Book description
The
Hawking
left Earth during the 21st Century on a one-way mission to colonize a
distant world. Due to the relativistic effects of pre-warp travel, it's
crew has aged only thirty years while two centuries have passed outside
the ship. When the Starship Enterprise
comes to the rescue of the malfunctioning Hawking,
the colonists find themselves thrust into a universe and an era that
has left them behind.
Captain Kirk intends to help the colonists
adjust as best he can, but the task is not a simple one. The newcomers
are survivors of a more violent, more paranoid time -- and the have
brought old suspicions, and an ancient weapon of mass destruction,
into a world of unexpected challenges and dangers.
