This is not great. I like the idea of a middle grade tie-in novel for Star Trek, but the giant plot hole sucks like the vacuum of space. Aliens lure Kirk and co. to an apparently deserted planet, in order to get the secret of warp drive out of them... but none of these people have ever met before, so how do they know about Spock's family life? The Federation is convinced the planet harbours no life, the aliens don't have the technological ability to leave the planet, there has been no interaction between the two parties in the history of ever, so why are the aliens signalling the Enterprise with Morse code???

The stupidity, it burns. It gets an extra point because I like the pictures, but the story is clearly aimed at school children who have been dropped on their heads.