About the book: year / The captain still had to puzzle over what kind of planet appeared on the main screen of the Enterprise. Despite the comparative young age, the vegetation on it was diverse; Usually, such diversity would require a normal planet more than one millennium. According to sensor data, the atmosphere of this planet, which is in many ways similar to Earth’s, could not have formed in such a short period of time. Kirk stood near Spock's console, gloomily reviewing the information he had received..