Author Susan Wright brings us a tale of new cadets that have begun their starfleet adventure at StarFleet Academy in the year 2368. This new cast of characters is taken through four years at the Academy and along the way they learn to work together. Jayme Miranda who begins as an engineering student finds out that her special built tricorder has been taken by her room mate to the San Francisco radio observatory for reasons unknown. But Jayme and the rest of her quad find out in the Admiral's office that her room mate wants to give up the starfleet life and return to her colony world. As this is going on the Wesley Crusher and his team where held back a year due to a stunt that got one of them killed (TNG Season 5). And during their second year at the Academy the Bajorian system is freed while the wormhole is found and DS9 takes its stance near its mouth. During their third year Jayme decides that engineering isn't for her even though she's from a line of engineers that go back to the time of the Enterprise-B. Her parents don't want her to waist what she's already learned but she makes the choice for her. During the summer of 2371 three of her former quad mates who had been assigned to the Enterprise-D had gone through the events of Star Trek: Generations and only two of them survived the crash and returned to Earth. At this time the Romulans and the Cardassians attack the founders homeworld (DS9 Season 3) while the Starship Voyager disappears in the badlands (Voyager Season 1). As darkness befalls the Alpha Quadrant these cadets both former and in their last year continue on to make a difference. I highly recommend this book to all science fiction fans.
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