New prose covers and blurbs (updated)

A load of new covers and blurbs, exciting stuff from Simon and Schuster's online catalogue:

DTI: Watching the Clock

In a universe where history could be erased, two of the most disciplined, obsessive government employees face the existential uncertainty of it all.


In a universe where history could be wiped out at any moment by time warriors from the future, misused relics of ancient races, or accident-prone starships, unflappable Agents Lucsly and Dulmur are the Federation’s unsung anchors in a chaotic universe. But when a series of escalating temporal incursions threatens to open a new front of the history—spanning Temporal Cold War in the twenty-fourth century—Lucsly and Dulmur will need all their investigative skill and unbending determination to keep the present and the future from falling into the kind of chaos they really, really hate. 

Indistinguishable from Magic

In this all-new original novel, the crew of the U.S.S. Challenger, Geordi LaForge, and Scotty find that the past is always very much of the present, and that, as the truism goes, anything sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.


The most talented Starfleet engineers of two generations unite to solve a 200-yearold technological mystery that turns out to be only the beginning of a wider quest. With the support of Guinan and Nog, as well as the crew of the U.S.S. Challenger, Geordi LaForge and Montgomery Scott soon find themselves drawn into a larger, deadlier, and far more personal adventure. Helped by old friends and hindered by old enemies, their investigation will come to threaten everything they hold dear. 

UPDATE: Cover now posted by the author, David A. McIntee, on his blog:

The Delta Anomaly (Check out that nice use of the starfleet delta! Ans also note the lack of a Star Trek in the title.)

And from Cross Cult's Star Trek facebook page, the new Demons and Air and Darkness cover (Which you could mistake for a Voyager novel!), by Arndt Drechsler

UPDATE 2: Finished cover too:

Cover extravaganza

New covers, loads of them!

From David Mack's blog, is this new and final cover for Zero Sum Game:From the Simon and Schuster digital catalogue is this for Out of the Cacoon:From Joe Corroney's facebook page is this cover for Burden of Knowledge issue 3 (Andorians, yay!):And from Amazon.de are a whole bunch of new Cross Cult covers:UPDATE: Higher res version of the Stitch in Time cover on Cross Cult's facebook.

Thanks to my regular informant Jens Deffner (of Unreality SF) for the German cover tip.

German updates

German publisher Cross Cult has released a catalogue detailing some of it's forthcoming titles, which includes the launch of several new series for the publisher; starting next year Cross Cult will add Enterprise, TOS and New Frontier novels to their output, starting from the very start with New Frontier (with the first four novellas compiled into two omnibuses), from Last Full Measure with Enterprise, and the Crucible trilogy for TOS.

The catalogue also reveals the first fuzzy-low-resolution images of new covers for Lost Souls and A Stitch in Time.
Thanks to Unreality SF's Jens Deffner for the tip, and also for the following analysis: What's notable in the catalogue is what isn't mentioned; now Cross Cult has exhausted the David Messina Trek back-catalogue they haven’t announced any new comic titles yet, and the New Frontier list seems to have show Cross Cult will be skipping Once Burned and Double or Nothing, the New Frontier entries in the Captain's Table and Double Helix series.

Updated Rough Beasts of Empire blurb

The Simon and Schuster online catalogue has been updated again with a revised blurb for the DS9-focused Typhon Pact novel Rough Beasts of Empire:

Still on Romulus in pursuit of his goal of reunifying the Vulcans and Romulans, Spock finds himself in the middle of a massive power struggle. In the wake of the assassination of the Praetor and the Senate, the Romulans have cleaved in two. While Empress Donatra has led her nascent Imperial Romulan State to establish relations with the Federation, Praetor Tal’aura has guided the original Romulan Star Empire toward joining the newly formed Typhon Pact. But numerous factions within the two Romulan nations vie for power and undivided leadership, and Machiavellian plots unfold as forces within and without the empires conduct high-stakes political maneuvers.

Meanwhile, four years after Benjamin Sisko returned from the Celestial Temple, circumstances have changed, his hopes for a peaceful life on Bajor with his wife and daughter beginning to slip away. After temporarily rejoining Starfleet for an all-hands-on-deck battle against the Borg, he must consider an offer to have him return for a longer stint. Beset by troubling events, he seeks spiritual guidance, facing demons new and old, including difficult memories from his time in the last Federation-Tzenkethi war.

