The Tears of the Singers

The USS Enterprise must stop the slaughter of an alien race, or risk the fate of the universe!
The Tears of the Singers is a Pocket TOS novel – #19 in the numbered series – written by Melinda M. Snodgrass. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket:
:Captain Kirk and the join the Klingons to avert disaster in the Taygeta V system – where a time/space warp has swallowed a spaceship without a trace. Spock suspects a link between the anomaly and the inhabitants of Taygeta, semi-aquatic creatures killed for the jewel-like tears secreted at the moment of death. But a mutinous Klingon officer threatens the vital mission, as a desperate Kirk and Spock race to save the Taygetians, the Federation – and the entire universe!
== Background information ==
* This is the only Star Trek novel by Melinda M. Snodgrass. She was later a story editor and writer on .
* A limited edition hardcover was published by Gregg Press in 1985.
== Characters ==
=== Canon characters ===
;James T. Kirk
;Spock
;Uhura
;Leonard McCoy
;Montgomery Scott
;Kali
;Kor
=== Non-canon characters ===
;Guy Maslin : Human musician, brought by Kirk as an expert to help the crew learn the Taygetans' music-based language
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