The Great Starship Race

Competition turns deadly for Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise.

Summary

 * From the book jacket
 * When a friendly, alien people called the Rey make contact with the Federation, they are thrilled to learn the galaxy has a large number of intelligent races. To bring the myriad cultures to their world, the Rey host a celebration – inviting spacefaring peoples to send representative ships to compete against one another and The Great Starship Race is born.


 * As the Federation's flagship, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, is sent to compete. But the event takes a dark turn when a Romulan warship arrives and demands to join the race. Soon, Kirk and the Romulan commander are engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse, and, for Kirk and his crew, the race becomes a struggle for survival. Faced with treachery at every turn. Kirk must protect his ship from relentless attack and prevent the annihilation of an entire world.

Background Information

 * This would be the final Pocket Original Series novel to be reprinted by Titan Books. From Firestorm on, Simon & Schuster UK would directly distribute Pocket's releases without reprinting.

Characters

 * James T. Kirk
 * Buck Ames
 * Helmut Appenfeller
 * Hunter
 * Legarratlinya
 * Nancy Ransom
 * Ben Shamirian
 * Leo Blaine
 * Miles Glover X
 * Ian Blackington
 * Zoracon
 * Sinclair Rowan
 * Kenneth Dodge : Starfleet captain of USS Hood.
 * T'Noy : Starfleet captain of USS Intrepid.
 * Hans Tahl : Starfleet captain of USS Great Lakes.

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