Starfleet’s most sacred commandment has been violated. Its most honored captain is in disgrace, its

most celebrated starship in pieces, as well as the crew of this ship scattered among the thousand worlds of

the Federation…

Thus begins Best Directive, an epic story of the Star Trek&reg universe. Following in the

bestselling tradition of Spock’s World and The Dropped Years, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens have

crafted a thrilling tale of mystery and wonder, a novel that will take the Star Trek characters from

the depths of despair into an electrifying new adventure that spans the galaxy.

Journey with Spock, McCoy, and all of those other former team of theStarship Enterprise

TM to Talin — the earth where their professions ended. A world

once teeming with lifestyle that now lays ruined, its cities turned to ashes, its surface devastated

with a radioactive firestorm — because of their actions. There, they need to find out how — and why —

this tragedy occurred and discover what has become of their captain.