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This article is about the novel. For the character, see The Spectre.

Summary

Prologue

"He's still alive"

The story starts out in Quark's, located on Deep Space 9, where two people, a Vulcan female named T'Val, and a Human female named Kate, use the distraction that Morn is causing when he wins a game of Dabo in which he has lifted a Dabo girl and is spinning her around. Quark comes over, demanding Morn put her down.

"Morn! Morn! Put her down!"

When T'Val sees the distraction, she hands Kate a PADD, which displays a picture of Captain (Retired) James T. Kirk. Kate feels and displays a strange hatred when she sees the picture of Kirk. T'Val, the Vulcan female, confirms it is indeed James T. Kirk. Kate hides her shock of seeing an image. T'Val Informs her that the image was made a year ago, during the Virogen crisis, when he was arrested by the Vulcan port authorities. T'Val goes on to explain that Kirk was last seen 82 years ago on the maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise-B when he disappeared into the Nexus. She then explains that four years ago, Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard "rescued" him from the Nexus. There, though it was assumed by others that Kirk died, T'Val implied that when he was "revived" a year later by the Borg and the Romulans, it was simply "...a momentary interruption in normal biological process." T'Val finishes by explaining the classified mission to what Starfleet deemed the Borg homeworld, which appears to have lead to the events of Star Trek: First Contact. Afterward, Kirk disappeared, not even joining the other "retired" Starfleet officers who participated in the Dominion War. From there, Kate and T'Val begin to plot on how to acquire Kirk's help. T'Val mentions that Starfleet has offered him help at a moments notice, due to his "temporally translocated" status, which in turn, they then plan to exploit for their own use. This all happens while Kate inquires what will happen to Kirk when they are done with him.

Chapter One

Coming soon

Chapter Two

Coming soon

Chapter Three

Coming soon

Memorable Quotes

Background Information

George Truett is credited with the abridging for the audio version.
Story is set shortly after the events of VOY: "Message in a Bottle".
This book was part of an ongoing novel series by Shatner and the Reeves-Stevens. The Shatner mirror universe trilogy was written to follow events of "Shattered Mirror" and brings back a much older Spock. This is in contrast to Diane Duane's pre-"Crossover" novel Dark Mirror, which had Spock set up on treason charges and executed before he could reform a mostly Terran Empire.
An early paperback edition, ISBN 0671020536, came out six months before the mass-market edition.
An extract from this novel appeared in Star Trek Monthly issue 41.

Characters

James T. Kirk: Kirk reluctantly reactivated his Starfleet commission at the rank of captain, by order of Alynna Nechayev.
Jean-Luc Picard
Intendant Spock: Intendant Spock is the leader of the resistance movement.
William T. Riker
Kathryn Janeway (mirror): Counterpart of USS Voyager's Kathryn Janeway. In the mirror universe she is a rebel against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance and an enemy of Emperor Tiberius.
T'Val (mirror): Resistance fighter, the daughter of the mirror Spock.
Spock: Spock's Starfleet rank was also reinstated.
McCoy: Admiral of Starfleet Medical.
Montgomery Scott
Tom Paris (mirror): Commander Paris was the commander of the mirror universe Voyager.
Tiberius (mirror): Former emperor.
Sloane: Lieutenant Commander Sloane was a descendant of Lily Sloane. He was chief of security, USS Enterprise-E until 2375.
Gul Rutal
Morgan Bateson
Alynna Nechayev (mirror): Admiral in command of USS Sovereign.

References

anti-tachyon: Subatomic particle that is the counterpart of the tachyon.
Goldin Discontinuity: Anomaly.
Starbase 310: Federation starbase.
USS Sovereign
USS Voyager (mirror): Duplicate of the USS Voyager built using stolen plans, much as the ISS Defiant was.

