Summary[]
From the back cover: While Captain Kirk and a landing party from the Starship Enterprise explore the ruins of an ancient civilization on the uninhabited planet Careta IV, they discover strange devices that appear to be windows. But the mysterious windows prove to be more than they seem when Kirk, Chekov, and two security guards enter them and disappear.
Suddenly, Kirk and his team find themselves trapped in a strange alien environment and must fight with all their strength to survive and keep their sanity. Now Spock must locate his missing comrades and solve the window's ancient mysteries before his captain and crewmates are lost forever...
References[]
Characters[]
- Pavel Chekov • Dennis • Abdul Ramesh Kaul • James T. Kirk • Temren Knealayz • Meredith Lassiter • Leonard McCoy • McGaren • Bradford Nairobi • Nakamura • Dara Niles • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Talika Nyar • Tallieur • Hikaru Sulu • Terrensen • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Federation • Starfleet • University of Nexqualy
Science and classification[]
- bone • climate • data tape • datapad • gravity • habitable zone • hair • intercom receiver • light • muscle • orbital habitat • orbit • scanner display • sensor • solar system • star • starship • turbolift • universe • viewscreen
Occupations and titles[]
- archaeologist • captain • chief assistant • doctor • ensign • lieutenant • officer • post-doctoral researcher • researcher • scholar • security guard • sociologist
Other references[]
- archaeology • Argelian ale • asteroid • asteroid belt • captain's log • day • deity • diamond • first contact • imp • joke • landing party • matriarchy • pandree • planet • quadrant • sector • stardate • technology • week • year
Appendices[]
Images[]
Cover image.
Cover art.
Careta 4.
Space.
Kirk.
Chekov.
Portal.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Starship Trap |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: From the Depths |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Starship Trap |
Next Adventure: Section 31: Cloak | |
| Previous Adventure: The Tholian Web |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Section 31: Cloak |
Translations[]
- 1996
- Japanese : 謎の遺跡惑星, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
- 1997
- German : Tore auf einer toten Welt, translated by Ronald M. Hahn. (Heyne)
- 2001
- French : Fenêtres sur un monde perdu, translated by Isabelle Troin-Joubaud. (Fleuve Noir)