Picard and Riker have always worked well together. So what happened? Did the promotion to Admiral get to Riker’s head? I mean, sort of, I guess… But how is Picard supposed to stop his old protege when he’s always a step (or more) behind?
Captain Garrett of the Enterprise-C on the cover? Great! A Cardassian image also on the cover? This is going to be epic! Or is it?
In this novel, our favorite gruff, no nonsense, good ol’ country doctor returns. That’s right – Dr. Katherine Pulaski is back!
Dulmer and Lucsly are back and with them are more of their friends from the Department of Temporal Investigations. Including one from several hundred years in the future. But can the DTI hold a story all their own without other familiar Star Trek faces?
Picard and Garak on the cover? The Enterprise-D docked at Deep Space 9, er, Terok Nor too?! Oh, this is going to be gooood! [Spoiler Alert: It. Is. Great!]
Dr. Julian Bashir is turning out to be a lot like Jack Bauer. Being a hero time and again but getting damned for his efforts. I mean, Bashir essentially committed treason, but we should be able to look past a little thing like that, right? Section 31 can!
Hey, remember when Jean-Luc and Beverly got married? No? Could it have anything to do with the fact that they decided to get married in one book and they were magically already married in the next one? Well this novella tells us the real story of their wedding. And it wouldn’t be a story about Picard’s personal life without Q!
Vulcan Love Slave IV, anyone? Just leave it to Quark to get you the latest and greatest installment!
This book continues the adventures of the U.S.S. Voyager after it returns to the Delta Quadrant on a mission of exploration. And while Tom Paris returns to Earth with Seven of Nine, each to deal with personal matters, Admiral Janeway takes command of the Full Circle Fleet to open diplomatic relations with the Confederacy of the Worlds of the First Quadrant. But the Confederacy has pissed off a lot of other races – many of which Janeway and Voyager have pissed off in the past…
February 2024 sees the release of David Mack’s newest Star Trek novel set in the Picard era – Firewall. I had the opportunity to talk with the author about the book on the Literary Treks podcast, so definitely check that out! For more of my standalone thoughts, keep on reading on!