Latest Star Trek prose

Simon and Schuster have updated their online catalogues with loads of new Trek blurbs:

Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game
A spy for the Typhon Pact—a new political rival of the Federation—steals the plans for Starfleet’s newest technological advance: the slipstream drive. To stop the Typhon Pact from unlocking its secrets, Starfleet Intelligence recruits a pair of genetically enhanced agents: Dr. Julian Bashir and Sarina Douglas­—for whom Bashir has long harbored passionate feelings. The two must infiltrate a world controlled by the mysterious species known as the Breen, find the hidden slipstream project, and destroy it. Meanwhile, light-years away, Captain Ezri Dax and her crew on the U.S.S. Aventine play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with a Typhon Pact fleet that stands between them and the safe retrieval of Bashir and Douglas from hostile territory.

Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire
Shortly after making the stunning revelation that it has joined with Federation’s newest adversary—a coalition of galactic powers known as the Typhon Pact—the Gorn Hegemony suffers an ecological disaster. Fortunately, the Gorn had already been investigating traces of an ancient but powerful “quick terraforming” technology left behind by a long-vanished race — a dead civilization that may be responsible for habitability of many of the worlds on the Gorn frontier and beyond. When the U.S.S. Titan begins pursuing this potent technology as well, in the hopes of using it to heal the many grievous wounds sustained by the Federation, it is unclear how dangerous such planet-altering technology can be, even when used with the best of intentions….

Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
The Romulans have a divided empire, with the original Romulan Star Empire joining the Typhon Pact and the nascent Imperial Romulan State establishing relations with the Federation. Numerous factions within the two Romulan governments vie for power and undivided leadership, and Machiavellian plots unfold as forces within and without the empires play political games. Spock, still on Romulus in pursuit of his goal of reunifying the Vulcans and Romulans, finds himself in the middle of these political battles.

Meanwhile, Benjamin Sisko returns to life in Starfleet, a lonely, fractured man now divided from his family, a set of circumstances brought about by his fears of what the Bajoran Prophets forecast for him and their recent abandonment of him. Kira Nerys has left Deep Space 9 and the Bajoran Militia to follow a religious path on her homeworld. Elias Vaughn suffers a debilitating injury during the Borg attack that leaves him comatose, with no prospects for a return to health. Finally, the Tzenkethi are introduced as an anti-democratic species, who genuinely believe it foolhardy to trust to the will of the masses when individuals clearly have strengths that suggest where they would best serve the people. Given those beliefs, the Tzenkethi also involve themselves surreptitiously in the struggle for power amongst the Romulans.

Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
What began as the exploration of one Star Trek parallel universe explodes with the introduction of six new alternate realities.

Set across history, touching upon every series, and written by a variety of Star Trek authors, each story in Myriad Universes: Shattered Light presents a unique alternate vision of the Star Trek universe, taking pivotal moments from its history and extrapolating the shocking changes that follow those deviations.

In these divergent realms, known history is bent, like white light through a prism—broken into a boundless spectrum of what-might-have-beens. But in those myriad universes, what might have been…is actually what happened.

New Frontier: Blind Man's Bluff
The next exciting Star Trek: New Frontier novel from New York Times bestselling author Peter David!

Following the dramatic events seen in the previous novels, After the Fall, Missing in Action, and Treason, Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur now face an uncertain future, as their lives and the very fate of Sector 221-G are thrown into utter chaos. With a storyline concurrent with The Next Generation, and picking up at a point where there have been significant changes, new and old readers alike will be captivated by this series.

And there is also this revised cover for Nightshade (can't quite make out who the author is...):
Finally, David Mack has announced on the TrekBBS that he has just signed the contract to write his next Mirror Universe novel: Rise Like Lions.

DS9 relaunch excerpts and blurb

The Simon and Schuster website has been updated (at some point) with excerpts from the forthcoming DS9 books. You can find excerpts from The Soul Key, and The Never Ending Sacrifice. And I think this is a new blurb for the latter:

A boy looks up. He sees a Cardassian's hand on his shoulder and knows that this is usually a prelude to a beating or, if he is fortunate enough, arrest. The boy knows how many disappeared during the Occupation of Bajor. So he does the one thing he can think of: he bites the Cardassian. Then the nightmare begins.

