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| Author = [[Gene DeWeese]]
 
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| Pages = 251
 
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| Year = [[2270]]
 
| Year = [[2270]]
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''Stranded in a hostile galaxy, the ''Enterprise'' is caught up in a deadly interstellar conflict!''
 
''Stranded in a hostile galaxy, the ''Enterprise'' is caught up in a deadly interstellar conflict!''
   
== Plot Summary ==
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== Summary ==
 
''From the back cover''
 
''From the back cover''
:''While mapping a series of [[gravity|gravitational]] [[Spatial anomaly|anomalies]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} is suddenly hurled millions of light-years through [[space]], into a distant [[galaxy]] of scorched and lifeless worlds...into the middle of an endless interstellar war.''
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:''While mapping a series of [[gravity|gravitational]] [[Spatial anomaly|anomalies]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} is suddenly hurled millions of light years through [[space]], into a distant [[galaxy]] of scorched and lifeless worlds... into the middle of an endless interstellar war.''
   
:''With no way back home, the crippled [[starship]] finds itself under relentless and suicidal attack by both warring fleets! And [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] must gamble the lives of his crew on his ability to stop a war that has raged for centuries -- and ravaged a galaxy...''
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:''With no way back home, the crippled [[starship]] finds itself under relentless and suicidal attack by both warring fleets! And [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] must gamble the lives of his crew on his ability to stop a war that has raged for centuries &ndash; and ravaged a galaxy...''
   
 
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== Background Information ==
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== Background information ==
 
* This was the first novel to be released by [[Titan Books]] in Britain, but the 32nd to be released by [[Pocket Books]] in the US.
 
* This was the first novel to be released by [[Titan Books]] in Britain, but the 32nd to be released by [[Pocket Books]] in the US.
 
* A sequel to this book was published as #43, ''[[The Final Nexus]]''.
 
* A sequel to this book was published as #43, ''[[The Final Nexus]]''.
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; [[Christine Chapel]] : [[Nurse]].
 
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; Jason Crandall : [[Doctor]]. [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] observer.
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; Rajanih : Doctor in charge of the dental unit on board the ''Enterprise''
 
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Stranded in a hostile galaxy, the Enterprise is caught up in a deadly interstellar conflict!

Summary

From the back cover

While mapping a series of gravitational anomalies, the USS Enterprise is suddenly hurled millions of light years through space, into a distant galaxy of scorched and lifeless worlds... into the middle of an endless interstellar war.
With no way back home, the crippled starship finds itself under relentless and suicidal attack by both warring fleets! And Captain Kirk must gamble the lives of his crew on his ability to stop a war that has raged for centuries – and ravaged a galaxy...

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Background information

  • This was the first novel to be released by Titan Books in Britain, but the 32nd to be released by Pocket Books in the US.
  • A sequel to this book was published as #43, The Final Nexus.
  • At one point in the novel, Captain Kirk comments that the Enterprise phasers can't be set to stun, contradicting the episode "A Piece of the Action".

Characters

James T. Kirk
Captain.
Spock
Commander
Leonard McCoy
CMO
Montgomery Scott
Lieutenant Commander.
Hikaru Sulu
Lieutenant.
Uhura
Lieutenant.
Pavel Chekov
Ensign.
Christine Chapel
Nurse.
Jason Crandall
Doctor. Federation observer.
Rajanih
Doctor in charge of the dental unit on board the Enterprise
Radzyk
leader of the Zeator, a species at war with the Hoshan
Hrozak
leader of the Hoshan, a species at war with the Zeator
Bolduc
another member of the Hoshan
Ckeita
leader of the Aragos, an alien species that own one of the closest planets to the gravitational anomaly which sent the Enterprise to another galaxy.

References

USS Enterprise

External links


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