Publisher's description
Captain Kirk first encountered Gary Seven on twentieth-century Earth. Now Seven, a time-traveling operative for unknown alien forces, makes a surprise visit to the USS Enterprise. Kirk is on an urgent mission to bring relief to a disaster-ravaged planet, but Seven has an agenda of his own -- and he's not above hijacking the Starship Enterprise and sending it on a perilous journey deep into the heart of the Romulan Empire.
Kirk must dare to trust Gary Seven once again, as he confronts the possibility that the enigmatic stranger may bring death and destruction to Kirk's own era.
Summary
References
Characters
- Azetbur • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Dellas • Isis • James T. Kirk • Roberta Lincoln • Leonard McCoy • Pardek • Esteban Rodriguez • Sarek • Montgomery Scott • Septos • Gary Seven • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Valeris
- Referenced only
- Neil Armstrong • James Bond • Bob Dylan • George Harrison • Robert A. Heinlein • Jimi Hendrix • J. Edgar Hoover • Gorkon, son of Toq • Edith Keeler • John F. Kennedy • Jacqueline Kennedy • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Carl Kolchak • Janice Lester • Peter Marx • Peter Max • Paul McCartney • Midnight (cat) • Emma Peel • Rod Serling • Jaime Sommers • Benjamin Spock • Mao Tse-Tung • Tepesch
Locations
- 811 East 68th Street • Camp Khitomer • Duwamish • Duwamish system • Earth • Khitomer • New York City • United States of America
- Referenced only
- Andromeda system • District of Columbia • East Village • Eminiar VII • Great Wall of China • Iowa • Janus VI • Luna • Manhattan • Moscow • Neutral Zone • Pyriss VII • Remus • Romulus • Three Mile Island • Vulcan
Starships and vehicles
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class), ChR Gladiator (D7-class), Unnamed Romulan starships
- Referenced only
- RMS Queen Mary • Saturn rocket • Skylab
Races and cultures
- Human • Klingon • Martian • Romulan • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Andorian • Gorn • Horta • Tholian • Tribble
States and organizations
- Klingon Empire • NASA • Romulan Star Empire • Soviet Union • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • United Federation of Planets • United States of America • University of Moscow • Vulcan Science Academy
Titles and ranks
- Ambassador • Captain • Chairman • Chancellor • Chief engineer • Commander • Colonel • Diplomat • Doctor • Ensign • Helmsman • Lieutenant • Minister • Nurse • President • President of the United Federation of Planets • Science officer • Secretary • Security officer • Supervisor 146 • Supervisor 194 • Yeoman
Science and technology
- Artificial gravity • Beta-5 • Blood • Cloaking device • Clone • Computer • Deflector shield • Disruptor • Duranium • Emergency beacon • Excedrin • Dental fillings • Intercom • Medical tricorder • Multipurpose Controller • Nova • Phaser • Satellite • Sensor • Servo • Shield • Transporter • Tricorder • Turbolift • Viewscreen • Wormhole
Other references
- 1960s • 1968 • 1969 • 2269 • 2293 • 20th century • 23rd century • 24th century • Age of Aquarius • AIDS • Apartment • Apollo 11 • Apple • Assassination • The Avengers • Barrel • The Beatles • Belt (clothing) • Bonnie and Clyde • The Brain Eater • British • Captain's log • Cat • Chewing gum • Chinese • Cockroach • Cocktail glass • Coffee • Corridor • Couch • Cuban Missile Crisis • Cybernauts • April Dancer • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb • Earth Cold War • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. • Grand Coulee Dam • Handbag • Hornet • Khitomer Conference • Kleenex • Jacket • Japanese • Jeans • John Drake • Fail-Safe • Funny Girl • The Monkees • Movie • Necktie • Mission: Impossible • Money • Nobel Prize • P.F. Flyers • Planet of the Apes • Popcorn • Prime Directive • Quarters • The Questor Tapes • Red alert • Robe • Russian • Sector • Scottish • Sickbay • Space age • Stranger in a Strange Land • 2001: A Space Odyssey • T-shirt • Uniform • Watergate • Zorro
Information
- This novel is a sequel to TOS episode: "Assignment: Earth".
- The 2269 sequences take place a week after the events of TOS episode: "Turnabout Intruder" and almost three years after those of TOS episode: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
- Roberta Lincoln tells Spock that he reminds her of an extraterrestrial from the science fiction film The Brain Eaters. This is a reference to a real life 1958 film in which Leonard Nimoy made a brief appearance. However, he did not play an alien in the film but a human character named Professor Cole.
- Roberta refers to Rod Serling, the creator of The Twilight Zone. In real life, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan and George Takei all made guest appearances on the series, as did numerous other Star Trek actors. She also refers to Mission: Impossible, in which Shatner and Nimoy likewise appeared.
- Kirk has never heard of the James Bond franchise.
- After the Enterprise was force through a wormhole, Kirk worried that the distance to return could take 75 years. He even thought it could make quite an adventure. This was in reference to Star Trek: Voyager.
- Roberta's comment regarding Chekov's resemblance to Davy Jones is an in-joke, referring to the fact that after Walter Koenig was cast in the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series, he was made to look like Jones in order to draw in younger viewers. The ploy worked.[1]
Related Stories
- TOS episode Assignment: Earth
- TOS episode Turnabout Intruder
- TOS film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- TOS novel The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1
- TOS novel The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2
- TNG episode Unification, Part I
- TNG episode Unification, Part II
- TAS episode The Counter-Clock Incident
External link
- Assignment: Eternity article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Connections
Published Order | ||
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Previous novel: Heart of the Sun |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: Republic |
Previous story: The Black Shore |
Stories by: Greg Cox |
Next story: Q-Space |
Chronological Order | ||
Previous adventure: "Turnabout Intruder" |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: "As Others See Us" |
Previous adventure: "Empty" |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: "As Others See Us" |
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2269. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in other timeframe(s): | ||
Previous adventure: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
2293 Prologue, Chapter 19 & Epilogue |
Next Pocket adventure: "One Last Adventure" Sections 2-17 Next MB adventure: "Do Not Close Your Eyes" Prologue & Epilogue |
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Episode | Assignment: Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miniseries | The Peacekeeper • Convergence • The Eugenics Wars • Assignment: Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Novels | Assignment: Eternity • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 • From History's Shadow • Elusive Salvation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short stories | "The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Seven and Seven" • "Assignment: One" • "Rocket Man" • "Time Line" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comics | "The Peacekeeper, Part One" • "The Peacekeeper, Part Two" • "Split Infinities" • "Future Imperiled" • "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" • "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" • "My Name Is Legion" • "We Have Met the Enemy..." • "Too Many Presidents" • "Ah-Ha!" • "Medics" • "Hosts" • "1971/4860.2" • "An Unexpected Yesterday" • "Year Five, Issue 11" • "Year Five, Issue 12" • "Year Five, Issue 15" • "Year Five, Issue 16" • "Year Five, Issue 17" • "Year Five, Issue 21" • "Year Five, Issue 22" • "Year Five, Issue 23" • "Year Five, Issue 24" |