**An original novel set in the universe of *Star Trek: Enterprise*!** Crippled by a freak accident, *Enterprise* has crossed over into an alternate universe—and into the middle of a civil war set off by a brutal warlord who has used technology stolen from the *Daedalus* to enslave his people. Forcibly removed from their ship, imprisoned and brutalized by their captors, Captain Archer and crew soon find themselves confronting an even more immediate challenge than escape—subtle biochemical differences in this universe that make their continued survival an impossibility. Every hour they spend in this parallel continuum brings them closer to death. Yet Archer discovers that in order to recapture *Enterprise* , he may have to cripple his ship once again. And even if he manages to find a solution to that dilemma, one last survivor of the doomed flight of the *Daedalus* stands between *Enterprise* and her safe return home…