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During a routine patrol, the USS Enterprise encounters a derelict Romulan space station drifting within Federation territory. The crew boards the abandoned station only to find ghostly apparitions and a sudden loss of power that leaves them stranded. Shortly after, a Romulan warship arrives and the commander accuses the Federation of treachery and murder. Faced with this looming conflict, Captain Kirk must discover what haunts the derelict station and avoid being drawn into a deadly game that threatens all aboard, leaving no winners and no survivors.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Melissa Crandall
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