He is ripped from the family that took him in as an orphan, clothed him, fed him, always loved him unconditionally. And no matter how earnest, how caring the commander of Deep Space 9 is, the boy knows this is all a horrible mistake. How can someone from Starfleet judge him by what he looks like, not by what he is? He prays to the Prophets; he is Bajoran. They all keep telling him that the test proves the large Cardassian man is his father, that the other Cardassian -- that oily gul -- took him away from his father. But the boy keeps telling them that he is Bajoran, he only wants to go home with his father. So they send Rugal home -- to Cardassia.

On the homeworld of the Cardassian Union where sacrifice and devotion to the state are surpassed only by the government's need to keep its people in check, one very lonely boy discovers that if he doesn't resist, his life -- like those of so many others -- will be added to the tally of the never-ending sacrifice.

Pocket in 2010

TrekMovie have announced Pocket Books' plans for 2010. It's a good year if you're a TOS fan (old or new). But sad times for Voyager, Enterprise or Vanguard followers. And interesting developments for the post-Destiny period, with Aventine getting it's own novel (and series?) and DS9 having a pretty ginormous jump in its chronology to have a novel as part of The Tyhpon Pact series. All the books apparently have a stand-alone approach; even those in The Typhon Pact series are noted to be so. With the odd New Frontier book and anthologies sprinkled in the year basically comes in three waves:

Part I: TOS prime (and New Frontier)

January: Sorrows of Empire, by David Mack
The previously announced Mirror Universe novel expansion, no new info.

February: Inception, by S.D. Perry
While this one has been know about online for a little while this is the first proper announcement. TrekMovie describe it thusly: "Set before The Original Series, the book is story of four people at the start of their careers. Commander Kirk and the woman he loves Dr. Carol Marcus, Commander Spock and his chance encounter with an botanist, Leila Kalomi."

March: Treason, by Peter David
Earlier announcements indicated a TOS reprint around this time, but it seems Pocket have instead elected to re-release the latest New Frontier book, but in mass mark paperback rather than tradepaper back.

April: The Children of the Kings, by Dave Stern
A Pike-era book which "focuses on the Orion Syndicate, a dying girl and the kidnapping of a Starfleet officer."

May: Unspoken Truth, by Margaret Wander Bonanno
The previously announced movie-era Saavik novel.

June (or maybe July), a New Frontier novel by Peter David
A trade paperback release, title forthcoming.

Part II: new TOS
June: Refugees, by Alan Dean Foster
No detail other than the refugees are Not the Vulcans.

July: Seek a Newer World, by Christopher L. Bennett
The Enterprise goes on a "world building" mission

August: More Beautiful than Death, by David Mack
Vulcans after Vulcan goes bang (or crunch/squish/woosh)

Sepetember: Another new movie era novel
Might be a Scotty novel, but it's not been contracted yet...

Part III: The Typhon Pact
Each novel is under the banner of a particular series (including Aventine interestingly), and each deals with one or two of the Typhon Pact species. Apparently they are all stand alone tales, with interwoven elements, but not to the extent of Destiny.

October: Titan: Seize the Fire, by Michael Martin
The Titan and crew have an encounter with the Gorn

November: Aventine: Zero Sum Game, by David Mack
The Aventine is "assigned to aid with the insertion and extraction of Starfleet operatives behind Breen lines"

December: DS9: The Rough Beasts of Empire, by David R. George III
Via DS9 the Romulans vie for control over the Typhon Pact, and the Tzenkethi are involved too!

January: TNG: Path of Disharmony, by Dayton Ward
The Enterprise looks after a conference on Andor while the Pact make a "daring to reach into the heart of the Federation to raise it’s standard as the pre-eminent power", with a focus on the Tholians.

On top of that the Seven Deadly Sins anthology is due in spring, and the next Myriad Universes collection, Shattered Light, in the summer. The next Corps of Engineers omnibus has been delayed again, until at least 2011!

My thoughts: Unless the next couple of DS9 relaunch novels, out soon, span a lot of time I'm disappointed to see that series forced all the way into 2382 without at least something to span the time. But who knows maybe the next two Will span that period, and it will be interesting to see DS9 at this point. I am generally a little disenhearted by the stand alone nature everything will apparently have, and the massive bias to TOS (at least the TOS prime stuff sounds quite varied I suppose). Hopefully the other series will get back in play in 2011...

