We are given to understand that the Enterprise crew has an extremely limited amount of time in which to find the cure to this plague before people begin dying en masse. First, the ticking clock aspect of the story seemed to be put aside at times. That said, there are a couple of things about the novel that bothered me a bit. Uhura's Song was a fun story that I found fairly enjoyable. The rite completed, the Enterprise crew get the cure and race back to Eeiauo in the nick of time to save the population and the rest of the Federation from the deadly plague. Believing Kirk and the other humans to be children, the landing party must prove themselves by completing a sort of coming of age rite. The mission to discover the Eeiauoian ancestors is successful, but Kirk and company must gain the trust of the aliens in order to get their cooperation in helping find the cure.

Believing this to be the only lead to pursue, Captain Kirk takes the Enterprise on a mission to discover the long-lost forebears of the Eeiauoians, hoping that they will have a cure for the disease. Uhura believes that a clue to the true origin of the Eeiauo species is found in an ancient, forbidden song she was taught by an old friend. The novel turns into a race against the clock to discover a cure before death due to this plague becomes widespread. This virus eventually crosses species and threatens other worlds in the Federation. On the planet Eeiauo, a Federation world, a deadly plague is ravaging the population. The plague is killing Humans, threatening other planets - and Kirk must crack the code before the Enterprise succumbs! Uhura's secret songs may hold the key to a cure - but the clues are veiled in layers of mystery. Now the Enterprise is orbiting Eeiauo in a desperate race to save the inhabitants before a deadly plague destroys them.

The two women exchanged forbidden songs and promised never to reveal their secret.

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