Join the crew of the Starship Enterprise in this exciting Star Trek adventure as they are busy with a crucial mission—assisting a determined band of pioneers colonize a harsh and unforgiving world and protect the planet's precious resources for the sake of the entire Federation.Months after their departure from Earth, the struggling colonists have barely established a precarious hold on their new planet Belle Terre. Fierce cyclones, storms, landslides, and flash floods make survival a never-ending challenge. While Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise patrol the sector, on guard against predatory aliens and greedy space pirates, Chekov, Uhura, and Sulu stay behind to assist the hapless settlers in their desperate battle to put down roots in the turbulent soil of an angry planet. But the struggling colonists are intensely proud and not inclined to take orders from their Starfleet guardians. Chekov and the others find their...

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Sent to the icebound planet of Nordstral to investigate a mysterious outbreak of insanity, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise™ find themselves drawn into another, even deadlier mystery upon their arrival. A team of research scientists has disappeared on Nordstral's frozen wasteland, leaving no clue to their whereabouts, and no hint of their fate.WHile Uhura and Chekov tackle the mystery surrounding the scientists' disappearance, Kirk and McCoy search for the truth behind the outbreak of mental illness. But both teams soon find themselves in danger, as the planet undergoes a series of massive earthquakes and electromagnetic disruptions. Unable to contact he U.S.S. Enterprise, both teams must fight for their lives as they try to solve the mystery of Nordstral -- before the world tears itself apart!

The combined Starfleet team, led by Captain Kirk's Enterprise, had salvaged an entire colony from certain destruction before house-sized segments of Belle Terre's Quake Moon could slam into one of its continents. Now, dust storms are threatening the small continent of Llano Verde with starvation and Captain Kirk has to bail out the planet once again. Will they be able to do something about the fine olivium dust that is engulfing the very life of Llano Verde?

On a business trip to Pittsburgh, detective Matthew Sikes and his Newcomer partner, George Francisco, stumble on what appears to be an unusual homicide. It isn’t long before the case leads them to a frightening world of abuse and violence that set in motion the series of horrifying murders born of an unremiting hate—murders that target only the innocent. With bodies piling up and time running out, Sikes and Francisco must race against the clock to stop the killing—and face a terrifying monster from beyond the stars!