Na novela oficial para "The Voyage Home", aprendemos que Carol Marcus tem evitado o trabalho de Saavik e as comunicações de Kirk. Ambos supõem que ela já soube da morte de David através dos canais oficiais da Frota Estelar.
Jim took a deep breath. "This is Jim Kirk again." He had been trying to call Carol Marcus since the morning after his arrival on Vulcan. Every time, he had failed to reach her. By now she must know of the death of her son David. It both relieved and distressed Jim that he would not be the one to tell her. But he had to talk to her.
"It's extremely urgent that I speak with Carol," he said. "Please have her call me as soon as possible."
Até onde ela está aprendendo as especificidades da morte de David, isso é coberto com algum detalhe. Basta dizer que sua dor é quase indescritível:
"We know," Verai said. "And we are grateful that you came to us. We will speak of them, and remember them. But we must speak of someone else as well."
Holding Carol's hands, Verai and Kirim told her of the death of her son.
Shocked speechless with grief and horror, Carol sank to the floor and stared at the window's light. The pattern crept across the floor with the motion of the sun. In the warmth of the hall she started to shiver. "Come with us, Carol," Verai said. "We will grieve for our partners, and we will grieve for your son."
In a visitors' chamber of the habitation, Lieutenant Saavik of Starfleet also failed to reach Carol Marcus.