Serpents Among the Ruins
THE YEAR IS 2311It is a year of infamy, a year that later generations will remember as one that altered the course of history at the cost of thousands of lives. It is the year of the Tomed Incident, and its tale can at last be told.In the midst of escalating political tensions among the Klingons,...
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THE YEAR IS 2311It is a year of infamy, a year that later generations will remember as one that altered the course of history at the cost of thousands of lives. It is the year of the Tomed Incident, and its tale can at last be told.In the midst of escalating political tensions among the Klingons, the Romulans, and the Federation, Starfleet goes forward with the inaugural flight of "Universe," a prototype starship that promises to revolutionize space exploration. But the "Universe" experiment results in disaster, ravaging a region of space dangerously close to the Romulan Star Empire, apparently confirming suspicions that the Federation has begun testing a weapon of mass destruction.As the military buildup accelerates on both sides of the Neutral Zone, Captain John Harriman of the Federation flagship "U.S.S. Enterprise(TM) " NCC-1701-B is fated for a final confrontation with his oldest enemy at a flashpoint in history -- with the Beta Quadrant one wrong move from the outbreak of total war.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780743464031 (0743464036)
Publish date: August 26th 2003
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Series: Star Trek: The Lost Era
Set in 2311, this second installment of the Lost Era-series (novels which can be read independently but which all cover the time between Generations and the start of TNG) deals with the background story to the Romulan absence from galactic affairs which lasts 40 years. George spins an intriguing t...