Star Trek The Original Series (Christie Golden) Books in Order

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Explore Christie Golden's Star Trek: The Original Series book in order, with a summary, classic-era background, character context, and a quick starting point.

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Star Trek The Original Series (Christie Golden) books in publication order

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The Last Roundup

by Christie Golden

2002

Retired Captain Kirk joins Scotty and Chekov in helping settle a remote colony, hoping for useful work away from his old command. A suspicious Falorian agenda soon turns the project into another dangerous test of judgment.

Star Trek The Original Series (Christie Golden) books in chronological order

The Last Roundup
by Christie Golden
2002

Series background & context

Christie Golden's Star Trek: The Original Series contribution is The Last Roundup. It steps away from the Enterprise's usual five-year mission and follows James T. Kirk after retirement, with Scotty and Chekov at his side.

Kirk is helping with colonization on a remote planet, hoping for work that might be quieter than his years in command. His reputation has other ideas. A suspicious Falorian agenda begins to compromise the project, pulling him and his old friends into trouble again.

Retirement is not much of a shield in Star Trek.

The novel has the familiar Original Series ingredients: an unsettled frontier, a political mystery, a small group of trusted companions, and a captain who cannot ignore people in danger. But its setting gives the story a different mood. Kirk is older, conscious of his past, and trying to find a role beyond the bridge.

Readers do not need a long reading order here. The Last Roundup is a standalone adventure, best suited to fans who want more time with the classic trio after the television and film eras.