When an experimental shuttlecraft fails, Captain Christopher Pike suspects a mechanical malfunction-- only to discover the very principles on which Starfleet bases it technology have simple stopped function. The crew is forced to abandon ship in a dangerous maneuver that scatters their party. Setting out to find his crewmates, Pike encounters a surprising face from his past-- and discovers that one people's utopia might be someone else's purgatory. -- adapted from jacket

When an experimental shuttlecraft fails, Captain Christopher Pike suspects a mechanical malfunction-- only to discover the very principles on which Starfleet bases it technology have simple stopped function. The crew is forced to abandon ship in a dangerous maneuver that scatters their party. Setting out to find his crewmates, Pike encounters a surprising face from his past-- and discovers that one people's utopia might be someone else's purgatory. -- adapted from jacket