Three years after part one, Grace and Spock's son, Tark, is presumed dead from the destruction of Vulcan. Stricken with grief, Grace finds Spock to tell him of the son he never knew. With the woman he loves back in his life, what course will his new future take?

Grace Fairgrass crosses the teacher/student line with Spock at Starfleet Academy. Grace's quirky humor and brave additude are just what Spock needs to overcome logic, and his doubts of human love.