Having saved Earth from the threat of V'Ger, James T. Kirk is called again to the final frontier. His new mission: to lead a valiant group of settlers to a distant world, to defend the struggling colony from alien threats, and to explore the diverse mysteries and dangers of a strange new Earth! Far from the Federation, a newly discovered M-class world has been selected as a potential home by a group of hardy and determined colonists. Starfleet can spare only one ship to escort the would-be settlers on their perilous voyage - but that ship is none other than the legendary Starship Enterprise, commanded by the most famous captain in the quadrant. Now Kirk finds himself responsible for the lives of 30,000 men, women and children - a task that grows all the more difficult when the expedition is caught in the middle of an ancient feud between two dangerous alien races!

The "Enterprise's*" tour of duty is coming to an end, but the crew's relief arrives badly damaged and in need of assistance. Before the "Enterprise" can return home, the crew will have to join the bold new ship in facing the settlement's final and most deadly challenge.

After saving Earth from the threat of V’Ger, James T. Kirk is called again to the final frontier with the mission to lead a valiant group of settlers to a distant world and explore the diverse mysteries and dangers of a strange new world in the Star Trek universe. Far from the Federation, a newly discovered M-class world has been eyed as a potential home by a group of hardy and determined colonists. Starfleet can spare only one starship to escort the would-be settlers on their perilous voyage, and that ship is none other than the legendary Starship Enterprise, commanded by the most well-known captain in the quadrant. Now Kirk finds himself responsible for the lives of 30,000 men, women, and children—a task that grows all the more difficult when the expedition is caught in the middle of an ancient feud between two dangerous alien races.

Captain Kirk and the Enterprise must defend the colonists of Belle Terre from aliens using biochemical warfare.

Through four decades, five television series comprising over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series, fandom's thirst for more Star Trek stories has been unquenchable. From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s, followed by the first original Star Trek novels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the rich Star Trek tapestry. But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience the Star Trek mythos anew to others? Voyages of Imagination takes a look back on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books. Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with the covers of every book included herein, Voyages of Imagination is indexed by title and author, features a comprehensive timeline, and is a must-have for every fan.

In this thrilling Star Trek novel, the crew of the Starship Enterprise embarks on its most ambitious assignment yet: to lead a courageous band of settlers to a far-off planet and defend the fragile new colony from alien threats amidst the mysteries of a stunning new Earth. A six-month journey from the Federation, the planet Belle Terre offers a new life to more than 30,000 families, pioneers, scientists, expatriates, go-getters, loners, and entrepreneurs, all under the watchful eye of Captain Kirk and his crew. But the would-be colonists have barely settled in the untamed wilderness of their new home when Spock makes a startling discovery: not only does the planet’s moon contains a rare ore of almost inestimable value, that same moon is also violently unstable. Within months, it will inevitably explode—destroying all life on Belle Terre. Will the Starship Enterprise be able to save this new Earth and all its inhabitants before it’s too late?

Far from the reaches of the Federation, the Starship Enterprise has been guiding the development of an obscure planet upon whose fate the future of the entire galaxy may now depend in this unforgettable Star Trek adventure. As the crew of the Starfleet Enterprise’s time leading the colony on newly discovered planet comes to an end, they look forward to giving up control to another ship and crew. But when the new ship arrives in the midst of a deadly attack on the colony, it’s tragically destroyed. With the Starship Enterprise off fighting a new and powerful enemy that threatens the colony as well as its enemies, Commander Nick Keller, first officer and ranking survivor of the decimated crew, is marooned. He must find a way to complete his original mission and come to the aid of the Enterprise in what might be its most desperate hour.

Lieutenant Melora Pazlar, first seen in the Deep Space Nine episode that bears her name (Melora), is the only Elaysian in Starfleet. Stationed on board the USS Enterprise, six years after her short-lived romance with Dr Bashir, she receives a desperate call for help from her crystalline, multi-species homeworld. When subspace contact fails, Captain Picard sends the Enterprise to investigate, only to find the ship nearly torn apart by a dimensional rift and stranded, badly damaged, below the shields that protect the carefully constructed planet. With both escape and rescue impossible, Picard and crew set out to discover the cause of the rift and the strange, cancerous growth in the crystal choking the planet itself. A Federation ship attempts to reach the Enterprise but is destroyed, and when thoron radiation threatens to kill the crew, all signs on the planet point to sabotage...

When readers last saw Ael t'Rllaillieu, she rescued Dr. Leonard McCoy from the very Senate Chamber where he was to be executed, stole the Sword in the Empty Chair, and fled into Federation space. Now, as the Romulands seeks to recover the sword at any cost, Ael must deter war, foil her enemies, and keep ship and crew safe.

The Enterprise orbits Eeiauo in a desperate race to save the inhabitants from a deadly plague. Uhura's secret songs may hold the key to a cure.