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Editorial Review:
For almost three decades, William Shatner has portrayed STAR TREK's gallant commander of the legendary Starship Enterprise and her crew. Now William Shatner brings his unique blend of talents as actor, writer, director, and producer, to tell the story only he can, of Captain Kirk's greatest adventure...
The time: six months prior to the launch of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-B and the tragic loss of Captain James T. Kirk in deep space. The place: Earth, where the galaxy's most renowned hero must now face the specter of retirement and a life devoid of challenge and excitement.
But in the apparent twilight of his career, Kirk's path takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious young woman offers him an irresistible adventure--a perilous voyage to an uncharted planet where he will confront the ultimate threat to the fragile peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, and the ultimate temptation--a chance to recapture his youth.
The Ashes of Eden (Star Trek) Reviews:
My First Star Trek Novel. 
2008-03-03 - I am 31 years old and I have been a Star Trek fan since I was about 9 or 10. However, until now I have never read a Star Trek book. I guess now that I am out of school and have more time on my hands I can read more for fun instead of an assignment. I also haven't had a new Star Trek adventure in a few years now via TV or the big screen so I decided to start checking out the adventures that have been coming out since the beginning of Star Trek. I began with Ashes of Eden!!!!
I enjoyed this book a lot. I was warned before I began that Shatner was basically writing this for himself. "William Shatner was aboard the enterprise not Captain Kirk" However, I still got a big kick out of this book. Sure Shatner had Kirk go out on an adventure, having endless sex with a woman 1/3 his age. Not to mention he was the big hero at the end(I didn't ruin anything this is before the movie Generations you know he didn't die). Shatner not only knows the Star Trek Universe but he knows the characters, not just Kirk but all the others too.
Captain Kirk is thinking that his adventures are a think of his past, until he meets a young woman who is offering him one more adventure (among other things) Kirk accepts the mission even though McCoy and Spock do not approve. He heads to a planet out of federation space. What he doesn't know is the new leader of Starfleet decides it time to get revenge of Kirk for something Kirk did in his past. He goes after Kirk and brings along the crew that knows Kirk best. They are all along for the ride. Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Chekov, and Uhura. Shatner brought in past adventures from the TV Series and the movies and combined it with original idea to create a great story.
Next for me is Collision Course by Shatner.
Grade: A-
Excellent 
2008-02-19 - A great story or book on tape for anyone. If you have seen any of the first six Star Trek movies or the original series this is a must hear/read.
Part I of the Kirk Saga. The beginning novel of the greatest Star Trek saga ever written.
2006-10-13 - Like many great sagas out there the first chapter tends to be the best, and Ashes of Eden proves that theory to be true. The finale of the 10 part Kirk Saga "Captain's Glory" is absolutely superb too, but that review is on another webpage. Anyway, I read this book originally when I was 15 years old when it came out and couldn't put it down. I have recently reread Ashes of Eden as well as its two counterparts "The Return" and "Avenger." (these three novels make up the first trilogy entitled "The odyssey").
This time around I enjoyed Ashes of Eden ten fold. Not only is the book fast paced, full of action, and actually more of a love story, it has many things that trek fans love. Great interaction between the original crew, the Excelsior in action, and the true fate of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A.
If you have never read a Shatner Kirk novel YOU MUST START WITH THIS ONE! William Shatner does a marvelous job building on each novel and when the day comes you finally read the concluding chapter "Captain's Glory", you will be grateful you read them all in order. There are 9 novels totaling the Kirk Saga.
Again, Star Trek Ashes of Eden is a superb novel and arguably one of the greates Star Trek novels ever printed. 10/10 A+.
Civilian Kirk Captains the Enterprise Again
2006-10-12 - This is the first Star Trek novel that William Shatner collaborated on. He has since collaborated on others and written many on his own, in addition to the successful Tek Wars, which was made in to a TV series. I read the original hardback version, which is now out of print.
Here we find a retired, now civilian, James Kirk in a new adventure to save an independent planet recognized by the Federation, but claimed by both the Romulan and the Klingon Empires. Kirk is once again asked to become the Captain of the Enterprise.
But the Enterprise is no longer a Federation Ship. She has now been decommissioned and stripped of much of her equipment, too top-secret to be allowed on a now-civilian vessel. The vessel has been bought by an independent planet, Chal, and handed to Kirk, for his new assignment. That assignment is unclear at first, but the full story gradually is revealed, and Kirk finds himself on a different adventure than he first imagined.
Kirk's former crew under Captain Sulu get caught up in a high-level plot to undermine the whole Federation, and the trail leads right to the top. A showdown occurs at the planet Kirk has been contracted to save, where Kirk's former crew are pitted against Kirk and his new planetary defense force.
Kirk finds himself facing down the Commander in Chief of the Federation, who shows up to join his special team, Sulu and crew, in a new twist of this strange scenario developing on planet Chal. Kirk in his new role on behalf of Chal, is captain of the private, remiliatarized Enterprise as a defense ship for the almost defenseless planet.
A secret treasure of information on the planet holds a key to interpreting this mystery, unexpected even by the beleaguered inhabitants who invited Kirk to develop a defense for them.
A Civilian Kirk commands a non-Federation Enterprise
2006-10-09 - This is the first Star Trek novel that William Shatner collaborated on. He has since collaborated on others and written many on his own, in addition to the successful Tek Wars, which was made in to a TV series.
Here we find a retired, now civilian, James Kirk in a new adventure to save an independent planet recognized by the Federation, but claimed by both the Romulan and the Klingon Empires. Kirks former crew under Captain Sulu get caught up in a high-level plot to undermine the whole Federation, and the trail leads right to the top. A showdown occurs at the planet Kirk has been contracted to save, where Kirks former crew are pitted against Kirk and his new planetary defense force.
A secret treasure of information the planet holds a key to interpreting this mystery, as Kirk captains a now-decommissioned Enterprise as a defense ship for the almost defenseless planet.
