Title: Wagon Train to the Stars Book One
Author(s): Diane Carey Date: June, 2000
After saving Earth from the threat of V'Ger, James T. Kirk is called again to the final frontier. His new mission: to lead a valiant group of settlers to a distant world, to defend the struggling colony from alien threats, and to explore the diverse mysteries and dangers of a strange new Earth! Far from the federation, a newly discovered M-Class world has been eyed as a potential home by a group of hardy and determined colonists.
Starfleet can spare only one starship to escort the would-be settlers on their perilous voyage, but that ship is none other than the legendary Starship Enterprise, commanded by the most well-known captain in the quadrant. Now Kirk finds himself responsible for the lives of 60,000 men, women, and children - a test that grows all the more difficult when the expedition is caught in the middle of an ancient feud between two dangerous alien races.
Title: Belle Terre Book 2
Author(s): Dean Wesley Smith with Diane Carey Date: June, 2000
The Starship Enterprise has embarked upon its most ambitious assignment yet: to lead a courageous band of settlers to a far-off planet, to defend the fragile colony from alien threats, and to unravel the enigmatic riddles of a brand-new Earth! A six-month distance from the Federation, the planet Belle Terre offers a new life to more that 60,000 families, pioneers, scientists, expatriate, go-getters, loners, and entrepreneurs, all under the watchful eye of Captain Kirk and his crew.
But the would-be colonists have barely settled in the untamed wilderness of their new home when Spock makes a startling discovery: not only does one of the planet's moons contain a rare ore of almost inestimable value, that same moon is also violently unstable. Within months, it will inevitably explode - destroying all life on Belle Terre.
Title: Rough Trails Book 3
Author(s): L. A. Graf Date: July, 2000
Kirk's latest voyage has brought him far into the final frontier. His new mission: to help a determined band of pioneers colonize a harsh and unforgiving world, defend the vulnerable settlers from the constant threat of alien invasion, and protect the planet's unique and precious resources for the sake of the entire Federation. Months after their departure from Earth, the struggling colonists have barely established a precarious toehold on Belle Terre, a ravaged world still recovering from a catatrophic planetarg disaster. Fierce cyclones, storms, landslides, and flash floods make survival itself a never-ending challenge.
While Kirk and the crew patrol the sector, on guard against predatory aliens and greedy space pirates, Chekov, Uhura, and Sulu stay behind to assist the hapless settlers in their desperate battle to put down roots in the turbulent soil of an angry planet. But the imperiled colonists are a fractious and intensely individualistic group, not inclined to take orders or direction from the Starfleet guardians. Chekov and the others find their ingenuity and diplomatic shills tested to the limit - just to save a people who don't want their help!
Title: The Flaming Arrow Book 4
Author(s): Kathy Oltion and Jerry Oltion Date: July, 2000
Beyond the borders of the Federation, Kirk must bring peace and security to the final frontier. His new mission: to defend an isolated human colony on a newly discovered world, deter aggression from neighboring alien races and ensure the survival of a brave new Earth. Belle Terre's stubborn colonists have survived the countless hardships and natural disasters of their new home, only to face a deadly foreign enemy.
The alien Kauld, intent on claiming the world's unique resources for thir own, are determined to destroy the human settlements at any cost. Months away from any hope of Starfleet reinforcements, the Enterprise is all that stands between Belle Terre and an all-out alien invasion. But even Kirk and his crew may not be enough to save the entire planet from a relentless assault by the ultimate superweapon!
Title: Thin Air Book 5
Author(s): Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith Date: August, 2000
Many light-years away from the safety of the Federation, the Starship Enterprise stands guard over an alien world whose unique natural resources could change the balance of power throughout the galaxy. The ship's crucial assignment: to maintain a Federation presence on the planet below, to defend the world's newly arrived inhabitants from hostile aliens, and to fight a solitary battle against all who would claim the planet's riches for their own.
