In Star Trek Log Ten, Alan Dean Foster adapts the episode “The Counter-Clock Incident,” where time itself becomes the enemy. When the USS Enterprise is pulled into a region of space where time flows backward, the crew begins to de-age—rapidly. Captain Kirk and his team must rely on the wisdom of Commodore Robert April, the original commander of the Enterprise, now rejuvenated to his prime, to navigate this bizarre anomaly and restore the natural order.
As the crew races against reverse time, they confront questions of identity, mortality, and the value of experience. Foster’s adaptation deepens the original story with expanded character development and philosophical nuance, offering a fitting finale to the Log series.