"Describes asteroids, meteors, and comets, including their histories, their compositions, and their roles in the solar system"--Provided by publisher.

Ambassador Spock secretly journeys to the planet Romulus at the request of a Romulan commander to help her prevent a catastrophe that could ignite the entire quadrant and becomes enmeshed in the treacherous intrigues of the Romulan empire, while Commander Saavik and Captain Jean-Luc Picard set out to rescue him.