Against all odds, Kirk and his crew have preserved the struggling Federation colony on Belle Terre, but their heroic efforts may have been in vain. In a last-ditch attempt to drive the entrenched settlers off their new home, the alien Kauld have contaminated the planet's atmosphere with a destructive biochemical agent that will soon render the entire world inimical to human life.
With only weeks to spare, Spock races to find a scientific solution to their dire predicament, while Kirk takes the battle to the enemy, determined to wrest the secret of their salvation from the very forces out to destroy the future of this new Earth!
Title: Challenger Book
6
Author: Diane Carey August, 2000
Far from the reaches of the Federation, the Starship Enterprise has been guiding the development of a once obscure colony planet upon whose fate the future of the galaxy may now depend. The Enterprise has been the sole representative of the Federation, fighting a constant battle to protect the colonists from enemy aliens and standing alone against all those who have their own designs on the colony world.
But all adventures come to an end. It is time for Captain Kirk and the Enterprise to turn over the guardianship of the colony to another ship and crew. The new ship arrives in the midst of a deadly attack on the colony - and is destroyed. With the Enterprise off fighting a new and powerful enemy that threatens the colony as well as its enemies, Commander Nick Keller, first officer and ranking survivor of the decimated crew, in marooned and at first alone - but he must find a way to complete his original mission and come to the aid of the Enterprise in what might be its most desperate hour.
Title: The Brave and the Bold, Book 1
Writer(s): Keith R. A. DeCandido, published Dec./02
An all new adventure spanning three generations!
The Malkus Artifacts: four deadly machines, wielded as weapons of absolute power by an interstellar tyrant thousands of years ago and scattered across the alpha Quadrant when he was overthrown. After their existence was discovered in 2151 by Captain Jonathan Archer of the Starship EnterpriseTM, all Starfleet vessels were warned to keep an eye out for these most dangerous devices.
One hundred years later, Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM
and Commodore Matt Decker of the U.S.S.ConstellationTM come across the first artifact on the colony world of Alpha Proxima II - a world ravaged by a mysterious plague. As the crews of the two mighty vessels work to find a cure and locate the artifact, two brave captains must bring order to Proxima before it's too late!
One hundred years after that, Commander Benjamin Sisto of Station Deep Space 9TM enlists the aid of Captain Declan Keogh of the U.S.S. Odyssey to help construct a farming colony of Bajor's second moon - but the colony is placed in jeopardy when the Bajoran terrorist Orta discovers the second artifact and threatens destruction on a massive scale!
Title: The Brave and the Bold, book 2, published Dec.02
Two of the Malkus artifacts - used as deadly weapons millenia ago - have been uncovered since their discovery in the 22nd century. Now in the 24th century, two more artifacts lie in wait, ready to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting galaxy.
While on their shakedown cruise, Captain Kathryn Janeway and the Starship VoyagerTM discover the third artifact in the Demilitarized Zone - in the hands of the Maquis! With the aid of Captain Robert DeSoto of the U.S.S. Hood, Voyager security chief Lieutenant Tuvok infiltrates the Maquis, and must gain the trust of cell leaders Chakotay and Cal Hudson before the terrorists use the artifact to throw the DMZ into chaos!
When the final artifact is unearthed on Narendra III, it leads to several mysterious disappearances throughout Federation and KlingonTM space - including Federation Ambassadors Spock and Worf. Captain Jean-Luc Picardof the Starship EnterpriseTM joins forces witgh Captain Klag of the I.K.S, Gorkon - but even the greatest vessels of two nations may not be enough when the deadly secreto of the final artifact is revealed!
(Title:) Startrek, The Lost Era; 2311, "The Serpents Among the Ruins"
(Writer:)David R. George, III, published September, 2003
The year is 2311.
It is a year of infamy, a year that later generations will remember as one that altered the course of history at the cost of thousands of lives. It is the year of the Tomed Incident, and its tale can at last be told.
