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The Three-Minute Universe

Barbara Paul (1988)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesStar Trek: The Original Series #
Setting
CSM age13+
Goodreads3.7

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Hero archetypes

Captain / Commander

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastFirst Contact Crew

Synopsis

The Sackers. In all of Captain James T. Kirk's travels, he has never found a race more universally shunned and abhorred. Their mere appearance causes most Federation members to become violently ill. Now the Sackers have performed a deed whose brutally matches their horrifying exterior. They have stolen a revolutionary new scientific device—murdering an entire race in the process—and used it to create a rip in the fabric of space, a hole through which another universe is rapidly leaking. Unless Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise can find a way to stop the new universe's expansion, it will consume—and utterly destroy—our own.

Is The Three-Minute Universe appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

Star Trek novel featuring genocide, mass murder, and universe-threatening catastrophe. Violence is present but typical of TV-era Star Trek—not graphically detailed. No sexual content or strong language.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include genocide, mass death, and violence (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Fans of Star Trek will enjoy Kirk and the Enterprise crew racing to stop a universe-destroying threat.

Tags

Space OperaMilitary SFAdventure SFMedia Tie-in