External link

Spectre at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+| Author            = [[William Shatner]] (with [[Judith Reeves-Stevens|Judith]] and [[Garfield Reeves-Stevens]])
+| Publisher         = [[Pocket Books]]
+| Series            = [[Star Trek (Pocket)]]<br />[[Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Trilogy|Mirror Universe]] #1
+| Published         = {{d|1|May|1998}} (hardcover)<br />{{d|1|April|1999}} (paperback)
+| Pages             = 372
+| Year              = [[2374]]
+| ISBN              = 0671008781 (hardcover)<br />ISBN 0671008803 (paperback)<br />ISBN 0743454081 (eBook)<br />{{ASIN|B000FC0UNU}} (Kindle)
+| AB                = Yes
+| ABAbridged        = Yes
+| ABReadBy          = [[William Shatner]]
+| ABPublisher       = [[Simon and Schuster Audioworks]]
+| ABPublished       = {{d|1|May|1998}}
+| ABRunTime         = 3 hours
+| ABISBN            = 0671579983
+}}
 :''This article is about the novel. For the character, see [[The Spectre]].''
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-==Warning: Possible plot spoilers==
-Readers should be aware that the pending summary can, and most likey will, contain spoilers.
 ==Summary==
 ===Prologue===
 ''"He's still alive''"
-The story starts out in [[Quark's Place|Quark's]] (Located on [[Deep Space 9]], where two people, a [[Vulcan]] female named T'Val, and a [[Human]] female named Kate, use the distraction that [[Morn]] is causing when he wins a game of [[Dabo]] in which he has lifted a [[Dabo girl]] and is spinning her around.  [[Quark]] comes over, demanding [[Morn]] put her down.
+The story starts out in [[Quark's]], located on [[Deep Space 9]], where two people, a [[Vulcan]] female named T'Val, and a [[Human]] female named Kate, use the distraction that [[Morn]] is causing when he wins a game of [[Dabo]] in which he has lifted a [[Dabo girl]] and is spinning her around. [[Quark]] comes over, demanding [[Morn]] put her down.
 ''"Morn! Morn! Put her down!"''
-When T'Val see's the distraction, she hands Kate a [[PADD]], which displays a picture of [[Captain]](Retired) [[James T. Kirk]].  Kate shows an feels a strange hatred when she sees the pictrue of [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]].  T'Val, the [[Vulcan]] female, confirms it is indeed, [[James T. Kirk]].  Using her real hand, Kate hides her shock of seeing an image.  T'Val Informs her that the image was made a year ago, during the Virogen crises, when he was arrested by the [[Vulcan]] port authorities. T'Val goes on to explain to Kirk, that he was last seen 82 years ago on the maiden voyage of [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)|USS ''Enterprise''-B]] when he disapeared into the [[Nexus]].  She then explained that four years ago, '' [[Starfleet]] [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]'' "rescued" him from the nexus.  There, when assumed by others that [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] died, T'Val implied that when he was "revived" a year later by the [[Borg]] and the [[Romulan|Romulans]], that it was simply ''"...a momentary interruption in normal biological process."''  T'Val finishes by explaining the classified mission to what [[Starfleet]] deemed the [[Borg]] homeworld.  These seemed to lead to the events of [[Star Trek: First Contact]].  Afterwards, Kirk dissapeard, not even joining the other "retired" [[Starfleet]] officers who participated in the [[Dominion War]].  From there, Kate and T'Val begin to plot on how to aquire [[James T. Kirk|Kirk's]] help.  T'Val mentions that [[Starfleet]] has offered him help at a moments notice, due to his "Temporally translocated" status, which in turn, they then plan to exploit for their own use.  This all happens, while Kate inquires what will be done with [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] when they are done with him.
+When T'Val sees the distraction, she hands Kate a [[PADD]], which displays a picture of [[Captain]] (Retired) [[James T. Kirk]].  Kate feels and displays a strange hatred when she sees the picture of Kirk.  T'Val, the [[Vulcan]] female, confirms it is indeed James T. Kirk. Kate hides her shock of seeing an image.  T'Val Informs her that the image was made a year ago, during the Virogen crisis, when he was arrested by the [[Vulcan]] port authorities. T'Val goes on to explain that Kirk was last seen 82 years ago on the maiden voyage of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)|USS ''Enterprise''-B]] when he disappeared into the [[Nexus]].  She then explains that four years ago, [[Starfleet]] Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] "rescued" him from the Nexus.  There, though it was assumed by others that Kirk died, T'Val implied that when he was "revived" a year later by the [[Borg]] and the [[Romulan]]s, it was simply "...a momentary interruption in normal biological process."  T'Val finishes by explaining the classified mission to what Starfleet deemed the Borg [[homeworld]], which appears to have lead to the events of {{film|8}}.  Afterward, Kirk disappeared, not even joining the other "retired" [[Starfleet]] officers who participated in the [[Dominion War]].  From there, Kate and T'Val begin to plot on how to acquire Kirk's help.  T'Val mentions that Starfleet has offered him help at a moments notice, due to his "temporally translocated" status, which in turn, they then plan to exploit for their own use.  This all happens while Kate inquires what will happen to Kirk when they are done with him.