In the midst of escalating political tensions among the Klingons, the Romulans, and the Federation, Starfleet goes forward with the inaugural flight of Universe a prototype starship that promises to revolutionize space exploration. But the experiment results in disaster, ravaging a region of space dangerously close to the Romulan Star Empire, apparently confirming suspicions that the Federation has begun testing a weapon of mass destruction.
As the military buildup accelerates on both sides of the Neutral Zone, Captain John Harriman of the Federation flagship U.S.S. EnterpriseTM NCC-1701-B is fated for a final confrontation with his oldest enemy at a flashpoint in history - with the Beta Quadrant one wrong move from the outbreak of total war.
Title: Startrek, the Lost Era, "The Art of the Impossible"
Writer(s); Keith R. A. Candido, published October, 2003
The years are 2328-2346
To the Cardassians, it is a point of pride. To the Klingons, a matter of honor. But the 18 year cold war between these two empires - euphemistically remembered in later years as the Betreka Nebult "Incident" - creates a vortex of politics, diplomacy and counterintelligence that will define an age and shape the future.
What begins as a discovery that would enable the Klingon Empire to reclaim a lost piece3 of its past becomes a prolonged struggle with the rapidly expanding Cardassian Union, which has claimed dominion over a region of space the the Klingons hold sacred. Enter the Federation, whose desire to preserve interstellar stability leads Ambassador Curzon Dax to broker a controversial and tenuous peace - one that is not with opponents, including Lieutenant Elias Vaughn of Starfleet special ops.
But there are wheels within wheels to the drama unfolding in the Betraka Nebula. Winthin the shadowy rooms of the Cardassian Obsidian Order, Klingon Imperial Intelligence and even the Romulan Tal Shiar, secret scales are being balanced - and for every gain made foe the sake of peace, there will come a loss.
Title: Startrek, the Lost Era, "The Well of Souls"
Writer(s): Ilsa J. Bick, published November 2003
The year is 2336
For twelve years, she was captain of the Federation's flagship. But while exploits as commander of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC1701-CTM are legend, little has been revealed about Rachel Garett, her vessel, or the unusual men and women of her crew. Until now!
When the archaeological find of the decade offers possible hints about an earlier Cardassian civilization, it attracts not merely those seeking to quench their thirst for knowledge, but also parties with far less noble interests. Among the latter is the Asfar Qatala, a notorious criminal cartel with a disturbing connections to one of the Enterprise's highest-ranking officers. Now Captain Garrett and her crew are swept into a maelstrom of kidnapping, extortion, and murder - as well as a desperate, secret struggle between the Qatala and it chief rival, the fledgling Orion Syndicate.
And beneath the surface of the frozen world on which the proto-Cardassian discovery was made, another drama is playing out that will force Garett to make the most difficult decision of her career...amid ruins reputed to link the living with the Ancient Dead.
Title: Star Trek I.K.S. Gorkon, book one "A Good Day to Die"
Writer(s): Keith R.A. DeCandido. published November 2003
These are the voyages of the Klingon Defense Force vessel I.K.S. Gorkon, part of the mighty new Chancellor class. Its mission: to explore strange new worlds...to seek out new life and new civilizations and to conquer them for the greater glory of the Klingon Empire!
Newly inducted into the prestigious Order of the Bat'leth, Captain Klag, son of M'Raq, leads the crew of the Gorkon into the unexplored Kavrot Sector to find new planets on which toplant the Klingon flag. There, the discover the Children of San-Tarah, a species with a warrior culture that rivals - and perhaps exceeds - the Klingons' own, living on a planet that would be a great addition to the Empire. Klag could call in General Talak's fleet to bring the world under the Klingons' heel - but the San-Tarah offer Klag a challenge he cannot refuse. The Gorkon crew and the San-Tarah will engage in several matial contests, if the Klingons lose, they will go and never trouble the planet again - but if they are victorious, the San-Tarah will cede themselves to the Empire, and Klag will have singlehandedly conquered an entire world!
The first tale in a glorious adventure that will be remembered in song and story throughout the Empire!
