Original sentence: ISBN 1852865350) is a Star Trek novel written by Sondra Marshak  and Myrna Culbreath and first published in 1979 by Bantam Books.It is a sequel to The Price of the Phoenix.The Fate of The Phoenix  (ISBN 0553271911, ISBN 0553246380, ISBN 0553279327,
Edited sentence: A Kirk who has been genetically altered to resemble his Romulan self from the classic Trek episode The Enterprise Incident.A love triangle with This Kirk ,Spock and the Romulan Commander from the same episode.And all this before you layer on the ethics of creating life, slavery, freedom and honour and a villain with his own hatred of the Federation, a mortal soul and an immortal body.Fate of The Phoenix is a really good read if you like none cannon Star Trek.Like I said, If you forget the last 25 years and want to read something where the characters don’t return to their status quo format at the end of the book, then read the Price of the Phoenix and Fate of the Phoenix for a real good back to back pair.Some of the twists include a Spock who is outwardly identical,  yet shares a split personality with the books main villain.The book takes the crew plus two facsimiles of Kirk and Spock through a number of character development loops that Paramount would have a fit at nowadays.When it was published no other Trek was available as the Motion Picture  was still in production