“The female of the species is deadlier than the male"—a statement that was never more true than in the case of the Orion Animal Women, infamous from the very first episode of STAR TREK, "The Cage"! It's a fact Fleet Captain Christopher Pike will soon discover, as he's caught up in a web of intergalactic criminal intrigue. Can Pike trust the beautiful Orion slave girl—and can he trust himself around her? This focus on one of the most mysterious, and beautiful, alien races in the Star Trek galaxy is written by Klingons and The Gorn scribes Scott & David Tipton!
