The Tears of the Singers

The USS Enterprise must stop the slaughter of an alien race, or risk the fate of the universe!

Summary

 * From the book jacket:
 * Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) 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!

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.  She is credited with writing, , , , and.

Canon Characters

 * James T. Kirk
 * Spock
 * Uhura
 * Leonard McCoy
 * Montgomery Scott
 * Kor

Non-Canon Characters

 * Kali : Kor's wife
 * Guy Maslin : Human musician, brought by Kirk as an expert to help the crew learn the Taygetans' music-based language