Book description
The
Starship Enterprise
has embarked on its most ambitious assignment yet: to lead a courageous
band of settlers to a far-off planet, to defend the fragile colony from
alien threats, and to unravel the mysteries of a brand-new Earth!
Belle Terre
A six-month distance 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 moons
contain 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!
Dean Wesley Smith is the author of over 30 Star Trek
novels either solo or written jointly with Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He
has edited all six volumes of the Star Trek STRANGE NEW WORLDS short
story anthologies and lives in Eugene, Oregon.
