Título: Star Trek: Death's Angel
Autor: Kathleen Sky
Sinopse: Stardate: 6914.6 (2268 E.C.) -- A USS Enterprise tem uma missão altamente sensível, levando embaixadores de pontos opostos da galáxia para conversas de paz controversas. Um a um, os opositores a uma detente proposta com os Romulanos são mortos - vítimas de um misterioso anjo da morte. E o assassino pode ser um membro da tripulação da Enterprise - até mesmo o Capitão James T. Kirk... Death's Angel -- While transporting Federation ambassadors to a Romulan peace negotiation, a series of unexplained murders takes place aboard the USS Enterprise and Captain Kirk is the prime suspect. |...| 'The U.S.S. Enterprise undertakes a highly sensitive mission, ferrying ambassadors from across the Federation to controversial peace talks. One by one, the opponents of the proposed détente with the Romulans are murdered victims of a mysterious Angel of Death. And the killer may be an Enterprise crew member -- maybe even Captain James T. Kirk'... [Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki -- Background Information]: This was the final original Star Trek novel published by Bantam, ending an association that began with the James Blish novelizations in the late 1960s. Pocket Books, which by the time Death's Angel was published had already issued the novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, would launch its own series of original novels two months later with The Entropy Effect by Vonda McIntyre. This is Kathleen Sky's second Star Trek book. Her first was Vulcan!. The novel was reprinted by Titan Books in 1995 as part of their Star Trek Adventures series. Though the stardate is given at several points in the novel, the year is never explicitly stated. Ambassador Sarek makes several references to his stay on the Enterprise in TOS: "Journey to Babel", which occurred in 2268. This places the year of this book between 2268 and 2270, the end of the first five-year mission. [Summary]: During an away mission to Delta Gamma IV, Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise crew encounters a field of blue flower-like organisms. These "Oz Poppies," as they are nicknamed, reproduce by emitting a cloud of spores. The away team is caught in a cloud of these spores, and three of them perish before Dr. McCoy discovers a cure. The six remaining members of the away team (including Kirk, Spock, and M'Benga) remain in an unexplained coma for ten days after the exposure. They awaken suddenly with no apparent side effects - except that four of the six crewmembers no longer dream. The Enterprise is routed to Starbase 7 to pick up a diverse group of thirteen ambassadors, led by Ambassador Sarek. The ambassadors are heading to Détente Station One for peace talks with the Romulans. Several days into the journey, Ambassador Agnatha is found dead of apparently natural causes. Two days away from Détente Station One, Ambassador Neko is found dead in his quarters, also of apparently natural causes. Both of the deceased ambassadors were among the most outspoken opponents of the treaty with the Romulans, so a suspicious Kirk asks Starfleet for help. Starfleet places the ship under quarantine and assigns a member of the Special Security Division, Colonel Elizabeth Schaeffer, to investigate the deaths.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Star Trek: Death’s Angel”, de Kathleen Sky, publicado pela editora Bantam Books / Titan Books, em 1981 e com 213 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Bantam Books / Titan Books
Páginas: 213
Ano: 1981
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0553249835
ISBN13: 9780553249835
