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CURRENT STAR TREK
Before his days on the Enterprise, a young Picard and his crew aboard the U.S.S. Stargazer saved a thriving planet from resource-hungry Romulans — or so he thought. Now landing on a seemingly unrecognizable planet, he and his crew work to save the system — and their ship — from disaster.
Two years after the USS Voyager's return from the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine finds herself rejected for a position in Starfleet... and instead finds a new home with the interstellar rogue law enforcement corps known as the Fenris Rangers.
Every end has a beginning...and this electrifying novel details the events leading into the new Star Trek TV series, introducing you to brand-new characters featured in the life of Jean-Luc Picard — widely considered to be one of the most popular and recognizable characters in all of science fiction.
When a plea for help from an old contact — a Romulan spy — is received, Raffi (with the help of Elnor and Jean-Luc Picard) decides to take on this critical mission — and quickly learns that past sins never stay buried. Finding the truth will be complicated and deadly...
When an experimental shuttlecraft fails, Captain Christopher Pike suspects a mechanical malfunction — only to discover the very principles on which Starfleet bases its technology have simply stopped functioning.
With Una accused of unlawful genetic modification by Starfleet, Captain Pike sets out in search of evidence that could prove her innocence. But, when the Enterprise get caught in the Pryllia colony, home to the illusive Illyrians, the mission objective quickly shifts from breaking out.
After entering a crime lord's starship competition to save an innocent pilot, the Enterprise jets through a gauntlet of dangerous environments in the unexplored Scorpius sector. But cosmic storms and sentient ship-eating asteroids aren't the only obstacles the crew will have to survive!
Captain Carol Freeman leads her crew on an expedition aimed to build bridges, but she and the away team quickly suspect that the planet and its people are not all what they seem...
Based on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner, Boimler and all their friends offer advice and insider knowledge to new crewmembers. This hilarious and informative handbook will help you come to grips with the ship, your duties, and your fellow lower deckers, especially as they've generously left comments throughout.
Captain Michael Burnham and the crew of the USS Discovery are finding that each day is a critical adjustment to their new lives and new missions in an Alpha Quadrant more than nine hundred years in the future.
After the disappearance of the U.S.S. Discovery, Captain Pike and Chancellor L'Rell seek to forge a peace treaty between the Federation and the Klingons. But when a new enemy threatens to sabotage the negotiations, Spock must reclaim his place in Starfleet to save his friends and prevent the outbreak of a new war!
Commander Philippa Georgiou is tasked with leading to Tarsus IV to help stabilize a food crisis only to discover that they're too late — Governor Kodos has already implemented his heinous strategy for extending the colony's besieged food stores!
Hearing of the outbreak of hostilities between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire, Captain Christopher Pike attempts to bring the USS Enterprise home to join in the fight. But in the hellish nebula, the stalwart commander instead finds an epic battle of his own!
Journey back in time to a decade before Captain Kirk and the Enterprise set out on their five-year mission, when the United Federation of Planets is locked in conflict with the mysterious Klingon Empire. But just who are these formidable foes?
In a desperate attempt to prevent the artificial intelligence known as Control from seizing crucial information that could destroy all sentient life, Commander Michael Burnham donned the "Red Angel" time-travel suit and guided the USS Discovery into the future and out of harm's way. But something has gone terribly wrong!
CLASSIC STAR TREK
Admiral Kirk is forced to take command of the Enterprise in order to stop an old nemesis from commandeering what could be the most deadly weapon ever devised. Here are the novelizations of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
Vulcan's savage history becomes fully revealed as Spock, his father Sarek, and Kirk work to preserve the planet's future from anti-Terran factions. The crisis is twofold for the half-human Spock — should Vulcan secede, he will be required to resign from Starfleet and return home, or forever sever ties with his homeworld.
An extremely rare purebred corgi from Earth makes its way aboard Deep Space 9 when Quark cuts a deal to procure it for a high buyer. But the corgi comes with unexpected cargo: a Borg component discovered by a crew sent to uncover Cardassian technology after the station's reoccupation.
A young committed scientist, Carol Marcus, dares to dream of a Federation where there is never any hunger and every world is a paradise. Her dream is shared by James Kirk, a young Starfleet officer and her lover.
With the end in sight, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise will have to face their biggest challenge yet. Step aboard with Kirk, Spock, Bones, Uhura, Sulu, Scotty, and Chekov as they begin the end of their original five year mission.
Mestiko: a world on the brink of interstellar travel... But when a rogue pulsar sweeps through the star system, threatening to destroy all life on their planet, Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise must mount a desperate effort to protect the planet from annihilation.
James T. Kirk, displaced in time, allows the love of his life to die in a traffic accident, thereby preserving Earth's history. Now, facing his own death, the very fabric of existence collapses across years and light-years, until he comes full circle.
