Best Destiny

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Returning from Khitomer, Kirk remembers his perilous first journey into space on a vessel named Enterprise, at the age of 16.

[edit] Summary

From the book jacket: As James T. Kirk prepares to retire from a long and illustrious Starfleet career, events in a distant part of the Federation draw him back to a part of the galaxy he had last visited as a young man--a mysterious world called Faramond whose name takes Kirk on a journey back to his youth.

At sixteen, Kirk is troubled, estranged from his father and has a bleak future. However, a trip into space with Kirk's father George and Starfleet legend Captain Robert April changes James' life forever, when a simple voyage aboard the USS Enterprise becomes a deadly trap. Soon, Kirk and father find themselves fighting a vicious and powerful enemy.

Before the voyage ends, father and son will face life and death together, and James T. Kirk will get a glimpse of the future and his own best destiny.

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[edit] Background

This story is a sequel to Carey's previous George Kirk/Robert April novel Final Frontier.

[edit] Characters

James T. Kirk
George Samuel Kirk
Robert April

[edit] References

2249; 2293; Robert April; USS Enterprise NCC-1701; Faramond; Khitomer;

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Author(s):	Diane Carey
Artist(s):	Keith Birdsong
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TOS
Published:	1 November 1992 (hardcover) 1 November 1993 (paperback)
Pages:	398
Stardate:	Unknown (2249, 2293 (framing sequence))
Reference:	ISBN 0671795872 (hardback) ISBN 0671795880 (paperback)
Audiobook
Narrator:	James Doohan
Running Time:	3 hours
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Audio
Published:	1 November 1992
Reference:	ISBN 0671791036