An alien scientist asks to join Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew in the investigation of an unprecedented scientific find. Soon U.S.S. Voyager(r) is embroiled in a battle of wills among several alien races -- each intent on manipulating the discovery toward its own end and decimating whole worlds in the process. Janeway must stop a quest for knowledge from turning into a plot for destruction!

 

This book is part of a book series called Star Trek-Voyager .

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Simon & Schuster .

Yoji Kondo (AKA Erik Kotani) was head of the astrophysics laboratory at Johnson Space Center in Houston during the time of the Apollo and Skylab missions. He is now the director of the International Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite Observatory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and is professor in space sciences at George Mason Univeristy, and has published over 130 papers and edited ten books on astronomy and astrophysics. Among other honors, he is the recipient of the NASA medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. Under the pseudonym of E. Kotani, he has written five science fiction books and edited a bestselling Heinlein anthology. This is his first STAR TREK novel.