A social experiment was conceived.
Its goal was to breed the best, the brightest, the most malleable and most loyal soldiers to ever serve.
To this end, the Romulan Empire used its own children, blinded by the belief that anything that would bring glory to the praetor was justified.
And when the winds of politics changed, these children were abandoned, left to die on a world so horrifying that it was dubbed--by those who dared to cling to life--Hellguard.
One wild child, Saavik, was rescu.
Star Trek: the original series: unspoken truth, paperback/margaret wander bonanno
