The subplot where the Enterprise falls in love with Captain James T. Kirk was taken from a story that Murdock had originally written for a Star Trek fanzine.

A deadly virus causes desperate Romulans to invade Canara and incite a battle with the USS Enterprise.

[1] She became involved in a Star Trek fanzine, and wrote a story for it where the Enterprise computer falls in love with Captain Kirk.

After she heard about Pocket Books accepting unsolicited manuscripts for Star Trek novels, she expanded the idea as a complication to a more serious main plot.

The author has skillfully blended just the right amounts of humor and drama together to create a mixture that will hold any Trekkie's attention - at least until the next Timescape Trek novel appears.