Book cover for Thin Air: New Earth #5 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
2000 Released
256 Pages
3-4 Hours
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Pocket Books/Star TrekISBN 9780743422239

Many light-years away from the safety of the Federation, the Starship Enterprise stands guard over an unstable alien world whose unique natural resources could change the balance of power throughout the Star Trek galaxy.

Against all odds, Captain James T. Kirk and his crew have preserved the struggling Federation colony on Belle Terre, but their heroic efforts may have been in vain. In a last-ditch attempt to drive the entrenched settlers off their new home, the alien species Kauld have contaminated the planet’s atmosphere with a destructive biochemical agent that will soon render the entire world uninhabitable to human life. With only weeks to spare, Spock races to find a scientific solution to their dire predicament, while Kirk takes the battle to the enemy, determined to wrest the secret of their salvation from the very forces out to destroy the future of this new Earth.

Dean Wesley Smith

USA TODAY bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has published more than two hundred novels and hundreds of short stories across multiple genres. He has written approximately two dozen Star Trek novels, along with novels set in numerous gaming, film, and television worlds.

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