Quite possibly the best of the Star Trek movies, this novelization has the crew heading back to Earth to face trial for their actions in rescuing Spock. Meanwhile, Earth is attacked by a superpowerful probe come to investigate the absence of the whales, which are now extinct. Upon arrival Kirk and crew slingshot around the sun to go back in time to present-day Earth and retrieve a breeding pair of whales to bring back to his own time. Fast-paced, well-written and entertaining, the book satisfies as much as the movie did. Also with some welcome humor, rare to the franchise. ( )

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