{"product_id":"star-trek-academy-collision-course-9781476731247","title":"Star Trek: Academy: Collision Course","description":"\u003ci\u003eIf you think you know how it all began, think again...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Young Jim Kirk wants nothing to do with Starfleet, and never wants to leave Earth. In the summer of 2249, he's a headstrong seventeen-year-old barely scraping by in San Francisco, haunted by horrific memories from his past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the same city, a nineteen-year-old alien named Spock is determined to rise above the emotional turmoil of his mixed-species heritage. He's determined to show his parents he has what it takes to be Vulcan -- even if it means exposing a mysterious conspiracy at the heart of the Vulcan Embassy, stretching to the farthest reaches of the Federation's borders. There, a chilling new threat has arisen to test the Federation's deepest held belief that war is a thing of the past and that a secure future can be forged through peaceful means alone. But it is in San Francisco, home to Starfleet Academy, where that threat will be met by two troubled teenage boys driven to solve the mystery that links them both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In time, the universe will come to know these young rebels as Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock...two of the Federation's greatest heroes. Yet before they were heroes, they were simply conflicted teenagers, filled with raw ambition and talent, not yet seasoned by wisdom and experience, searching for their own unique directions in life -- a destiny they'll discover on one fateful night in San Francisco, when two lives collide, and two legends are born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Academy -- Collision Course sets\u003c\/i\u003e the stage for an exciting new era of Star Trek adventure, and for the first time reveals Kirk and Spock as they were, and how they began their journey to become the Kirk and Spock we know today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Shatner is the author of nine \u003ci\u003eStar Trek (R)\u003c\/i\u003e novels, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Ashes of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of several nonfiction books, including \u003ci\u003eGet a Life!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI'm Working on That\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to his role as Captain James T. Kirk, he starred as Denny Crane in the hit television series from David E. Kelley, \u003ci\u003eBoston Legal\u003c\/i\u003e--a role for which he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. Find more information at WilliamShatner.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJudith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens are the authors of more than thirty books, including numerous \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eStar Trek \u003c\/i\u003enovels. For more information, please visit Reeves-Stevens.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Star Trek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337993228562,"sku":"9781476731247","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7cfc276-42fe-4134-8172-d370fd629c6a.jpg?v=1727974011","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/star-trek-academy-collision-course-9781476731247","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}