Author:  Vonda N. McIntyre

Published:  September 1986

Publisher:  Pocket Books

Number in Series:  1st Large Novel

Timeframe:  2265, before the episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”
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From Simon & Schuster:

“James T. Kirk is the youngest man to be promoted to the rank of captain in Federation history. His crew consists of a first officer who finds him impetuous; a chief engineer who finds him arrogent; a chief medical officer who finds him trifling; and a helmsman who wants a transfer.  But the young crew, which would later become the legendary space explorers, quickly puts aside their differences when a monstrous starship appears on their nascent flight path.”

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