STAR TREK®: NEW EARTH - BELLE TERRE
by Dean Wesley Smith
The presence of tons of Quasar olivium on Belle Terre's third moon becomes a major source of worry for Captain James T. Kirk and the Vulcan, Spock. Belle Terre could have become the richest colony in existence if it wasn't for the pressure building up inside its moon due to the unstable olivium. At any moment, it could explode, casting Belle Terre's sixty thousand colonists in unimaginable peril. And, then the countdown begins8 days and 7 hours for all hell to break loose.