Captain James T. Kirk is on hand as an honorary observer for the maiden voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-B when it encounters an unknown temporal phenomenon ripping through the galaxy. Attempting to rescue survivors of a damaged ship within the danger zone, the legendary Captain Kirk mysteriously disappears.

Seventy-eight years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, receive a distress call from a remote scientific observatory. Picard learns that a newly developed superweapon has been stolen by a desperate scientist with an insane plot.

While Commander Riker, Data, Worf and the rest of the crew battle deadly Klingon renegades, Captain Picard must seek out the one person with the power to help him: Captain James T. Kirk.

Together the two captains will make the greatest sacrifices of their careers to save millions of people from a madman bent on destroying the universe!

Novelization for young adults.