Star Trek

An all-new Star Trek novel from New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox, taking place in the blockbusterOriginal Series era!

The year is 2255, not long after the events of the Original Series episode "The Cage." A young Spock is science officer on theU.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, when an outbreak of deadly Rigelian fever threatens the crew. Reviewing the Starfleet medical database, Dr. Phillip Boyce comes up with a highly experimental and untested new treatment that might save the crew. Just one problem: it requires a rare mineral substance, ryetalyn, which is not easily obtainedexcept on a remote alien colony near the Klingon border. But borders are somewhat blurry in this part of galaxy. Pike will need to tread carefully in order to avoid provoking an armed conflict with the Klingons-or starting an all-out war.

About the Author

Greg Cox is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels and short stories. He wrote the official movie novelizations of Godzilla, Man of Steel,The Dark Knight Rises, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Death Defying Acts, and the first three Underworld films, as well the novelizations of four popular DC Comics miniseries, Infinite Crisis, 52, Countdown and Final Crisis. In addition, he has written books and short stories based on such popular series as ALIAS, THE AVENGERS, BATMAN, BUFFY, C.S.I., Farscape, Fantastic Four, The 4400, The Green Hornet, Iron Man, Leverage, The Phantom, Roswell, Star Trek, Terminator, Underworld, Warehouse 13, Xena, X-Men and Zorro. He has received three Scribe Awards from the international Association of Media Tie-In Writers. Greg also works as a Consulting Editor for Tor Books, where he has edited such authors as Richard Matheson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Harry Harrison, Tony Daniel, Rosemary Edghill, Graham Joyce, Keith R. A. DeCandido, S.P. Somtow, Christopher Bennett, R.S. Belcher, and many others. In addition, he has written more jacket and cover copy than he can possibly remember. ("They stood alone against galactic peril . . . !") He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania.