responsible without triggering an intergalactic war.

Thus, it falls to James T. Kirk, now retired, to investigate his beloved friend's murder. Given clandestine assistance by Captain William T. Riker of the Starship Titan, and accompanied by his good friend Jean-Luc Picard, Kirk travels to Romulus as a civilian, along with his five-year-old child, Joseph, the cantankerous Doctor McCoy, retired Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, as well as several members of Picard's crew, still waiting to return to duty on the badly damaged . But on Romulus' sister world, Remus, Kirk unexpectedly encounters an alluring enemy from his past as Picard and he discover Spock's apparent murder hides an even deeper mystery, reaching beyond the limits of the galaxy.

Trapped on a deadly, alien world on the eve of a Romulan civil war that could plunge the galaxy into a civilization-ending conflict, Kirk's investigation brings him to the heart of a staggering conspiracy. As he discovers the true threat facing the Romulans, he realizes that he must sacrifice the freedom of his son, whose very blood holds the secret to his destiny. Captain's Blood brings together both generations in a battle for the existence of all life in this galaxy, and beyond.

Memorable quotes 
"I wish Spock was here, too."
"C'mon, Bones. You're supposed to say, Spock's the one who got us into this mess."
"Exactly. Which is why I wish he was here, so I could tell him so, to his face."
 - McCoy and Kirk

Background information 
 The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.

Cover gallery

Characters 
James T. Kirk  Captain.
Kathryn Janeway  Admiral.
Jean-Luc Picard  Captain.
Montgomery Scott  Captain.
Spock  Ambassador; believed to have died on Romulus.
Leonard McCoy  Doctor.
William T. Riker  Captain; commanding officer of the .
Joseph Kirk  Kirk's five year old son.

References 

Romulus
Remus

Romulan Star Empire
Farr Jolan Peace Movement

External link 
 

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Audiobooks