The Ashes of Eden

Ashes of Eden  
Author(s) William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Cover artist Bryan D. Allen
Country U.S.
Language English
Series Pocket TOS
Genre(s) Science fiction
Publisher Pocket Books
Publication date 1 June 1995 (1st edition)
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 309 pp. (Hardcover 1st edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-671-52035-0 (Hardcover 1st edition)
OCLC Number 32420904
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 20
LC Classification PS3569.H347 S7 1995

Ashes of Eden is a Star Trek novel co-written by William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, and Garfield Reeves-Stevens as part of the "Shatnerverse" series of novels. This is Shatner's first Trek collaboration.

The audio adaptation of the book is notable as the first time in the entire Star Trek franchise that the famous phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" is uttered in that form.

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Plot summary

The story is set six months before James T. Kirk dies, as shown in Star Trek Generations. While coping with retirement on Earth, Kirk meets a young seductive Klingon/Romulan woman named Teilani. Her planet is being threatened due to its fountain of youth properties. Kirk and the rest of the Enterprise crew team up to make an attempt at saving her planet from destruction.

Characters

Comics

DC Comics created a one-shot graphic novel adaptation of this novel.

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