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Starfleet’s highest law has been broken. The Enterprise’s most honored captain is disgraceful, the famed starship shattered, and its crew scattered across the Federation’s thousand worlds. The crew must journey to Talin, a planet once teeming with life now reduced to ash by a radioactive firestorm caused by their actions. There they must discover why the tragedy occurred and uncover what has become of their captain.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Judith Reeves-Stevens
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