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Rimillia, a planet that never spins, offers only a thin habitable strip amid endless extremes of heat and cold. The alien Dumada attempt to turn the world into a place for colonists by launching gigantic impulse engines toward the cosmos. With the planet’s survival—and the safety of the U.S.S. Enterprise—on the line, Captain James T. Kirk is tasked with rescuing a key scientist and confronting the massive stresses the engines could unleash. As the engines roar to life, the fate of Rimillia and the Enterprise hangs in the balance.
The story is a science‑fiction space‑opera adventure set within the Star Trek universe, featuring the iconic crew of the Enterprise and exploring themes of planetary engineering, technological risk, and heroic rescue.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Jerry Oltion
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