The blurb for the next DS9 relaunch novel, The Soul Key, has been posted on Simon and Schuster's website, this is it:

There is a void in the alternate universe that demands to be filled. Iliana Ghemor, the Cardassian operative who years ago was altered in both body and mind to replace Kira Nerys, dreams of fulfilling a prophecy that will mark her as the one true Emissary of that other reality -- a messianic figure who could lead her followers into an era of renewed hope...or an age of deepening darkness.

Ghemor's claim to the mantle of the Emissary is by no means certain, however, as the inexorable pull of providence tugs also at other souls who are swept into the vortex of the Prophets, the remote and timeless beings who have set these strange events in motion.

But the stakes are higher than anyone imagines: for the outcome of this struggle for the fate of one universe will ripple across many others, and become the key to unlocking a future that will prove to be the greatest trial yet for the heroes of station Deep Space 9.

New covers and blurbs in the latest Pocket catalogue

Pocket Books has released their latest promotional/solicitations catalogue sort of thing, which includes some new blurbs and covers, some of which are not the finals:

Seven Deadly Sins
Lust. Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Wrath. Envy. Pride. These are the seven deadly sins of humanity...but humans are not the only creatures in the universe to surrender to their baser instincts. In the world of Star Trek, entire civilizations are driven by avarice, or anger, or insatiable hunger, or one of the other fundamental urges that have come to define these fascinating species.

Now, this edgy collection of original novellas explores these empires from the inside, delving into the qualities that shape their cultures and their worldviews, through characters as compelling as they are provocative. These surprising and engaging tales feature all of Star Trek’s most prominent adversaries, including The Borg, The Klingons, The Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, the Pakleds, and the Mirror Universe.

Troublesome Minds
While exploring the unmapped frontier, the Starship Enterprise responds to a distress call from an unknown ship. Captain James T. Kirk turns first contact into a threat of interstellar war—by saving the life of a man his own people abandoned. Berlis, colony leader of a telepathic race calling themselves the Isitri, claims not to know why those from his homeworld want him dead. Now Kirk must either find a way to wrench billions from the grip of one man, or be responsible for the destruction of two planets.

Losing the Peace
The Borg invasion has left the Federation reeling. Countless people have been killed or displaced by the wonton destruction, and now seek solace on planets that struggle just to feed their own. The ideals wrought in the paradise that was the United Federation of Planets now seem to be a distant dream. Starfleet is shattered, giving old enemies a chance to gain the upper hand. The question now is, what can one ship, and one captain do to prevent humanity from losing the peace?

The Soul Key
Captain Kira’s lookalike, Iliana Ghemor, dreams of fulfilling a prophecy that will mark her as the one true Emissary of the mirror universe—a messianic figure who will lead her followers into a war that could trigger the cleansing of countless alternate Kiras in countless parallel realities. But the stakes are higher than anyone imagines, for the pull of destiny tugs at other souls who are swept into the vortex of the Prophets, remote and timeless beings who have set these events in motion. Yet the outcome of this struggle for the fate of one universe will ripple across many others, giving shape to a future that will prove to be greatest trial yet for the heroes of station Deep Space 9.

The Never-Ending Sacrifice
Rugal is an orphaned Cardassian who has been raised by the people his race once conquered, the Bajorans. Reluctantly repatriated to Cardassia as a teenager, Rugal becomes the living witness to the downfall of the proud people to whom he was born, first by the invading Klingons, then during the Cardassians’ unholy pact with the Dominion—a partnership that culminated in a near-genocide. Through it all, Rugal’s singular perspective illuminates the choices that brought the Cardassians to their ruin...even as he learns that the Cardassian soul is not as easy to understand as he imagined.

Reviews: Recent reads

I’ve been catching up on my Trek reading recently, and trying to keep up with new releases that most interest me too, so I’ve got through a stack of books, and offer a mini review/reflection of each:

Warpath
Ahead of the release of Fearful Symmetry I felt it would be useful to refresh my memory of Warpath, as I read it far too fast the first time, and enjoyed it a lot, so was not begrudged to read it a second time. After the period of reflection for the DS9 relaunch in Worlds of DS9, Warpath threw us into full throttle again. It also gives us a nice continuation/resolution to the ongoing Vaughn/Prynn tensions. I loved this book the first time, and still do, it’s fast paced, full of action, with a bunch of soul too, a really enjoyable read which set us up eagerly anticipating whatever came next.

