Author's Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch bring us an early adventure for the crew of the Enterprise NX-01. In the early days of their adventures the Enterprise crew comes to a planet that it's primary inhabitants the Fazi are a people who are on the surface very strict with everything from their building designs to how they interact with each other. It turns out that the Fazi have broken the warp barrier and Captain Archer intends to make first contact with them. While this is going on Subcommander T'Pol is asking him to follow Vulcan guidelines for first contact as well as observe them before making contact. Archer who is a little to quick to rush into it dose make contact with them but he finds out that in doing so and speaking out of turn that he offended them. As these events unfold they find another species on the southern continent of the planet who use their minds to communicate and who are from another part of the quadrant. This is a great early Enterprise book and one that reinforces the Prime directive that would come later for Starfleet. I highly recommend this book for all science fiction fans.
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