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Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 Regulars 2.2 Others 3 References 3.1 Starships 3.2 Locations 3.3 Species 3.4 States and Organisations 4 Information 5 Related Stories 6 Reviews 7 Connections

[edit] 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...

[edit] Characters

[edit] Regulars

• James T. Kirk
• Leonard H. McCoy
• Spock
• Montgomery Scott
• Nyota Uhura
• Pavel Chekov

[edit] 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

[edit] References

[edit] Starships

• USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
• USS Bill of Rights
• Shark

[edit] Locations

• Starbase One
• Faramond
• Mahaska County, Iowa
• Skunk River
• Riverside, Iowa
• Omaha, Nebraska
• Bremerton, Oregon
• Rosette Nebula
• Rosette trinary

[edit] Species

• Vulcan
• Old Culture
• Fabrini
• Andorian
• Klingon
• Tellarite

[edit] States and Organisations

• Amish
• Starfleet
• Diplomatic Corps Security Division

[edit] Information

• antiproton flushback
• Stampede
• dynacarrier, dynaship
• stratotractor
• Sir Christopher Cockerell
• work bee, potato, hedgehog, sandbagger
• Liaison cutter
• Blue zone

[edit] Related Stories

• TAS episode "The Counter-Clock Incident"
• TOS novel Final Frontier
• TOS movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

[edit] Reviews

[edit] Connections

Published Order
Previous novel: Probe	TOS hardcovers	Next novel: Shadows on the Sun
Chronological Order
Previous Adventure: All Fall Down	Pocket	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