Fearful Symmetry

And what came next was this. I enjoyed this book, but was also a little disappointed, it did not have enough payoff after Warpath, both seem like bridging novels between what came before and whatever is next and I’m disappointed Fearful Symmetry didn’t move the overall DS9 story forward more. However a part from that the book was great, the Iliana Ghemor side was particularly compelling – I found the new revelation about Dukat’s character a particularly interesting twist. Fingers crossed this next instalment in the sage has more payoff, the Kira side of this book didn’t really seem to get very far.

Day of the Vipers

The first book in the Terok Nor trilogy – I was a little nervous about this series, as I’ve not always found the Cardassians and Bajorans the most interesting races, so a story with them and little else was something I was unsure about. Well this book cast aside any such doubts. There are very few familiar characters here, and even the setting of Bajor and Cardassia is unfamiliar, coming from an earlier time, but nothing alienated me, the book grabbed me instantly and pulled right to the end, you obviously know where the story is going, and it’s a tragedy for Bajor, but a beautiful piece of writing – I think this book will be remembered as one of the Star Trek greats, and it made me much more eager to read the rest of the trilogy (but I put it on hold to catch up with other books first)

Obsidian Alliances
Overall I found this book less successful than Glass Empires, but I think that could be entirely the responsibility of The Sorrows of Empire, which was a fantastic story that made the first anthology shine.

The Mirror-Scaled Serpent – There were a lot of interesting elements to this story, I sort of liked the separate parts, but I didn’t find the story altogether that special. There’s nothing wrong with it, it makes good use of all the Voyager elements, and puts some nice mirror–twists on them, it sets up Kes to be something exciting in the future, and pays off on what The Sorrows of Empire established a bit. I look forward to a greater payoff to the bigger stories in the Mirror Universe at some point.

Cutting Ties – To my great surprise this story was my favourite in the book. Surprised because I’m not a New Frontier reader (yet) and therefore expected to be thrown off by having to understand not just unfamiliar characters, but mirror versions of them. But I wasn’t at all, I just found the story enjoyable through and through.

Saturn’s Children – I found this story a bit forgettable. Though upon refreshing my memory it wasn’t too bad. I found the Terran Rebellion side of the story the more interesting element, it had a coolness factor of all the Defiants and the deeper philosophical musing over the redeemablity of the terrans.

Greater Than the Sum
The TNG relaunch has had a bumpy ride so far, but this novel irons everything out and tells a lovely story to boot. The book sorts out all the mess with the crew, though regrettably disposed of T’Lana (she had such a good setup in Resistance that despite her being a pain in the arse I was hoping she’d stick around to redeem herself) and thankfully also disposed of Leybenzon (in a nice permanent way). It also fleshed out the crew, the highlights of the newbies being the quirky and refreshing take on a half Human/half Vulcan T'Ryssa Chen (who the story somewhat revolved around) and the beautifully characterised new chief of security Jasminder Choudhury. Beyond the crew the story also neatly tied up some loose ends with the Borg (and not just the ones left over from previous relaunch stories) and introduced a glorious new lifeform. I loved this book, easily on par with Q & A as the best of the TNG relaunch to date.

Orion’s Hounds
I found the first two Titan novels less satisfying than I hoped, so hadn’t rushed to continue the series, but with Destiny on the horizon I thought I should catch up. Thankfully Orion’s Hounds was a much more satisfying tale, new life and new civilisations on an incredible scale. I really enjoyed the exploration of the galactic ecosystem, I really enjoyed getting to know the diverse crew, and I really enjoyed this book. The benchmark for future Titan novels I hope.

Sword of Damocles

I found the start of the this next Titan book almost irritating, the author conveyed a little too well the tense atmosphere on the Titan. Thankfully once the story got off the ship and onto the featured planet it got much more interesting and enjoyable. Another wining entry in the Titan series.

Kobayashi Maru

What I really liked about this book: It felt big, interstellar politics spread across Earth, Vulcan, Romulus Qo’noS and beyond. I like that the story doesn’t restrict itself to tightly to Enterprise herself, but explores every facet of the universe the series set up (here’s hoping for a Worlds of DS9-like series for Enterprise at some point). This book seemed quite strongly like a sequel to The Good That Men Do, and that’s fine, I’m glad they’ve found a convincing way to use Trip’s new position – I was concerned his storyline might seem like a distraction from everything else for the sake of keeping him about, but he’s well used. The new Romulan weapon was nicely used too, though with Margaret Clark’s hints that they plan to fix the apparent discontinuity of TOS having more primitive computer systems I’m a little worried the ultimate defence will be a little too like Battlestar Galactica. But overall good book, I await the Romulan War.

