The Tears of the Singers

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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 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!

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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 "The Measure Of A Man", "Pen Pals", "Up The Long Ladder", "The Ensigns of Command", and "The High Ground".

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