Admiral James T. Kirk is charged by the Klingon Empire for the comandeering of a Klingon starship. The Federation honors the Klingon demands for extradition, and Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are drawn back to Earth.
But their trip is interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious, all-powerful alien space probe. Suddenly, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the crew must journey back through time to twentieth-century Earth to solve the mystery of the probe.
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"This is a mostly faithful adaptation of the popular film, with the additional scenes and more fleshed-out characterizations that I tend to like in a worthy novelization."
— Zach (4 out of 5 stars)
" Nice novelization of the film by the same title. My copy happens to be autographed by James Doohan who played the iconic Engineer Montgomery Scott. "
— Darrell, 10/20/2013" Though it was fun to reread this book, based on one of my favorite Star Trek movies, I felt that the style of the book was a bit forced. I can forgive that, given how hard I know it can be to novelize a movie. "
— Izzy, 10/11/2013" The most fun of the original Trek movies, even as a novelization. "
— Tammy, 12/13/2011" it was kind of weird "
— John, 5/17/2011" I love Vonda McIntyre's novelizations. Her character voice is great, and her treatment of the David/Saavik storyline is one of my favorite Trek subplots ever. "
— Heather, 10/24/2008" The book isn't badly written but the story just wasn't compelling to me. Not McIntyre's fault. It's a novelization. "
— Charles, 7/28/2003Vonda N. McIntyre (1948–2019) was an award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of science fiction. She was one of the earliest successful graduates of the Clarion Science Fiction Writers’ Workshop. She gained prominence with the 1973 publication of “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand,” which won a Nebula Award for Best Novelette and served as the initial section of Dreamsnake, which won both a Nebula and a Hugo award. The Crystal Star made the New York Times bestseller list.