Ael t'Rllaillieu is a noble – and dangerous – Romulan commander. But when the Romulans kidnap Vulcans to genetically harness their mind power, Ael decides on treason. Captain Kirk, her old enemy, joins her in a secret pact to destroy the research laboratory and free the captive Vulcans. When the Romulans discover their plan, the Neutral Zone seethes with schemes and counter-schemes, sabotage and war!

Coming to the aid of a wounded whale, Kit and Nita are plunged into deep wizardry. The whale is a wizard, and she enlists Kit and Nita in battle against the sinister Lone Power. Becoming whales themselves, Nita and Kit join in an ancient ritual performed by whales, dolphins, and a single fearsome shark. But which poses more of a danger: the Lone Power, or ed'Rashtekaresket, the enormous shark as old as the sea?

Something stopped Nita's hand as it ran along the bookshelf. She looked and found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. It was one of those So You Want to Be a . . . books, a series on careers. So You Want to Be a Pilot, and a Scientist . . . a Writer. But this one said, So You Want to Be a Wizard.

I don't belive this, Nita thought. She shut the book and stood there holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspicious—and delighted. If it was a joke, it was a great one. If it wasn't . . . ?

Dr. McCoy finds himself trapped deep within the Romulan Empire and sets out to escape with the help of a female Federation spy

Uma terrivel ameaça paira sobre os mundos da Federação: os romulanos começaram a capturar vulcanos e usar seus tecidos cerebrais para obter poderes telepáticos extraordinários; Ael t"Rlailiiu, inimiga de longa data do capitão Kirk, percebe que esse poder, sem a disciplina mental vulcana, representa um perigo para o próprio Império Romulano; Surge, assim, uma estranha aliança entre Ael e Kirk, para tentar resgatar os prisioneiros vulcanos