Title: Startrek, The Lost Era, "Deny Thy Father"
Writer(s): Jeff Mariotte, Published December, 2003
The years are 2355-2357
Two men. Both defined by the personal tragedy that drove them apart. Both driven by their desire to serve, and their devotion to duty. Both haunted by the past, and uncertain of the future...And both unable to reach across the chasm that separates father and son.
In the wake of the Tholian attack that nearly cost him his life, civilian strategic consultant Kyle Riker becomes the target of an apparen conspiracy within Starfleet Command, forcing him off Earth and beyond Federation territory to evade the attempts on his life. But danger is never far off, even on a backwater world where Kyle's very name brings the promise of death.
At the same time, the Starfleet career of Kyle's estranged son William Riker is under way in earnest, from his turbulent formative years at the Academy to his first perilous missions as a ensign aboard the Starship Pegasus. And even as Kyle searches for the truth behind the events that have made him a fugitive, Will is pursued as well - by a family legacy he fears he will never escape.
Title: Startrek, I.K.S. Gorkon, Book 2, "Honor Bound"
Writer(s): Keith R. A. CeCandido, published December, 2003
The Order of the Bat'leth: founded after Kahless's ascension to Sto-Vo-Kor, the Order was tasked with rooting out dishonorable behavior and spreading the word of Kahless to the Klingon people. In the subsequent millennium, the Order has become more ceremonial, but now Chancellor Martok has called the Order back to its original function-to preserve the cause of honor.
Captain Klag of the I.K.S. Gorkon - The newest inductee into the order - has given his word to the Children of San-Tarah that the Klingon Empire will leave them in peace. But Klag's old rival General Talak has ordered to go back on his word and aid Talak in conquering the San-Tarah's world. Now Klag must stand against his fellow Klingons - but will even his fellow members of the Order of the Bat'leth, not to menthion his own crew, follow him into disobedience? Or will the betray him to Talak?
The crew of the Gorkon faces its greatest trial in a glorious adventure that will be remembered in song and story throughout the Empire!
Title: Star Trek, the Lost Era, "Catalyst of Sorrows"
Writer(s): Margaret Wander Bonnano published January, 2004
Synopsis: The year is 2360
She was trained to be a killing machine. Abandoned as a child, without home or family, past or future, Zetha survived only be her own cunning in the back alleys of Romulus before being take be the Tal Shiar and remade into one of its deadliest weapons. But Zetha is about to undertake a mission unlike any in her experience.
The mysterious return of a virulent scourge thought to be long extinct threatens devastation on a scale almost too horriffic to contemplate, Zetha's only hope of stopping it is across the Neutral Zone - among the enemies of Romulus. Now Admiral Uhura, centenarian chief of Starflight Intelligence, must decide what to do with the knowledge Zetha has risked her life to bring to her. In order to stop the spread of the disease that is already ravaging the Romulan Empire, Uhura must assign a hand-picked team of Starfleet officers to covertly trace the contagion to its source - and do whatever is necessary to contain it.
But the world awaiting Lieutenant Benjamin Sisko, Lieutenant Tuvok, Dr. Selar, and Zetha herself is a hot zone of secrets, decedptions, and subtle machinations revealing an imminent holocaust beyond anything the away team expected, or what they could hope to combat.
Title: Star Trek, the Case of the Colonist's Corpse A Sam Cogley Mystery (Editor's note: this should be on a page with the original Star Trek books, not the sequels. However, it sounds so interesting I decided to include it here.)
Writer(s): Bob Ingersoll and Tony Isabella, published January 2004
Synopsis: When Captain Kirk faced court-martial, he chose the best lawyer in the Federation - Samuel T. Cogley, a cranky old man who prefers books to padds and people to computers. Now, once again, it's Sam Cogley for the defense!
The planet Aneher II sits in the middle of the Neutral Zone, and neither the Klingon Empire nor the Federation can claim it. Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, any such contested colony world will go to the party - Federation or Klingon - which shows it can best develop the planet.
