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| Image = Best Destiny.jpg
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| Author = [[Diane Carey]]
 
| Author = [[Diane Carey]]
 
| Artist = [[Keith Birdsong]]
 
| Artist = [[Keith Birdsong]]
 
| Publisher = [[Pocket Books]]
 
| Publisher = [[Pocket Books]]
 
| Series = [[Pocket TOS]]
 
| Series = [[Pocket TOS]]
| Published = {{d|1|November|1992}} (hardcover)<br>{{d|1|November|1993}} (paperback)
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| Published = {{d|1|November|1992}} (hardcover)<br />{{d|1|November|1993}} (paperback)
 
| Pages = 398
 
| Pages = 398
| Year = [[2249]], [[2293]] (framing sequence)
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| Year = [[2249]], [[2293]] [framing sequence]
| ISBN = 0671795872 (hardback)<br />ISBN 0671795880 (paperback)
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| ISBN = 0671795872 (hardcover)<br />ISBN 0671795880 (paperback)<br>{{ASIN|B000FBJG5O}} (Kindle)
| AB = If there is an audiobook, enter Yes
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| AB = Yes
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| ABAbridged = Yes
 
| ABReadBy = [[James Doohan]]
 
| ABReadBy = [[James Doohan]]
 
| ABRunTime = 3 hours
 
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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
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;From the book jacket:''As [[James T. Kirk]] prepares to retire from a long and illustrious [[Starfleet]] career, events in a distant part of the [[Federation]] draw him back to a part of the galaxy he had last visited as a young man--a mysterious world called Faramond whose name takes Kirk on a journey back to his youth.
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:''As [[James T. Kirk]] prepares to retire from a long and illustrious [[Starfleet]] career, events in a distant part of the [[Federation]] draw him back to a part of the galaxy he had last visited as a young man &ndash; a mysterious world called Faramond whose name takes Kirk on a journey back to his youth.''
   
:''At sixteen, Kirk is troubled, estranged from his father and has a bleak future. However, a trip into space with Kirk's father George and Starfleet legend [[Captain]] [[Robert April]] changes James' life forever, when a simple voyage aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} becomes a deadly trap. Soon, Kirk and father find themselves fighting a vicious and powerful enemy.
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:''At sixteen, Kirk is troubled, estranged from his father and has a bleak future. However, a trip into space with Kirk's father George and Starfleet legend [[Captain]] [[Robert April]] changes James' life forever, when a simple voyage aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} becomes a deadly trap. Soon, Kirk and father find themselves fighting a vicious and powerful enemy.''
   
:''Before the voyage ends, father and son will face life and death together, and James T. Kirk will get a glimpse of the future and his own best destiny.
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:''Before the voyage ends, father and son will face life and death together, and James T. Kirk will get a glimpse of the future and his own best destiny.''
   
 
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* This story is a sequel to Carey's previous George Kirk/Robert April novel ''[[Final Frontier (novel)|Final Frontier]].''
 
* This story is a sequel to Carey's previous George Kirk/Robert April novel ''[[Final Frontier (novel)|Final Frontier]].''
 
* The framing story is completely removed from the Audiobook adaptation by the author, leaving only the story of young James Kirk and George Kirk/Robert April.
 
* The framing story is completely removed from the Audiobook adaptation by the author, leaving only the story of young James Kirk and George Kirk/Robert April.
* The first page of the book gives the only known, albeit non canon meaning of the starship registry prefix "NCC", classifying it as meaning "Naval Construction Contract".
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* The first page of the book gives the only known, albeit non-canon meaning of the starship registry prefix "NCC", classifying it as meaning "Naval Construction Contract".
   
 
== Characters ==
 
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== References ==
 
== References ==
[[2249]]; [[2293]]; Robert April; USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701; Faramond; [[Khitomer]];
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[[2249]]; [[2293]]; Robert April; USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701; Faramond; [[Khitomer]]
   
 
== External link ==
 
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Returning from Khitomer, Kirk remembers his perilous first journey into space on a vessel named Enterprise, at the age of 16.

Summary

From the book jacket
As James T. Kirk prepares to retire from a long and illustrious Starfleet career, events in a distant part of the Federation draw him back to a part of the galaxy he had last visited as a young man – a mysterious world called Faramond whose name takes Kirk on a journey back to his youth.
At sixteen, Kirk is troubled, estranged from his father and has a bleak future. However, a trip into space with Kirk's father George and Starfleet legend Captain Robert April changes James' life forever, when a simple voyage aboard the USS Enterprise becomes a deadly trap. Soon, Kirk and father find themselves fighting a vicious and powerful enemy.
Before the voyage ends, father and son will face life and death together, and James T. Kirk will get a glimpse of the future and his own best destiny.

Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

Background

  • This story is a sequel to Carey's previous George Kirk/Robert April novel Final Frontier.
  • The framing story is completely removed from the Audiobook adaptation by the author, leaving only the story of young James Kirk and George Kirk/Robert April.
  • The first page of the book gives the only known, albeit non-canon meaning of the starship registry prefix "NCC", classifying it as meaning "Naval Construction Contract".

Characters

James T. Kirk
George Samuel Kirk
Robert April

References

2249; 2293; Robert April; USS Enterprise NCC-1701; Faramond; Khitomer

External link

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