Summary
From the back cover: As James T. Kirk prepares to retire from a long and illustrious Starfleet career, events in a distant part of the Federation draw him back to a part of the galaxy he had last visited as a young man - a mysterious world called Faramond whose name takes Kirk on a journey back to his youth.
At sixteen, Kirk is troubled, estranged from his father, and has a bleak future. However, a trip into space with Kirk's father George and Starfleet's legendary Captain Robert April changes James Kirk's life forever, when a simple voyage becomes a deadly trap. Soon, Kirk and his father find themselves fighting for their lives against a vicious and powerful enemy.
Before the voyage ends, father and son will face life and death together, and James T. Kirk will get a glimpse of the future and his own best destiny...
Characters
Regulars
Others
- Captain Alma Anne Roth
- Ensign Devereaux
- Zack Malkin
- Lucy Pogue
- Tom Beauvais
- Emily
- Quentin Monroe
- Klein
- Commander George Samuel Kirk Sr.
- Winona Kirk
- Robert April
- Lieutenant Francis Drake Reed
- Commander Lorna Simon
- William Thorvalsen
- Lawrence Marvick
- Lieutenant Carlos Florida
- Ensign Isaac Soulian
- Ensign Veronica Hall
- Doctor Sarah Poole-April
- Bennings
- Roy John Moss
- Rex Moss
- Angus Burgoyne
- Lou Caskie
- Munkwhite
- Okenga
- Dazzo
References
Starships
Locations
- Starbase One
- Faramond
- Mahaska County, Iowa
- Skunk River
- Riverside, Iowa
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Bremerton, Oregon
- Rosette Nebula
- Rosette trinary
Species
States and Organisations
- Amish
- Starfleet Diplomatic Corps Security Division
Information
- antiproton flushback
- Stampede
- dynacarrier, dynaship
- stratotractor
- Sir Christopher Cockerell
- work bee, potato, hedgehog, sandbagger
- Liaison cutter
- Blue zone
Related Stories
- TAS episode "The Counter-Clock Incident"
- TOS novel Final Frontier
- TOS movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Reviews
Connections
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Probe |
TOS hardcovers | Next novel: Shadows on the Sun |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: All Fall Down |
Next Adventure: Sarek | |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2293. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Sarek Chapter 7, Section 5 |
2249 | Next Adventure: Sarek Chapter 12, 1st entry |