The Captains Oath, Christopher L. Bennett
The Captains Oath, Christopher L. Bennett
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The Captain's Oath

Author: Christopher L. Bennett

Narrator: Robert Petkoff

Unabridged: 11 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/28/2019

Synopsis

An all-new Star Trek adventure set during The Original Series era and featuring James T. Kirk!

The saga of James T. Kirk’s historic command of the U.S.S. Enterprise is known throughout the galaxy. But one part of the legend has barely been touched upon until now: the story of Kirk’s first starship command and the remarkable achievements by which Starfleet’s youngest captain earned the right to succeed Christopher Pike as the commander of the famous Enterprise. From his early battles with the Klingons to the rescue of endangered civilizations, Kirk grapples with difficult questions: Is he a warrior or a peacemaker? Should he obey regulations or trust his instincts? This thrilling novel illustrates the events and choices that would shape James T. Kirk into one of the most renowned captains in Starfleet history.

About Christopher L. Bennett

Christopher L. Bennett is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, with bachelor’s degrees in physics and history from the University of Cincinnati. He has written such critically acclaimed Star Trek novels as Ex Machina, The Buried Age, the Titan novels Orion’s Hounds and Over a Torrent Sea, the two Department of Temporal Investigations novels Watching the Clock and Forgotten History, and the Enterprise novels Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures, Tower of Babel, Uncertain Logic, and Live By the Code, as well as shorter works including stories in the anniversary anthologies Constellations, The Sky’s the Limit, Prophecy and Change, and Distant Shores. Beyond Star Trek, he has penned the novels X Men: Watchers on the Walls and Spider Man: Drowned in Thunder. His original work includes the hard science fiction superhero novel Only Superhuman, as well as several novelettes in Analog and other science fiction magazines.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ken on July 28, 2019

Exposing Captain James T. Kirks backstory from his time as commander on the USS Sacajawea and the various adventures that allows him to succeed Christopher Pike on the USS Enterprise. Seeing all the various tasks that sees Kirk’s character evolve over the novel gives a fascinating insight into the yo......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on February 24, 2022

A fairly solid story, or really series of stories, mostly focused on Kirk's first command as one of the youngest captains in Star Fleet history. I would have expected him to come across as quite a bit more brash, and less detached and disciplined as Bennett depicts here, but perhaps I had a faulty g......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on August 07, 2019

I have lost count of the number of Star Trek books I have read over last 30+ years. This is one of the better ones but it is aimed solely at the Trekers not the casual reader this really a hard pot boiler This set first on Sacagwea Kirk's first main ship them on the Enterprise then on Vega colony we......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 28, 2019

One of the finest Trek novels I've read in some considerable time. Christopher Bennett plays with multiple time periods, multiple characters, and multiple ships without ever losing focus on the influences that shaped James Kirk into the man -- and the captain -- he became. Compelling, engrossing, ex......more

Goodreads review by Clay on August 10, 2019

Some of the stories in this book are superior to the episodes in the original series.......more

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