This document was generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter program This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. AnOriginal Publication of POCKET BOOKS POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Visit us on the World Wide Web: http://www.SimonSays.com/st http://www.startrek.com Copyright © 2000 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. STAR TREK is a Registered Trademark of Paramount Pictures. This book is published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc., under exclusive license from Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Pocket Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 ISBN: 0-7434-1118-8 POCKET and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc. “ ‘YOU CAN TELL THE PIONEERS BY THE ARROWS IN THEIR BACKS.’ “That’s what my father told me, and Tom and I laughed. We all thought it was funny. Now here we are, and here comes the—what, the third? Fourth? Fifth?” Lilian sniffed, and dabbed at an eye with her sleeve, the motion barely visible in the darkness. “We’ll think of something,” Kirk said. “Big mirrors to bounce it right back at them, or … I don’t know, but we’ll think of something.” “And the fleet behind that?” “We’ll take care of them too.” K A T H Y O L T I O N AND J E R R Y O L T I O N NEW EARTH CONCEPT BY DIANE CAREY AND JOHN ORDOVER POCKET BOOKS NewY ork London Toronto Sydney Singapore BelleT erre Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven