Dark Victory, William Shatner
Dark Victory, William Shatner
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Dark Victory

Author: William Shatner

Narrator: William Shatner

Abridged: 3 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/1999


Synopsis

For three full decades, on television and in film, actor William Shatner has portrayed one of the legendary heroes of science fiction: James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the Starship Enterprise™. Although Kirk was believed to have perished at the conclusion of Star Trek® Generations™, his amazing literary resurrection led to an acclaimed trilogy of national bestsellers, The Ashes of Eden, The Return, and Avenger. Now William Shatner again brings his unique blend of talents as actor, writer, director, and producer to continue the thrilling new trilogy that began in Spectre, as Jim Kirk must confront the most dangerous enemy of his career -- himself.
The Mirror Universe is a dark and twisted reflection of our own, where humans and Vulcans live as slaves to a brutal alliance of Klingons and Cardassians -- an alliance long believed to be the creation of one man: the feared and hated Emperor Tiberius, the Mirror Universe counterpart of James T. Kirk. But just as Kirk survived his own age to live in the era of a new generation of heroes, so Tiberius now returns to fulfill his mad dreams of total domination -- not just of his universe, but of Kirk's as well.
From the nightmarish landscape of the Mirror Universe Earth to the joys of impending parenthood and marriage to the woman he loves, the incomparable Teilani of Chal, Kirk is propelled into his most personal and dangerous mission yet as he fights to uncover the secret of Tiberius' return, and learn the terrible truth behind the madman's real plans for the Federation.
With the fate of two universes hanging in the balance, Star Trek®: Dark Victory is Star Trek storytelling at it its best.

About William Shatner

William Shatner is the author of nine Star Trek ® novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Ashes of Eden and The Return. He is also the author of several nonfiction books, including Get a Life! and I’m Working on That. In addition to his role as Captain James T. Kirk, he starred as Denny Crane in the hit television series from David E. Kelley, Boston Legal—a role for which he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. Find more information at WilliamShatner.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on April 06, 2010

Saying that this book is by Shatner is misleading. He has two co-writers on his Star Trek books, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. They also wrote the excellent book, Federation, that I recently finished reading. You can see their influence in the books. In particular, this book has a lot of nice t......more

Goodreads review by Cherie on May 28, 2015

Another cliff hanger ending. I was not quite as happy with this story as the first book. Off the top: The secret orginazation is a little much, but Garak, the taylor, from DS9 was refreshing. I liked the wedding, but good grief, couldn't they at least have had a wedding night together? Read it yourse......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on January 15, 2023

You stole a universe from me, James. And now I’m here to do the same to you. --Emperor Tiberius the First On the bridge of the duplicate Voyager, Captain James T. Kirk stares at his own dark reflection. The face that stares back smiles in triumph. Tiberius the First, the most depraved dictator in hum......more

Goodreads review by Tamera on October 16, 2022

It is indeed a science fiction book, but the science fiction in this book is next level, as in I had no clue what was going on half the time because of all the science jargon and highly complex technological stuff being described all the time. I feel like I need to be an astrophysicist or spaceship......more

Goodreads review by Will on June 30, 2022

Universes mirrored but different in this 2nd of the Mirror Universe trilogy. Very good read for fans of classic Star Trek, but eh, for those who are TNG, DS9 or Voyager. But of course, with William Shatner writing this, it is primarily centered on James T. Kirk. Which is all well and good. It has be......more