The Great Starship Race

Competition turns deadly for Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise.
The Great Starship Race is a Pocket TOS novel – #67 in the numbered series – written by Diane Carey. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket
:When a friendly, alien people called the Rey make contact with the Federation, they are thrilled to learn the galaxy has a large number of intelligent races. To bring the myriad cultures to their world, the Rey host a celebration – inviting spacefaring peoples to send representative ships to compete against one another and The Great Starship Race is born.
:As the Federation's flagship, the , under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, is sent to compete. But the event takes a dark turn when a Romulan warship arrives and demands to join the race. Soon, Kirk and the Romulan commander are engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse, and, for Kirk and his crew, the race becomes a struggle for survival. Faced with treachery at every turn, Kirk must protect his ship from relentless attack and prevent the annihilation of an entire world.
== Background information ==
* This was the final Pocket Original Series novel to be reprinted by Titan Books. From Firestorm on, Simon & Schuster UK directly distributed Pocket's US releases without reprinting.
* The cover design of Pocket's releases changes from this novel onward, omitting the rounded border and enlarging the Star Trek logo at the top of the cover.
== Characters ==
;James T. Kirk
;Buck Ames
;Helmut Appenfeller
;Hunter
;Legarratlinya
;Nancy Ransom
;Ben Shamirian
;Leo Blaine
;Miles Glover X
;Ian Blackington
;Zoracon
;Sinclair Rowan
;Kenneth Dodge : Starfleet captain of USS Hood.
;T'Noy : Starfleet captain of USS Intrepid.
;Hans Tahl : Starfleet captain of USS Great Lakes.
== References ==
;Andorian
;Argelius
;Arkansas
;Baltimore, Maryland
;Blackjacket
;BlaineAerospace Inc.
;Bluenose IV
;Canada
;Cynthia Blaine
;Colony Drachenfels
;Drachenfels
;Dominion of Proxima
;Eminiar VII
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;Gavelan Star
;USS Great Lakes : Starfleet frigate.
;Gullrey
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;Irimlo Si
;New Pride of Baltimore
;Orion Union
;Proxima Beta
;Ransom Castle
;Ransom Carnvale Mining Co.
;Rigel IV
;Tellarite
;Tholian
;Ytaho
;Zeon
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Great Starship Race
de:Das grosse Raumschiffrennen