The Never Ending Sacrifice details

On the Trek BBS Marco Palmieri has revealed the first details of next year's Cardassian focused novel The Never Ending Sacrifice:

On how the book ties into the DS9 relaunch and specifically Fearful Symmetry, where the in-universe book The Never-Ending Sacrifice was quite prominently referenced: "It's really just a happy coincidence. The references to TNES (which was first mentioned in DS9's "The Wire") in Fearful Symmetry predate the decision by Una to title her novel The Never Ending Sacrifice."

And on the setting: "It actually begins in Season 2 of Deep Space Nine, and continues through the current post-TV novels, moving some months beyond Fearful Symmetry and The Soul Key." "What I can tell you at this stage is that the decision to begin the story in Season 2 is not a random one, and that readers will learn for the first time what it was like to be on the ground on Cardassia in the years before, during, and after the Klingon invasion, the destruction of the Obsidian Order, the rise of Dukat as Union leader under the Dominion, the Dominion War itself, and the postwar years--all from the perspective of someone who isn't Garak."

Read the original post, here.

Massive Update Part 1: Prose

Sorry for the downtime peoples, I've been rather busy, assimilating new cultures as it were, and somewhat disconnected from the ol' Collective. But everything should be back to normal now, and the last month or so has had a lot of news, so lets get things up to do date, starting with news from Pocket Books:

First, the big news, at the Shore Leave convention Pocket Books announced there plans for next year and beyond, which includes a delightfully diverse selection of works. TrekMovie.com provided coverage for the announcement including lots of new covers, so starting with the end of this year, here's what’s forthcoming:

September 2008:
-Enterprise novel: Kobayashi Maru, by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin - It has been confirmed this novel will have some sort of lead-in to the Destiny trilogy
-Star Trek 101, by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block - A casual fans reference books. New cover, by Richard Oriolo:

October 2008:
-Destiny, Book 1: Gods of Night, by David Mack - New cover, by Cliff Nielsen:

-CoE omnibus: Wounds, by Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John J. Ordover, Terri Osborne and Cory Rushton - No new info.

November 2008:
-Destiny, Book 2: Mere Mortals, by David Mack - New cover, by Stephan Martinieres:

-TOS novel: The Academy - Collision Course, by William Shatner with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens - Paperback reprint of last year's hardcover shatnerverse prequel.

December 2008:
-Destiny, Book 3: Lost Souls, by David Mack - No new info.

January 2009:
-TOS novel: Errand of Fury Book 3: Sacrifices of War, by Kevin Ryan - The long awaited conclusion to the trilogy, new cover, by Alan Dingman:

-Mirror Universe short story anthology: Shards and Shadows, by Christopher L Bennett, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Michael Jan Friedman, Jim Johnson, Rudy Josephs, David Mack, Dave Stern, James Swallow, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore and Susan Wright - No new info.

February 2009:
-A Singular Destiny, by Keith R.A. DeCandido - Destiny follow-up novel, new cover by Alan Dingman:

March 2009:
-Titan novel: Over a Torrent Sea, by Christopher L. Bennett - New Titan novel and Destiny follow-up, new cover by Cliff Nielsen:

-TOS omnibus: Mere Anarchy, by Mike W. Barr, Christopher L. Bennett, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Dave Galanter, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore and Howard Weinstein - Omnibus of the TOS 40th anniversary ebook series, new cover by Alan Dingman:

April 2009:
-Voyager novel: Full Circle, by Kirsten Beyer - New Voyager post-Endgame novel starting after the Spirit Walk duology and going through to post-Destiny times. New cover by Mojo:

-New Frontier novel: Treason, by Peter David - Latest in the New Frontier series, no other info, other than it will-not tie into Destiny.

May 2009:
-Vanguard novel: Open Secrets, by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore - New Vanguard novel, and new cover, by Doug Drexler:

-TOS omnibus: Crucible, by David R. George III - Hardcover omnibus of the 40th anniversary novel trilogy, will apparently contain new story content.

June 2009:
-TOS novel: Troublesome Minds, by David Galanter - New novel set in the five-year mission.

