| The Starship Trap | |
| Author: | Mel Gilden |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Release Date: | April 1993 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Pages: | 242 pp |
| Isbn: | 0-671-79324-1 |
| Isbn Note: | (first edition, paperback) |
| Oclc: | 27744537 |
| Preceded By: | Shell Game |
| Followed By: | Windows on a Lost World |
The Starship Trap is a novel written by Mel Gilden.[1]
While traveling to an important diplomatic meeting, the USS Enterprise is attacked by a Klingon warship. Managing to secure a truce, Kirk discovers the Klingon captain thought he was gaining revenge for vanishing Klingon ships. Kirk and his crew soon learn that ships from all over known space are vanishing. They race to stop the phenomenon before interstellar war breaks out.[2]