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2) Savage trade
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"The U.S.S. Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk is en route to the extreme edge of the Alpha Quadrant, and to a region known as the Vara Nebula. Its mission: to investigate why science outpost Zeta Gibraltar is not answering all Federation hailing messages. When the Enterprise arrives, a scan shows no life forms in the science station. Kirk leads a landing party and quickly discovers the reason for the strange silence--signs of a...
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"For years Starfleet Intelligence agents have carried out undercover assignments deep within the Klingon Empire. Surgically altered and rigorously trained in Klingon culture, they collect information and infiltrate the highest levels of imperial power. When three of Starfleet's longest serving agents initiate emergency extraction procedures, their planned rendezvous with the USS Endeavour goes awry. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise...
5) Best defense
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Captain Kirk and his crew seek the stolen Transfer Key that opens a door to a parallel universe, but their hunt is cut short by Ambassador Sarek's plea for help from the long-awaited Klingon-Federation peace conference. The Enterprise crew soon become targets in a deadly crossfire, one whose outcome will decide the fate of two universes.
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Meskito: a world on the brink of interstellar travel-- and one that is closely and discreetly monitored by the Federation. When a rogue pulsar sweeps through the star system, threatening to destroy all life on the planet, Starfleet must mount a desperate effort to protect the planet from annihilation.
10) Living memory
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Settling in as commandant of Starfleet Academy, Admiral James T. Kirk must suddenly contend with the controversial, turbulent integration of an alien warrior caste into the student body. He becomes embroiled in conflict when the Academy controversy escalates to murder. Meanwhile, Captain Spock of the USS Enterprise and Commander Pavel Chekov of the USS Reliant are investigating a series of powerful cosmic storms seemingly targeting Federation worlds:...
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"The planet Vok is holding its first free elections after years of oppressive military rule. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise have been dispatched by Starfleet to serve as impartial observers, but remaining neutral proves a challenge, as Kirk confronts a tangled web of scandal, conspiracy, and assassination plots--with the stability of an entire sector at stake. To make matters worse, Dr. Leonard McCoy has vanished while...
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"An epic new Star Trek saga by New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox set during the original Five-Year Mission! The final frontier erupts into chaos as vast quantities of a rare energy source are discovered beneath the surface of Baldur-3, a remote planet beyond the outer fringes of Federation space. Now an old-fashioned "gold rush" is underway as a flood of would-be prospectors, from countless worlds and species, races toward the planet to stake...
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Hidden aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise is a secret that has been passed from captain to captain, from Robert April to Christopher Pike to James T. Kirk. Now the return of the enigmatic woman once known as Number One has brought that secret to light--and Kirk and his crew must risk everything to finish a mission that began with Captain April so many years ago. Nearly two decades earlier, April and his crew first visited the planet Usilde, where they found...
18) Harm's way
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"An all-new Star Trek novel--continuing the legacy of the critically acclaimed Vanguardseries! Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise go in search of a missing Federation scientist--only to become trapped between a Klingon warship and Starfleet's mysterious Operation: Vanguard."--
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"Located far beyond the boundaries of explored space, the Goeg Domain is a political union of dozens of planets and races. When the U.S.S. Enterprise arrives in its territory to investigate an interstellar phenomenon, Commander Laspas of the Domain Defense Corps is at first guarded, then fascinated to discover the existence of an alliance of worlds much like his own, and finds a kindred spirit in Captain James T. Kirk. And when the Enterprise is attacked...