July 2009:
-TNG novel: Losing the Peace, by William Leisner - TNG Destiny follow-up novel.

August 2009:
-DS9 novel: The Soul Key, by Olivia Woods - New relaunch novel following on from Fearful Symmetry. Title may not be final.
-Seven Deadly Sins, by Dayton Wad & Kevin Dilmore, James Swallow, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Jimmy Diggs, David McIntee, Marc Giller and Britta Dennison - An anthology of stories focusing on foes of the Federation, from across the Trek timeline, including: The Romulans (Pride), the Cardassians (Envy), the Klingons (Anger), the Pakleds (Sloth), the Ferengi (Greed), the Borg (Gluttony) and the Mirror Universe (Lust). (Prose version of Alien Spotlight?)

September 2009:
-DS9 novel: The Never Ending Sacrifice, by Una McCormack - Cardassian centered DS9 relaunch novel.

October 2009:
-Enterprise (trade paperback, ie. big) novel: The Romulan War, by Michael A. Martin - The originally planed trilogy squished into a single volume.
-Voyager novel: TBA, by Kirsten Beyer - Full Circle follow-up.

November 2009:
-Titan novel: TBA, by James Swallow - Next in the Titan series.
-Myriad Universes anthology: TBA, by TBA - A third volume to the what-if? series, containing three more short novels.

December 2009:
-Vanguard novel: TBA, by David Mack -Next instalment in the Vanguard series.
-CoE omnibus: Out of the Cocoon, by Kevin Killiany; Robert T. Jeschonek; William Leisner; Phaedra M. Weldon - Latest CoE reprints.

2010:
-The Millennium Bloom, by Mike W. Barr - A Captain April novel, set early in career as captain of the Enterprise.
-Unspoken Truth, by Margaret Wander Bonanno - A Savik novel set after The Voyager Home.

Also on the cards, but not yet scheduled, is Trial Run, the next book by William Shatner, following on from Collision Course.

Newsarmama's coverage of the San Diego Comic Convention Trek-lit events included some addition information: Editor Margaret Clark has stated TOS remains off limits for prose projects for the time being to avoid contradicting the new movie (though the list above has a number of new TOS titles which would seem to contradict that reported statement). Newsarama also offered this startling round up of how big Destiny will be: "a wide-spread fallout that will leave only 11 starships behind" *gasp* I’m scared!

Finally, TrekMovie has been continuing its extensive coverage of the first two Myriad Universes anthologies (out about now), with excerpts reviews and interviews for: Places of Exile, Christopher L. Bennett's alternate take on Voyager; Seeds of Dissent, a DS9 centered alternate universe in which Kahn reigned supreme, by James Swallow; The Chimes at Midnight, Geoff Trowbridge's look at the TOS movie era as it would have been if Yesteryear's alternate timeline with Thelin as first officer had continued; and A Gutted World, Keith R.A. DeCandido's look at the Trekverse had Bajor never been freed from the Cardassians.

Fearful Symmetry excerpt

TrekWeb.com have posted an excerpt from the long awaited next instalment in the DS9 relaunch series of novels, and Mirror Universe novel, Fearful Symmetry, by Olivia Woods.

Make your way to TrekWeb, here, to delve into the history of Iliana Ghemor.

Myriad Universes blurbs

Via TrekWeb, Jeff Ayers and Marco Palmieri have released the blurbs for the Myriad Universes anthologies and the next DS9 relaunch omnibus, These Haunted Seas:

Myriad Universes
It's been said that for any event, there is an infinite number of possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow, and therefore all possibilities that could happen do happen across countless alternate realities. In these divergent realms, known history is bent, like white light through a prism-broken into a boundless spectrum of what-might-have-beens. But in those myriad universes, what might have been . . . is what actually happened.

Infinity's Prism:
A LESS PERFECT UNION by William Leisner: More than a hundred years after the Terra Prime movement achieved its dream of an isolationist Earth, humanity is once again at a fork in the river of history . . . and the path it follows may ultimately be determined by the voice of a single individual: the sole surviving crewmember of the first Starship Enterprise.

PLACES OF EXILE by Christopher L. Bennett: Midway through Voyager's journey across the galaxy, Captain Kathryn Janeway and Commander Chakotay must choose whether to brave a deadly war zone or abandon their quest for home. But an attack by Species 8472 cripples the ship, and the stranded crew must make new choices that will reshape their destinies . . . and that of the Delta Quadrant itself.

