Author Alan Gratz brings us the last Starfleet Academy book for the Kelvin timeline. The Assassination Game deals with students who use a sporke to take out their chosen prey but the woman who is running the game is also apart of a much larger origination within Starfleet itself. The Varkolak are visiting Earth for the inter-species medical conference while the game is going on and Cadet Kirk who is playing the game is also charged with helping guard them. But in Kirk fashion he doesn't follow the rules and the leader of the Varkolak wants him on his personal detail. There are some throwbacks to some scenes from the episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" Where Kirk is being dressed down by the Admiral of the Academy. Also there is a reference to Captain Picard's family wine which we see at the beginning of Star Trek: Generations, plus there is a reference to his line from Star Trek: First Contact where he say's "They must be stopped here, this far no further." This is a great send off for the Kelvin timeline StarFleet Academy books and one not to be missed since it takes the characters to the brink of war and back in perpetration for their fight with the Narada in Star Trek (2009). I highly recommend this book to all Star Trek and science fiction fans.