Kirk must stop a power-hungry alliance from destroying the Federation!
Summary
- From the book jacket
- The crew of the Nautilus, a battered starship of mysterious origin, is beamed aboard the starship Enterprise. The group claims they are freedom fighters from the future working to save the Federation from the Consilium—a group of corrupt power seekers.
- But when the Nautilus crew members suddenly seize control of the USS Enterprise, and a starship from the future arrives to arrest the renegades, Kirk must separate his true allies from those who wish to destroy the Federation.
References
Characters
- Adajia • Adams • Adams • Emiko Adams • Dylan Arios • Tonia Barrows • Bergdahl • Bistie • Bray • John Brunowski • Butterfield • Cane-Twelve • Christine Chapel • Chavez • Phil Cooper • Curtis • Edward Dale • Cymris Darthanian • Dawe • Dazri • Neil DeNoux • DeSalle • Dykstra • Effinger • Tracy Giacomo • Gilden • Inciviglia • Iriane • Jefferson • Karetha • Sharnas T'Gai Khir • James T. Kirk • Kyle • Mahase • Mario • Maynooth • Mbu • Leonard McCoy • McDonough • Germaine McKennon • Dan Miller • Oba • Organa • Paxson • Raksha • Kevin Riley • Russell • Montgomery Scott • Shimada • Hayden Singh • Thaddeus Smith • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Rial Varos • Watanabe • Wein • Wheeler • Winfield • Wolfman • Lao Zhiming
- Referenced only
- al-Jasir • Ariadne • Bellocq • Bryant • James Cook • Zia Fang • Gannovich • Gordon • Sherlock Holmes • Indipen • Ise • Edith Keeler • Maria Kellogg • Roger Korby • Feshan Kznith • Robert E. Lee • Litas • H.P. Lovecraft • Harry Mudd • Nemo • Patton • Lao Qixhu • Reluki • Ruth • Schindler • Kratisos Shah • Telemarsos • T'Iana • Tsmian • Xenophon • Yoruba
Starships and vehicles
- USS Alexander • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Harriet Tubman • Nautilus • Sagittarius • Savasci • Savasci cargo shuttle (cargo shuttle) • unnamed Federation shuttlecraft (cargo shuttle)
- Referenced only
- Antelope • USS Constellation • USS Enterprise-D • USS Farragut • USS Intrepid • USS Kreiger • USS Nautilus (submarine) • unnamed Klingon starships • USS Valiant • USS Van der Vekken
Vehicle types
- cruiser • freighter • heavy cruiser • interceptor • shuttlecraft
Locations
Planetary locations
- Cleveland • Hindu Kush • New Orleans • Oobast • Paris • Ruig • San Francisco • Yemen City
Establishments
- Consilium Institute • Federation Science Institute • Starfleet Academy • Vulcan Science Academy
Shipboard locations
- arboretum • auxiliary bridge • bowling alley • bridge • brig • cargo hold • corridor • engineering • gymnasium • messroom • quarters • recreation room • science office • sickbay • transporter room
Planets and planetoids
- Tau Lyra III (Yoondri)
- Referenced only
- Andorus • Antares IV • Delta VII • Earth • Exo III • Gamma Helicon II • Gamma Hydra II • Giliaren • Khergos • Mars • Memory Alpha • Remus • Thalia III
Stars and systems
- Tau Lyra
- Referenced only
- Achernar • Beta Lyrae • Betelgeuse • Brigadoon system • Delta system • Deneb • Exo • Gamma Helicon • Klingon system • Rigel • Romulan system
Stellar regions
- Crossroad Nebula • Cygnus constellation • Quadrant 6 • Sector 8
Outposts and stations
Races and cultures
- Eseriat • Human (Indian, etc.) • Klingon • Orion • Rembegil • Romulan • Vulcan • Yoon
- Referenced only
- Betazoid • Deltan • Gorn • Kargite • Rigellian
States and organizations
- Assist Services • Consilium • Federation • Shadow Fleet • Starfleet (command division • operations division • sciences division) • T'Gai Khir
- Referenced only
- First Federation • Starfield
Technology and weapons
- astrogator • breathing mask • bullet train • chronometer • command chair • communicator • computer • degausser • Elthonian android • flashlight • food synthesizer • fusion torpedo • hologame • holovid • hypospray • impulse engine • intercom • life support • log pad • matter-antimatter reactor • mind sifter • nanotechnology • nuclear reactor • sensor • space buoy • starship • stiletto • stylus • sun lamp • tricorder • velcro • viewscreen • warp drive • waxer • welder
Ranks and titles
