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The Conscience of the King
James Blish · 1967short story
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A touring Shakespearean troupe's star draws Kirk's suspicion: he may be Kodos the Executioner, the governor who ordered a starving colony's citizens culled twenty years earlier, and as surviving witnesses begin dying, Kirk must confirm the actor's identity before more blood is spilled.
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- Star Trek Original TV Series Adaptations
- contained in Star Trekcollection
- contained in The Classic Episodes 1collection
- contained in The Star Trek Reader IIomnibus