 ===Chapter One===
-''Comming soon''
+''Coming soon''
+===Chapter Two===
-==Background Information==
+''Coming soon''
-Part of ongoing  novel series by Shatner and the Reeves-Stevens, the Shatner mirror universe trilogy was written to follow events of "[[Shattered Mirror]]" and brings back a much older [[Spock (mirror)]].  This is in contrast to [[Diane Duane]]'s pre-"[[Crossover]]" novel "[[Dark Mirror]]," which had him set up on treason charges and executed before he could reform a mostly [[Terran Empire]].  See also [http://startrek.wikicities.com/wiki/Spectre entry at Non-Canon Star Trek Wikicity]
+===Chapter Three===
+''Coming soon''
+==Memorable Quotes==
-Published initially as a hardcover, then as a paperback. Early paperback edition, ISBN 0671020536 came out six months before mass-market edition.
+==Background Information==
-German paperback edition [[Star Trek, das Gespenst]]
+* [[George Truett]] is credited with the abridging for the audio version.
+* Story is set shortly after the events of {{VOY|Message in a Bottle}}.
-===Memorable Quotes===
+* This book was part of an ongoing novel series by Shatner and the Reeves-Stevens.  The Shatner mirror universe trilogy was written to follow events of {{e|Shattered Mirror}} and brings back a much older {{mu|Spock}}.  This is in contrast to [[Diane Duane]]'s pre-{{e|Crossover}} novel ''[[Dark Mirror]]'', which had Spock set up on treason charges and executed before he could reform a mostly [[Terran Empire]].
+* An early paperback edition, ISBN 0671020536, came out six months before the mass-market edition.
+* An extract from this novel appeared in [[Star Trek Monthly issue 41|''Star Trek Monthly'' issue 41]].
 ==Characters==
 ;[[James T. Kirk]] : Kirk reluctantly reactivated his Starfleet commission at the rank of [[captain]], by order of [[Alynna Nechayev]].
 ;[[Jean-Luc Picard]]
-;[[Intendant]] [[Spock (mirror)]] : [[Intendant]] Spock is the leader of the a resistance movement.
+;[[Intendant]] {{mu|Spock}} : [[Intendant]] Spock is the leader of the resistance movement.
-;[[William Riker]]
+;[[William T. Riker]]
-;Kathryn Janeway (mirror) : Counterpart of [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'']]'s [[Kathryn Janeway]]. In the mirror universe she is a rebel against the [[Klingon-Cardassian Alliance]] and an enemy of [[Emperor]] [[James T. Kirk (mirror)|Tiberius]].
+;Kathryn Janeway (mirror) : Counterpart of {{USS|Voyager}}'s [[Kathryn Janeway]]. In the mirror universe she is a rebel against the [[Klingon-Cardassian Alliance]] and an enemy of [[Emperor]] [[James T. Kirk (mirror)|Tiberius]].
 ;T'Val (mirror) : Resistance fighter, the daughter of the mirror Spock.
 ;[[Spock]] : Spock's [[Starfleet]] rank was also reinstated.
-;[[McCoy]] : Admiral of [[Starfleet Medical]].
+;[[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] : Admiral of [[Starfleet Medical]].
 ;[[Montgomery Scott]]
 ;Tom Paris (mirror) : [[Commander]] Paris was the commander of the mirror universe ''Voyager''.
 ;[[James T. Kirk (mirror)|Tiberius (mirror)]] : Former [[emperor]].
-;[[Sloane]] : [[Lieutenant Commander]] Sloane was a descendant of [[Lily Sloane]]. He was [[chief of security]], [[USS Enterprise-E|USS ''Enterprise''-E]] until [[2375]].
+;Sloane : [[Lieutenant Commander]] Sloane was a descendant of [[Lily Sloane]]. He was [[chief of security]], {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} until [[2375]].
 ;[[Gul]] Rutal
 ;[[Morgan Bateson]]
-;Alynna Nechayev (mirror) : [[Admiral]] in command of [[USS Sovereign|USS ''Sovereign'']].
+;Alynna Nechayev (mirror) : [[Admiral]] in command of {{USS|Sovereign}}.
 ==References==
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 ; Goldin Discontinuity : [[Anomaly]].
 ; Starbase 310 : Federation [[starbase]].
+; {{USS|Sovereign}}
-; USS ''Voyager'' (mirror) : Duplicate of the [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'']] built using stolen plans, much as the [[Defiant (mirror)|mirror ''Defiant'']] was.
+; USS ''Voyager'' (mirror) : Duplicate of the {{USS|Voyager}} built using stolen plans, much as the {{ISS|Defiant}} was.
+== External link ==
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