This month we're actually being treated to two full Star Trek novel releases: Next door to established Trek novelist DRGII's Raise the Dawn, June 26th marks the franchise debut of author Alan Gratz with a new entry in the Starfleet Academy series of young-adult fiction, titled The Assassination Game. Originally listed for release in September 2011 it was pushed back for unknown reasons, and like the preceding three Starfleet Academy books features a young Kirk & crew from the 2009 movie's alternate timeline.
Here's Simon & Schuster's official blurb for the book:
(Section 31 origin story? Hmm.)
Sadly neither Simon & Schuster nor Memory Alpha nor Amazon have the book's cover at this time, and there's also no excerpt to be found on Simon & Schuster's page yet.
Here's Simon & Schuster's official blurb for the book:
When a terrorist attack rocks Starfleet Academy, it’s clear someone has a very serious—and very deadly—secret agenda.
The rules are simple: Draw a target. Track him down and “kill” him with a spork. Take your victim’s target for your own. Oh, and make sure the player with your name doesn’t get to you first. No safe zones. No time-outs. The game ends when only one player remains.
James T. Kirk is playing for fun. Leonard “Bones” McCoy is playing to get closer to a girl. But when a series of terrorist attacks rock the usually placid Starfleet Academy campus, it becomes clear that somebody is playing the game for real. Is it one of the visiting Varkolak, on Earth to attend an intergalactic medical conference? Or could it be a member of a super-secret society at the Academy dedicated to taking care of threats to the Federation, no matter what rules they have to break to do it? Find out in The Assassination Game, the fourth installment in Spotlight’s exciting series for teens.
(Section 31 origin story? Hmm.)
Sadly neither Simon & Schuster nor Memory Alpha nor Amazon have the book's cover at this time, and there's also no excerpt to be found on Simon & Schuster's page yet.
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