A merchant ship's frantic S.O.S sends the U.S.S. Enterprise(TM) speeding to the rescue! But the starships mission of mercy soon becomes a desperate struggle for survival against a nightmarish enemy Captain Kirk can neither identify nor understand, an enemy he must defeat without the aid of one of his most trusted officers.

For the Leonard McCoy Kirk knew is gone. In his place stands a stranger -- a man with no memory of his Starfleet career, his family, his friends... or the one thing James T. Kirk needs most of all. His dreams.

Carmen Carter is a science fiction novel and author of numerous bestselling novels taking place in the Star Trek universe, including Dreams of the Raven, Doomsday World, and The Devil's Heart.