The Darkness Drops Again

As Mestiko's atmosphere slowly recovers under Federation science teams, the rising power of the isolationist mar-Atyya threatens to undo the progress, and the arrival of Kirk's Enterprise only sharpens tensions already at breaking point. Raya elMora, head of the planetary council, finds herself facing exile for the crime of trusting outsiders. Another chapter of the Mere Anarchy serial set in Mestiko's long recovery.