As James T. Kirk prepares to retire from a long and illustrious Starfleet career, events in a distant part of the Federation draw him back to a part of the galaxy he had last visited as a young man -- a mysterious world called Faramond whose name takes Kirk on a journey back to his youth.
At sixteen, Kirk is troubled, estranged from his father, and has a bleak future. However, a trip into space with Kirk's father George and Starfleet legend Captain Robert April changes James Kirk's life forever, when a simple voyage becomes a deadly trap. Soon Kirk and his father find themselves fighting for their lives against a vicious and powerful enemy.
Before the voyage ends, father and son will face life and death together, and James T. Kirk will get a glimpse of the future and his own Best Destiny...

V šestnácti letech byl Kirk problémový mladík, který si nerozuměl se svým otcem a měl před sebou nejasnou budoucnost. Avšak výlet do vesmíru s otcem, Georgem Samuelem Kirkem, a legendou Hvězdné flotily kapitánem Robertem Aprilem navždy změní Kirkův život, když se z obyčejné cesty stane smrtelná past. Kirk i jeho otec musí bojovat o své životy proti zákeřnému a mocnému nepříteli. Otec a syn společně pohlédnou do tváře smrt a James T. Kirk zahlédne záblesk své budoucnosti a svého nejlepšího osudu.