Author(s):	Rick Barba
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Series:	Starfleet Academy #1
Published:	2 November 2010
Pages:	224
Stardate:	Unknown (2255-2258)
Reference(s):	ISBN 144241409X (hardcover) ISBN 1442412410 (trade paperback) ISBN 1442414251 (eBook) ASIN B003V1WXBO (Kindle)

The Delta Anomaly is a young adult novel by Rick Barba, the first in the Starfleet Academy series.

Summary Edit

From the book jacket

After a rough week at Starfleet Academy, James T. Kirk and his friends blow off steam at San Francisco's hottest new club. Their good times come to a screeching halt, however, when one of the cadets is attacked by someones who seemingly appears out of thin air.

Bones and his medical team save the cadet's life, but they uncover the horrifying consequences of the attack. Meanwhile, Starfleet's investigation reveals the assailant is actually a brutal serial killer from the past – a mysterious entity known only as the Doctor. Who is the Doctor, and why has he returned after disappearing more than twenty years ago?

At the urging of Commander Spock, Cadet Uhura is called to decipher a message from the Doctor. Spock has no idea that by enlisting Uhura's help, he has placed her firmly in the Doctor's sights.

Before long Kirk, Uhura and Bones are caught up in the Doctor's dangerous web as they race against time to stop the killer before he strikes again.

Background information Edit

• The novel is the first original tie-in set in the alternate reality established in Star Trek.
• The novel was released in hardcover and trade paperback formats simultaneously.