All in one box set! The iconic Star Trek characters' life stories told for the first time in their own words: Capt. James T. Kirk, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, and Capt. Kathryn Janeway.
The planet Vok is holding its first free elections after years of oppressive military rule. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise have been dispatched by Starfleet to serve as impartial observers, but remaining neutral proves a challenge...
Three Eras. Three Mysteries. One Ancient Enemy? The U.S.S. Enterprise's five-year mission is interrupted when Captain James T. Kirk and his crew set out to recover an abducted Federation scientist whose classified secrets are being sought by the Klingons as well.
Spock, intrigued by the vision of another universe's Federation, does what no Vulcan, no emperor, has ever done: seize power in one blinding stroke of mass murder. Jean-Luc Picard resists — and in that one instant he unlocks a horror beyond the tyranny!
This fully illustrated collection features stories by Star Trek's finest writers including acclaimed Star Trek: Voyager writer Lisa Klink along with best-selling prose authors James Swallow, Una McCormack, Chris Cooper, and Greg Cox.
Years before he came to be known as the best first officer in the fleet, Spock was a conflicted young ensign struggling to reconcile his many obligations — those forced on him by his Vulcan heritage, and those chosen by him upon his enrollment in Starfleet Academy.
The Challenge details the last Federation-Harrata conflict going all the way back to the 22nd century. This novel details the final conflict between the governments. It is also the last time the Harrata invoke the infamous Challenge. This novel takes place in 2267 in between the episodes Galileo Seven and Court Martial.
From 1998 to 2000, Amazing Stories, the world's oldest science fiction magazine, presented a series of original Star Trek stories written by a number of bestselling authors. Now these little-seen Star Trek adventures have been collected together for the first time.
HOW BOOKS KEPT STAR TREK ALIVE AFTER CANCELLATION
Star Trek: The Original Series was only on the air for three years (September 1966-June 1969), yet its cultural impact is one we still feel over half a century later. At a time when franchise merchandising was in its infancy, Star Trek novelizations helped keep the show alive long after its cancellation.
Starting in 1967 and continuing for the next decade, Bantam Books published twelve novels based on the original series and penned by James Blish. The books, along with the show’s syndicated reruns and a popular Saturday morning animated series, kept Star Trek in the public eye until it finally made its way back to the big screen with 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture. From there, it was full speed ahead with over 800 novels, thirteen motion pictures, and thirteen broadcast television shows.
Related feature: The Golden Age of Movie Novelizations.
Star Trek: The Original Series was only on the air for three years (September 1966-June 1969), yet its cultural impact is one we still feel over half a century later. At a time when franchise merchandising was in its infancy, Star Trek novelizations helped keep the show alive long after its cancellation.
Starting in 1967 and continuing for the next decade, Bantam Books published twelve novels based on the original series and penned by James Blish. The books, along with the show’s syndicated reruns and a popular Saturday morning animated series, kept Star Trek in the public eye until it finally made its way back to the big screen with 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture. From there, it was full speed ahead with over 800 novels, thirteen motion pictures, and thirteen broadcast television shows.
Related feature: The Golden Age of Movie Novelizations.
How Star Trek Changed the World
Kirk Fu is a series of unarmed combat techniques developed by one of Starfleet's most celebrated starship captains over several years of encounters with alien species on any number of strange new worlds.
An essential guide for both philosophers and Trekkies which combines a philosophical spirit of inquiry to consider questions about the scientific prospects of interstellar travel and the human condition.
As entertaining as it is useful, Make It So captures the mythos of Star Trek: The Next Generation as it delivers dramatically rich lessons on leadership, effective communication, teamwork, and honor.
In Star Trek, crew members travel to unusual planets, meet diverse beings, and encounter unique civilizations. In these remarkable space adventures, does Star Trek reflect biology and evolution as we know it?
Nichelle Nichols played the first Black female astronaut anyone had ever seen on screen, inspiring a generation and opening the door for the real-life astronauts Sally Ride, Dr. Mae Jemison, and more.
This unique, insightful, and comprehensive examination of an enduring, much loved franchise features every era of Star Trek in one volume, from the pioneering 1960s TV series to the latest movies and streaming shows!
Star Trek was explicitly crafted by its creator, Gene Roddenberry, into a humanist manifesto; the stories Trek told were humanist parables, putting forth the core philosophies to which he was devoted: equality, reason, integrity, fairness, opportunity, community.
Watching the original Star Trek for the first time was a heady experience for a child, so much so it often made such an indelible impression that lasted their entire life. Galloping Across the Cosmos sets out to collect the memories of those who recall those early days in front of the TV for voyages into the Final Frontier...
What would the world look like if everybody had everything they wanted or needed? Trekonomics, the first book from financial journalist Felix Salmon, approaches scarcity economics by coming at it backwards — through thinking about a universe where scarcity does not exist.