title: What Would Captain Kirk Do?: Intergalactic Wisdom from the Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise (Star Trek)
author:  Brandon T. Snider 
description: Brandon T. Snider has written several licensed books for Penguin Young Readers, including <i>What Would Uncle Grandpa Do?</i>, <i>Game Night: Quips' Book of Questions, Puzzles &amp; Games</i>, and <i>Mordecai and the Rigbys: The Experience</i>. This is his first Star Trek book.
zlib_text: ## PROLOGUE
  
  
  He fell .... Alone.
  
  
  Twisting through the air of Veridian 111. The shriek of the
  
  
  metal bridge echoing in his ears. Spinning. The sun flashing
  
  
  into his eyes. The shadows engulfing him. One following the
  
  
  other, over and over as he fell. Light. Shadow. Light. Shadow.
  
  
  Like the beating of wings. Like all the days of his life.
  
  
  Intersecting...
  
  
  In an Iowa cornfield--he sees the stars. A boy of five in his
  
  
  father's arms. I have to go there, he says. And you will, Jimmy,
  
  
  his father answers. You will...
  
  
  In Carol's arms, in their bed--even as he knows he must
  
  
  leave her, the son they had created quickening within her...
  
  
  In Starfleet headquarters--Admiral Nogura reaching out to
  
  
  shake his hand.' Congratulations, Captain, the Enterprise is
  
  
  yours ....
  
  
  In Spacedock--Captain Pike beginning the introduction:
  
  
  Your science officer, Lieutenant-Commander Spock. . .
  
  
  On the streets of old Earth--squealing brakes, Edith, haloed
  
  
  in the headlights of her death...
  
  
  