At first the two colonies live in peace, but it's a fragile peace, one shattered when Administrator Daniel Latham, the head of the Federation Colony, is found murdered, and Commander Mak'Tor, the head of the Klingon colony, is found crouched over Latham's body, a discharged phaser still hot in his hand.
When Lieutenant Areel Shaw of Starfleet is assigned to prosecute Mak'Tor, Sam Cogley volunteers to defend the accused Klingon. But when Cogley's own investigation provides the prosecution with its key piece of evidence and his courtroom tactics unexpectedly backfire, can even the galaxy's most brilliant defense attorney win the day in..."The Case of the Colonist's Corpse"
Title: A Time To Be Born
Writer(s): John Vornholt, published February 2004
Synopsis: On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picardd's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes we William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command. Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story what set them on a path away fromn the "Starship Enterprise" has never been told... Until NOW!
The site of one of the Dominion War's fiercest battles, the Rashanar Secotor now contains a vast interstellar graveyard littered with the lifeless hulks of hundreds of devastated starships. The explosive destruction of so many varied warp drives has severely distorted the space-time continuum in this region, resulting in dangerous unleashed energies and bizarre gravitational anomalies.
The Enterprise has been assigned to patrol the perimeter of the danger zone while other vessels carry out the difficult and highly hazardous task of retrieving the bodies of the dead from the wrecked starships.
To some alien races, the former battleground is hallowed space. To others, including the rapacious Androssi, it is a scavenger's paradise, ripe fo salvage. None expect this ship's graveyard to hold a deadly secret that will force the android Data to make a heart-wrenching decision about the path his life will take - and that will endanger not only the Enterprise, but Picardd's future in Starfleet.
Title: Startrek Captain's Peril
Writer(s): William Shatner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, published February, 2004
Synopsis: The Dominion War is over. The Federation is at peace. What better time for two legendary starship captains to set aside the demands of duty and simply take some well-deserved time off?
But when James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard arrive on Bajor to dive among the ruins of an ancient sunken city, conditions are far from what they had planned. The small group of scientists the captains have joined suddenly find their equipment sabotaged - isolating them from Deep Space NineTM and any hope of rescue - as one by one, a murderer stalks them.
Cut off from the people and technology on which they have always depended. Kirk and Picardmust rely more than ever on their own skills and abilities, and their growing friendship, to solve the mysterious deaths and protect one of Bajor's greatest living treasures.
At the same time, Kirk finds the events he and Picardstruggle with are similar to one of the first challenges he faced as the new captain of the "Starship Enterprise", less than six months into his first five-year mission.
Now, with time running out for a dying child trapped in the scientists' camp, and Picard missing after a diving disaster, Kirk must search his memories of the past to relive one of his earliest adventures, propeling hime into a harrowing personal journey that reveals the beginning of his path from young Starfleet officer to renowned legend, and the existence of a new and completelyh unsuspected threat to the existence of all life in the universe.
Title: A Time to Die
Writer(s): John Vornholt published March 2004
Synopsis: On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picardd's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command. Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship EnterpriseTM has never been told. Until Now!
It was supposed to be a mission of mercy, until the unthinkable occurred: the destruction of the U.S.S. Juno, killing all hands on board. Starfleet Command has unjustly assessed the actions of Captain Picardand the Enterprise crew during that fateful assignment to the Rashanar Battle Site - the sector that saw one of the fiercest conflicts of the Dominion War, and which is now a hazardous interstellar graveyard filled with hundreds of devastated starships. While the court-ordered medical evaluation that relieved Picardof command is ongoing, there is growing speculation that his illustrious career may be coming to an end.
To clear his former commander, acting Captain William Riker and a demoralized skeleton crew agree to conduct a covert operation, and must venture the Starship EnterpriseTM back into Rashanar to track down a mythical menace_one that may already be responsible for the annihilation of countless fully armed starships. Unbridled hostility and the promise of death lurk at every turn, but they could never imagine that their only chance of survival may lie in the unexpected return of a long - absent friend.
