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Investigating a series of violent raids by a mysterious predatory species, Captain James T. Kirk discovers that these events share a startling connection with the First Federation, a friendly but secretive civilization contacted early in the USS Enterprise's five-year mission. Traveling to the First Federation in search of answers, theā¦
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I always wanted to know what happened after the episode "The Corbomite Maneuver,"Ā which ended with a young crew member sent off to the mysterious First Federationānever to be heard from again in the shows. I always enjoy Christopher L. Bennettās meticulous sci-fi world-building, and in his hands, the First Federation is revealed to be a suitably fascinating, if isolated, society.
I loved the sense of vastness achieved by getting beyond the United Federation of Planets. I also enjoy when a story takes full advantage of the continuity of the franchise, and The Face of the Unknown smoothly sets upā¦
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