SEEDS OF DISSENT by James Swallow: Khan victorious! Almost four centuries after conquering their world, genetically enhanced humans dominate a ruthless interstellar empire. But the warship Defiance, under its augmented commander, Princeps Julian Bashir, makes a discovery that could shake the pillars of his proud civilization: an ancient sleeper ship from Earth named the Botany Bay.

Echoes and Refractions:
THE CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT by Geoff Trowbridge: In a continuum where Spock died during childhood, an Andorian named Thelin became Captain Kirk's stalwart friend and first officer. But at the moment of Khan's final defeat, history takes an even stranger turn, and the emerging potential of Project Genesis is revealed as the galaxy's greatest hope . . . and its most ominous threat.

A GUTTED WORLD by Keith R. A. DeCandido: Terrorist Kira Nerys-from a Bajor that was never liberated-may hold the key to winning a war that has engulfed half the galaxy. But with the Romulans and the Klingons at each other's throats, and the Federation pulled into the conflict, even victory may not bring salvation.

BRAVE NEW WORLD by Chris Roberson: Dr. Noonien Soong's dream has been realized: androids are now woven inextricably into the fabric of the Federation, revolutionizing Starfleet and transforming the quality of humanoid life. But when Soong's long-missing breakthrough creation, Data, mysteriously resurfaces, civilization reaches a crossroads that could lead to a bright new future, or to ruin.

These Haunted Seas:
It is a time of renewed hope. As the U.S.S. Defiant sails through the wormhole and charts a new course of discovery into the unknown ocean of the Gamma Quadrant, powerful individuals from distant worlds gather at station Deep Space 9 to usher in a bright new era; with the Dominion War now only a memory, Bajor is poised at last to enter the Federation. For Colonel Kira Nerys, Commander Elias Vaughn, and all those who follow them, these are the voyages they were born to undertake.

But where they seek to go is defined by the journeys they have made before, and ghosts populate these uncharted waters-the spectres of lost leaders, fallen friends, forsaken lovers, vanquished enemies, and earlier selves. Some of these shades drive the travelers on, others are drawn inexorably into their wake; but all make their presence felt, and in feeling, the men and women of DS9 and the Defiant must somehow navigate the perilous rapids of their pasts in order to find the future.

Originally published as Twilight and This Gray Spirit-the first two novels in the critically acclaimed Mission: Gamma series- These Haunted Seas is the next chapter of the epic saga begun in Twist of Faith, continuing the chronicles of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine beyond the small screen, propelling its heroes to realms they could never have imagined, and truths they cannot escape.

Prose updates from Voyages of Imagination

Jeff Ayers has updated his Voyages of Imagination website with the cover for the forthcoming DS9 omnibus "These Haunted Seas", which features all new artwork by Cliff Nielsen, including the first ever depictions of Ruriko Tenmei and Shathrissia zh'Cheen :

He has also announced the titles of the Myriad Universes volumes and contributing authors, which are as follows:

-Infinity's Prism, featuring novels by Christopher L. Bennett, William Leisner and James Swallow.

-Echoes and Refractions, featuring novels by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Chris Roberson and Geoff Trowbridge.

2008 books

Jeff Ayers has updated his Voyages of Imagination website with news of next years output from Pocket Books, new information and highlights include:

-Shards and Shadows, an anthology of Mirror Universe short stories.
-Terok Nor, the previously announced DS9 prequel miniseries, now has titles.
-These Haunted Seas, a second DS9 relaunch omnibus, this one containing the first two Mission Gamma books.
-Myriad Universe, six novels in two books telling tales from alternate Trek universes (not the mirror universe).
-Fearful Symmetry, the next DS9 relaunch title, delayed a year and has a new author.
-Greater Then the Sum, the next book in the post-Nemesis TNG series.
-Destiny, a three part crossover by David Mack, including elements of TNG, Titan, DS9 and the rest of Trek history.

Check out Voyages of Imagination for full details, including a couple of new blurbs and a tentative schedule.

Fearful Symmetry delayed

Jeff Ayers has revealed on his Voyages of Imagination website that the next DS9 relaunch novel, Leanna Morrow's Fearful Symmetry, has been delayed. The novel was originally due to be released in April and was then pushed back to August it currently has no new release date scheduled.