The Return


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After his death at Veridian III, Captain James T. Kirk is brought back to life by an alliance of Borg and renegade Romulans who hope to use him for their own ends.

Part of a trilogy beginning with The Ashes of Eden.

Summary

 * From the book jacket:
 * Veridian III: A world has been saved, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) lies in ruins, and one of the galaxy's greatest heroes rests beneath a simple cairn of rocks on a lonely hillside. But as a legendary Vulcan ambassador comes at last to the grave of his best and dearest friend, the adventure is only beginning.


 * The Borg and the Romulan Empire have joined forces against the Federation, and their ultimate weapon is none other than James T. Kirk, resurrected by alien science to destroy the Borg's most formidable enemy: Jean-Luc Picard.


 * Spoilers

Commander Riker and a group of security officers are preparing to meet Ambassador Spock so that he may come to give his final respects to James Kirk on his final resting spot. But they are halted by messages of attacks on the Federation base. The team beams over leaving Spock to sit and wait for their return.

Riker and his team beam into a war zone, as several small fighter craft are firing at the off-guard Starfleet personnel. He and another officer manage to get a small shuttle and fire on the craft, but as they are taking off, they fire one last blast into the crowd, wounding Riker and killing his counterpart. The officers and crewmen are confused as to who would want to attack Veridian. Meanwhile in orbit, the shattered hulk of the USS Farragut (NCC-60597) floats dead, the victim of a Romulan disruptor. The Romulans turn and enter warp, having captured their prize: Kirk.


 * End Spoilers

Background

 * The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.
 * This story takes place one month after the events of.

Characters

 * James T. Kirk: Resurrected by Borg and Romulan technology. Kirk is programmed with memories of a happy life among the Romulans, as well as a remembrance of his colony's destruction at the hands of Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard
 * Spock: Unofficial ambassador to Romulus's reunificationists. Spock left Romulus when he became aware of Kirk's death on Veridian III. On that world he witnessed the Romulan theft of Kirk's remains, and subsequently investigated recent goings-on on Romulus to try and track down Kirk's body
 * Jean-Luc Picard: Awaiting reassignment after the destruction of Enterprise-D, Picard has been sent, along with Doctor Crusher, on a mission to investigate rumors of a Borg presence
 * Data: Awaiting reassignment after the destruction of Enterprise-D, Data joined La Forge for an archaeological dig investigating a planet that is rumored to have destroyed itself when its artificial lifeforms rebelled against their creators
 * Leonard McCoy: McCoy is called in to act as an adviser when an implant in Kirk's brain must be removed
 * Worf: Worf has gone on the Klingon equivalent of a spiritual retreat following the destruction of the Enterprise
 * William T. Riker: Riker is supervising the excavation of the saucer section of the Enterprise, and subsequently investigates the assailant (really Kirk) who has gone after Worf, La Forge, and Data
 * Beverly Crusher: Beverly Crusher has accompanied Picard to investigate rumors of a Borg presence
 * Geordi La Forge: La Forge and Data are on an archaeological dig investigating a planet that is rumored to have destroyed itself when its artificial lifeforms rebelled against their creators
 * Julian Bashir: Bashir analyzes Kirk's DNA to confirm that he actually is James T. Kirk, rather than a clone, and subsequently operates on Kirk (aided by McCoy) to remove an implant that has been planted by the Borg/Romulan alliance to control Kirk
 * Simm : Captain of USS Challenger, a starship
 * Salatrel : Commander of the warbird Avatar of Tomed, and granddaughter of the Romulan commander whose ship was destroyed by Kirk during the events of
 * John Lewinski : Captain of USS Monitor, a starship; the ship is given to Kirk and Picard's joint crews and renamed Enterprise for the attack at the heart of the Borg/Romulan alliance
 * Vox : Borg speaker to the Romulan worlds (as Locutus was the Borg speaker to Humanity), Salatrel's former lover

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