Rules of Engagement by Peter Norwood (Star Trek #48)

No full review this time, because I can't find my copy of the book. Sad, really. I can tell you that Peter Norwood is novelist Diane Duane's husband, and has often kibbitzed with her on her own novels. Presumably, she did the same on his. Here is the book's blurb:
"A sudden revolution on the planet Dekkanar brings Captain Kirk and the Enterprise running to evacuate Federation personnel trapped there. But their orders from Starfleet are quite clear: the Enterprise is to assist in the evacuation, no more. No weapons are to be displayed, no shields raised, no shots fired.

Meanwhile, halfway across the galaxy, an experimental Klingon warship sets forth on a mission of its own, a warship with hidden -- and heretofore undreamed of -- capabilities, commanded by a warrior who will stop at nothing to bring glory to his Empire -- and restore his own lost honor.

The Klingon ship's destination? The planet Dekkanar..."

I hope to find the book later, and place my review here. But to keep things in order, I wanted to establish the space.