Uhura's Song (Star Trek)

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Summary: star trek at it's best
Review: when the planet of eeiauo is struck by a plague, it asked the
federation for help. the being of this world are catlike and they
are dying by the thousands. uhura had befriended one of them years ago and when she finds out that her friend has also contracted the plague, she and spock pull out all the plugs to find out the secret that the eeiauo are not originally from that
planet but are outcasts from another. one of the eeiauoans gives
them vital information on the location of the other planet when
humans are also infected by the plague. the enterprise sets out
to find the other planet and finds that it's inhabitants are not
any more eager to discuss their long missing relations on eeioau
either. this leads to a lot of diplomacy in the strangest forms
and how they eventually win their trust is interesting enough to
get the book itself.