Changes: Captain's Peril

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Kirk relives his earliest days as Enterprise captain while fleeing a murderer on Bajor.

Summary

From the book jacket: The Dominion War is over. The Federation is at peace. What better time for two legendary starship captains to set aside the demands of duty and simply take some well-deserved time off?

But when James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard arrive on Bajor to dive among the ruins of an ancient sunken city, conditions are far from what they had planned. The small group of scientists the captains have joined suddenly find their equipment sabotaged – isolating them from Deep Space 9 and any hope of rescue – as one by one, a murderer stalks them.

Cut off from the people and technology on which they have always depended, Kirk and Picard must rely more than ever on their own skills and abilities, and their growing friendship, to solve the mysterious deaths and protect one of Bajor's greatest living treasures.

At the same time, Kirk finds the events he and Picard struggle with are similar to one of the first challenges he faced as the new captain of the starship Enterprise, less than six months into his first five-year mission.

Now, with time running out for a dying child trapped in the scientists' camp, and Picard missing after a diving disaster, Kirk must search his memories of the past to relive one of his earliest adventures, propelling him into a harrowing personal journey that reveals the beginning of his path from young Starfleet officer to renowned legend, and the existence of a new and completely unsuspected threat to the existence of all life in the universe.

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Background information

The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.

Characters

John Lewinski

Captain of USS Monitor. He perished beyond the galactic barrier with his ship and crew.

Captain Lewinski first appeared in The Return.

Sel Terranova: XO of Monitor.

References

Bajor
Deep Space 9
Mandylion Rift
USS Monitor
Starbase 324
Starbase 718

External link

Captain's Peril at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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 | Author            = [[William Shatner]] with [[Judith Reeves-Stevens|Judith]] & [[Garfield Reeves-Stevens]]
 | Publisher         = [[Pocket Books]]
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-| ISBN              = 0743448197 (hardback)<br />ISBN 0671021281 (paperback)
+| ISBN              = 0743448197 (hardback)<br />ISBN 0671021281 (paperback)<br />{{ASIN|B000FBJGRM}} (Kindle)
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 | ABReadBy          = [[William Shatner]]
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 == Summary ==
 ;From the book jacket:
-:''The [[Dominion War]] is over. The [[Federation]] is at peace. What better time for two legendary [[starship]] [[captain]]s to set aside the demands of duty and simply take some well-deserved time off?
+:''The [[Dominion War]] is over. The [[Federation]] is at peace. What better time for two legendary [[starship]] [[captain]]s to set aside the demands of duty and simply take some well-deserved time off?''
-:''But when [[James T. Kirk]] and [[Jean-Luc Picard]] arrive on [[Bajor]] to dive among the ruins of an ancient sunken city, conditions are far from what they had planned. The small group of scientists the captains have joined suddenly find their equipment sabotaged -- isolating them from [[Deep Space 9]] and any hope of rescue -- as one by one, a murderer stalks them.
+:''But when [[James T. Kirk]] and [[Jean-Luc Picard]] arrive on [[Bajor]] to dive among the ruins of an ancient sunken city, conditions are far from what they had planned. The small group of scientists the captains have joined suddenly find their equipment sabotaged &ndash; isolating them from [[Deep Space 9]] and any hope of rescue &ndash; as one by one, a murderer stalks them.''
-:''Cut off from the [[people]] and [[technology]] on which they have always depended, Kirk and Picard must rely more than ever on their own skills and abilities, and their growing friendship, to solve the mysterious deaths and protect one of Bajor's greatest living treasures.
+:''Cut off from the people and technology on which they have always depended, Kirk and Picard must rely more than ever on their own skills and abilities, and their growing friendship, to solve the mysterious deaths and protect one of Bajor's greatest living treasures.''
-:''At the same time, Kirk finds the events he and Picard struggle with are similar to one of the first challenges he faced as the new captain of the starship [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']], less than six months into his first [[five-year mission]].
+:''At the same time, Kirk finds the events he and Picard struggle with are similar to one of the first challenges he faced as the new captain of the starship ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]]'', less than six months into his first [[five-year mission]].''
-:''Now, with time running out for a dying child trapped in the scientists' camp, and Picard missing after a diving disaster, Kirk must search his memories of the past to relive one of his earliest adventures, propelling him into a harrowing personal journey that reveals the beginning of his path from young Starfleet [[officer]] to renowned legend, and the existence of a new and completely unsuspected threat to the existence of all life in the [[universe]].''
+:''Now, with time running out for a dying child trapped in the scientists' camp, and Picard missing after a diving disaster, Kirk must search his memories of the past to relive one of his earliest adventures, propelling him into a harrowing personal journey that reveals the beginning of his path from young [[Starfleet]] [[officer]] to renowned legend, and the existence of a new and completely unsuspected threat to the existence of all life in the universe.''
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 ==Memorable quotes==
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-==Background Information==
+==Background information==
+* The audiobook version was abridged by [[George Truett]].
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 == Characters ==
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 ; [[Quark]]
 ; [[Mark Piper]]
-; John Lewinski : Captain of [[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']]. He perished beyond the [[galactic barrier]] with his ship and crew.
+; John Lewinski : Captain of {{USS|Monitor}}. He perished beyond the [[galactic barrier]] with his ship and crew.
-::''Captain Lewinski first appeared in ''[[The Return]]''
+::''Captain Lewinski first appeared in ''[[The Return]].''
 ; Sel Terranova : [[XO]] of ''Monitor''.
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 ;[[Deep Space 9]]
 ;Mandylion Rift
-;[[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']]
+;{{USS|Monitor}}
 ;[[Starbase 324]]
 ;[[Starbase 718]]
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