<b> <P>A new "classic" story starring Kirk, Spock, and the crew of the <I>Enterprise</i>, coinciding with the premiere of the new <I>Star Trek </i>movie from director J.J. Abrams.<P></b> <P>While exploring the unmapped frontier, the <I>Starship Enterprise </i>responds to a distress call from an unknown ship. Captain James T. Kirk turns first contact into a threat of interstellar war—by saving the life of a man his own people abandoned. Berlis, colony leader of a telepathic race calling themselves the Isitri, claims not to know why those from his homeworld want him dead. Now Kirk must either find a way to wrench billions from the grip of one man, or be responsible for the destruction of two planets.