On the eve of retirement after a long and illustrious Starfleet career, certain drastic events take James T. Kirk on a journey to a mysterious world called Faramond. Years ago, a voyage to the same place with his father George and Starfleet legend Captain Robert April had turned into a deadly trap. Father and son soon find themselves fighting for their lives and before the end of the voyage-James T. Kirk gets a glimpse of the future and his own best destiny.