Title: A Time to Sow
Writer(s): Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore published April 2004
On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picardd's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship EnterpriseTM has never been told.
More than two centuries ago, the Dokaalan sent an unmanned probe into the void, bearing a distress call for anyone who could save their doomed world. But the message reached Federation space too late to save the planet or its people, or so it was believed.
Generations later, Captain Jean-Luc Picardand the crew of the Enterprise-E are stunned to discover the last of the Dolaalan - now only a colongy fighting to stay alive in a decrepit asteroid mining complex. Although their home planet was destroyed long ago, the survivors hope to someday transform a nearby planet into a new home for their people. But bitter divisions exist among the Dokaalan, sowing the seeds of sabotage and terrorism - and placing Picardand the Starship EnterpriseTM in the middle of an excalating crisis that can only lead to total destruction!
Title: A Time to Harvest
Writer(s): Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore, published May 2004
On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship EnterpriseTM has never been told. Until Now
Still reeling from the disastrous events that have rocked all of Starfleet and tarnished the career of one of the Federation's most decorated captains, Picard and his crew must now endure the unthinkable: scandal, ostracism, and an uncertain future. But despite all that has occurred, none aboard the Starship EnterpriseTM have forgotten their duty as Starfleet officers.
Assigned to assist the imperiled Dokaalan - a small colony of refugees who maintain a precarious existence in a rapidly disintegrating asteroid mining complex - the EnterpriseTM crew must somehow aid this alien race in terraforming a nearby planet so that it might someday provide a new home for their kind. But violent acts of sabotage soon turn a humanitarian crisis into a deadly confrontation. To save the Dokaalan from extinction, Picard must uncover the presence of an old adversary - and prevent a disaster of catastrophic proportions!
Title: A Time to Love
Writer(s): Robert Greenberger published June, 2004
Synopsis: On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command. Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship EnterpriseTM has never been told.
One hundred years ago, the recurring conflicts between the Bader and the Dorset ended mysteriously when both races colonized the distant planet Delta Sigma IV - a world located far from the destructive wars of their people - and quickly became the Federation's perfect example of interspecies cooperation. But there are now rumblings of trouble in paradise, as an investigation led by Kyle Riker - Commander William Riker's estranged father - into this harmonious society has discovered a shocking, immutable truth: over the next few generations, the reaction to a native gas will spell the extinction of Delta Sigma IV's inhabitants.
Captain Picard and his crew, still recovering from the tragic events that have tarnished the career of one of the Federation's most decorated captains, must come to the aid of a world that once knew only peace, but now faces emerging violence and chaos ... and Commander Riker must confront the reality that his own father may be held responsible for Delta Sigma IV's almost certain downfall!
Title: A Time to Hate
Writer(s): Robert Greenbrier, published July 2004
Synopsis: On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Amonth the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command. Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship EnterpriseTM has never been told.
The recurring blood feuds between the Bader and the Dorset ended mysteriously a century ago when both races colonized the planet Delta Sigma IV. But, unknown until now, it was a reaction to a naturally occuring gas that led to their harmonious existence...a reaction that would eventually mean certain death for the planet's inhabitants. What the Enterprise crew believed was a cure for the population - a treatment introduced into Delta Sigma IV's environment by Kyle Riker, a man at odds with his son, Commander William Riker - has instead triggered worldwide carnage, as long-suppressed aggression and hostility are suddenly and violently unleashed.
Caught in a world on the brink of self-destruction, Captain Picard - a man still waging his own personal battle for redemption in the eyes of his commanding officers - must somehow find a was to resolve the catastrophic event and save his crew, even as the implications of his actions my ultimately doom an entire race...
Title: A Time to Kill
Writer: David Mack, published August 2004
Synopsis: On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship EnterpriseTM has never been told.
At the height of the Dominion War and unknown to all save those in the highest levels of command, the Federation secretly armed the neutral planet Tezw2a with devastating weapons -- part of a contingency plan again the Dominion if the front lines collapsed. But Tezwa also lies near the border of the Klingon Empire ... making the Federation's covert strategy in direct violation of their fragile peace treaties, and creating the potential threat of scandal and all-out war.