- captain • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • domina • engineer • ensign • first officer • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • master • midshipman • navigator • operations manager • president • science officer • scientist • security • technician • transporter chief • yeoman • president
Substances and energies
- ammonia • antimatter • blood • calcium • copper • crystalplex • dilithium • gas • iron • mu radiation • nitrogen • oxygen • pewter • porcelain • radio wave • rhodon • salt • silver • titanium • water
Drugs and biological compounds
- adrenalase • adrenaline • anticane • antishock compound • brain-spice • cillanocyclene • dalpomine • DNA • endorphin • hyperena • lyofane • masiform • melanex • metebelite • neurophylozene • retinox • tri-ox compound • vitamin D7 • zimath
Foods and beverages
- almond • apple • beer • butter • caramel • chocolate • coconut • coffee • fruit • macadamia • marshmallow • milk • nougat • orange • peanut • pretzel • Turkish coffee • vegetable oil
Lifeforms
- animal • belothmere • bird • boreglunch • cat • ferret • fungus • humanoid • insect • jellyfish • Kurlanian seedfish • moth • mouse • quasi oak • St. John's lichen • slothoid • Udarian blood maggot • vescens ceolli • vescens zicreedens • yagghorth
Other references
- anthropology • archaeological medicine • archaeology • Asteroid Monsters • atmosphere • baseball • basketball • Battle of Achernar • bowling • captain's log • cards • chess • civilization • colony • comet • Dack & Homilie • disease • docilization code • dress uniform • drug • electrosynaptic pattern • energy • Feast of Bulls • five-year mission • food • galaxy • gallbladder • Gallery of Amazement • game • Gargoyle Man • genetic engineering • geology • Ghi'har Scale • government • gravity • history • holoshow • Honey Whats-Her-Name • illo-spex • Klingon language • language • laserbrain • laser tennis • lifeform • log entry • magnetism • medicine • medulla • Men's Adventure • meteor • money • moon • nebula • Necroblaster 989 • nerve • neurology • operations • optics • Orion language • pachinko • Pelleter's syndrome • physics • pinball • planet • poker • primary hull • Prime Directive • psionics • quadrant • radiation • secondary hull • singularity • Smuggler's Treasure • star • stardate • Starfleet uniform • star system • synapse • Tagalog • Tak's syndrome • telepathy • Terror of the Pecos • time travel • Turtledove Anomaly Point • uniform • vertebrae • violin • Vulcan language • Vulcan nomenclature • xenomedicine • Yermakoff Psychic Index
Timeline
- 17th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 2265
- The Enterprise five-year mission begins.
- 2270
- The crew travels near the Crossroad.
- 2478
- 2546 (alternate timeline)
Appendices
Background
- Regarding the novel, author Barbara Hambly said, "What fascinated me was that Kirk is an optimist and the Federation is in a situation of an expanding universe with expanding perceptions. Crossroad is about what happens when Kirk finds out that it's all going to turn into a nightmare. That these vile, awful people form the future are his heirs. That everything he has done and sacrificed himself for goes to these really horrid people. How does he deal with the shock of that?" (The Official Fan Club Magazine Issue 98: "Profile: Barbara Hambly")
- Some spelling irregularities exist in this book, Roger Korby is referred to as "Roger Corby" and Captain Garrovick is referred to as "Gannovich".
Connections
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Traitor Winds |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: The Better Man |
| Previous story: Ghost-Walker |
Stories by: Barbara Hambly |
Next story: last work |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: The Girl Who Controlled Gene Kelly's Feet |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 |
| Previous adventure: The Girl Who Controlled Gene Kelly's Feet |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: ... Like a Woman Scorned! Page 1 |
External link
- Crossroad article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
