The Entropy Effect
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| Author | Vonda N. McIntyre |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
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June 1981 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 7452262 |
| Preceded by | Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
| Followed by | The Klingon Gambit |
The Entropy Effect is a novel by Vonda N. McIntyre set in the fictional Star Trek Universe. It was originally published in 1981 by Pocket Books and is the second in its long-running series of Star Trek novels (and the first original novel in that series; the first of the series is the novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture). It is also the first source to give Sulu and Uhura first names later made canon, Hikaru (in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) and Nyota (in Star Trek).
The Enterprise is engaged in an unprecedented scientific study of a naked singularity when a top priority message forces Captain Kirk to divert to Aleph Prime, a mining colony in a nearby system. Upon arrival, the high priority of the message seems to have been a mistake: the Enterprise was needed simply to ferry a single criminal to a rehabilitation colony in the same solar system.
The criminal turns out to be a theoretical physicist, Dr. Georges Mordreaux, convicted of murder and unethical research on self-aware beings. Spock thinks Mordreaux could yield insights on the phenomenon he'd been researching - namely that for some unknown reason, the increase of entropy has begun to accelerate. This effect would cause precarious ecosystems to collapse and unstable stars to go nova within two decades, and result in the end of the Universe in a few more. But the case against Mordreaux seems very odd, with incomplete evidence, and Spock disbelieves that Mordreaux could be capable of the crime. Prosecutor Braithewaite accompanies them on the journey, convinced that Mordeaux is dangerous. He also has a nagging feeling he's seen Spock before, though Spock is certain they've never met.
While on the planet, Hikaru Sulu meets up with his idol, Captain Hunter, who commands a fighter ship, Aerfen, that had been his first choice for assignment. Kirk arranges for Sulu to transfer to the Aerfen. In the process Sulu will be forced to leave behind his lover, Security Chief Mandala Flynn.
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