Now Tezwa's power-hungry prime minister is all too eager to flex his newfound military muscle, menacing a nearby Klingon border world. Sent on an urgent diplomatic mission, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew are caught in the crossfire as the crisis quickly escalates. With time running out and billions of lives at stake, only one can avert the looming disaster -- Ambassador Worf, who must choose between his oath to the Federation and his loyalty to Martok, Chancellor of the Klingon Empire.
Title: Captain's Blood
Writer(s): William Shattner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, published January 2005
When Spock is publicly assassinated at a Romulan peace rally, Starfleet and the Federation are unable to search for the criminals responsible without triggering an intergalactic war. It falls to James T. Kirk, now retired, to investigate his friend's murder. Given clandestine assistance by Captain Will Riker of the Starship Titan, and accompanied by his good fiend Jean-Luc Picard, Kirk travels to Romulus as a civilian, along with his five-year-old child, Joseph. On the Romulan world remus, Kirk unexpectedly encounters an alluring enemy from his past as Picard and he discover that Spock's apparent murder hides an even deeper mystery, literally reaching beyond the limits of the galaxy.
Trapped on an alien world on the eve of a Romulan civil war that could drag the entire galaxy into the conflict, Kirk discovers a hidden Reman fortress. There, he learns of the true threat facing the Romulans, and is forced into the heartrending realization that for peace toprevail, he must sacrifice the freedom of his son, whose very blood holds a staggering secret.
Title: Enemy Territory, Book 3 of the I.K.S. Gorkon series
Writer(s): Keith R. A. DeCandido, published March, 2005
The Elabrej Hegemony
For Centuries, the Elabrej firmly believed that they were alone in the universe, and that no sentient life existed outside their home star system. But their beliefs are shattered when a controversial exploration vessel of their own making encounter - and fires upon - an alien ship. The aliens return fire and destroy them - then come to Elabrej to investigate...
The Klingon Empire
While exploring the uncharted Kavrot Sector, the crew of the I.K.S. Gorkon learn that their brother ship, the I.K.S. Kravokh, was fired on by an alien vessel and subsequently destroyed it. After setting course to investigate this new people, the Kravokh disappears - but a massive alien fleet is gathering at their last known location, Captain Klag must determine what has happened to the Kravokh, and who this new foe of the empire is...
As two civilizations prepare for war, the secret agenda of both the Elabrej oligarchs and Klingon Imperial Intelligence may serve only to deepen the conflict - and Captain Klag may also face a mutiny.
Title: Taking Wing, of Star Trek Titan
Writer(s): Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels, published April, 2005
The Beginning of a new Star Trek Odyssey
After almost a decade of strife against foes such as the Borg, the Cardassians, the Klingons, and the Dominion, the United Federation of Planets is at the dawn of a new era. Starfleet is renewing its mission of peaceful exploration, diplomacy, and the expansion of knowledge. Among the starships spearheading that endeavor is the U.S.S. Titan, commanded by Captain William T. Riker and manned by the most biologically varied and culturally diverse crew in Starfleet histor.
But their mission does not begin according to plan.
In the wake of Star Trek Nemesis, Praetor Shinzon, slayer of the Romulan Senate, is dead. The power vacuum created by his demise has put the Romulan Star Empire, longtime adversary of the Federation,at the brink of civil war. Competing factions now vie for control of their fragmenting civilization, and if the empire should fall, that entire area of the galaxy may destabilize.
To restore order to the region, Titan's long-anticipated mission of exploration is delayed as Starfleet assigns Riker to set up power-sharing talks among the Romulan factions. But even as the first tentative steps are taken toward building a new Romulus, the remnants of the Tal Shiar, the dreaded Romulan intellitence service, are regrouping behind the scenes for a power play of their own. With no other help available, Riker and the Titan crew become the last hope to prevent the quadrant from falling into chaos.
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