About the book: 1996 / An explosion occurs on board the Enterprise. Assistant Commander Spock believes that this is a sabotage and, violating orders, hijacks a patrol ship to conduct his investigation. Starfleet declares him a traitor, but Captain Kirk does not give up trying to get to the bottom of the truth... The disgraced ruler of one of the planets ends up with his young daughter on the Enterprise. He dreams of regaining the symbol of royal power - the crown, which he, fleeing from the Klingons, hid on a little-explored, distant planet. Death interrupts his mission, and now his daughter hopes, with the help of Captain Kirk's team, to continue her father's work.