What exactly happened to the crew of the USS Enterprise after the end of their 5-year mission? How did that mission end? What did they do before they were reunited for the adventures captured in the Star Trek movies? Even the Casual Star Trek fan finds him or herself asking these questions from time to time... here at last as a novel that provides the answers to those questions tells the story of Captain Kirk's Final hours in command of the USS Enterprise and how he, Mr spock, and Dr McCoy struggle to establish new lives apart from each other and the starship.

ISBN: 0671707957