Final Cross Cult Double Helix cover

Cross Cult seem to be keen to show off their new covers again, with a second one revealed this week, this time for the last book in the Double Helix series, The First Virtue, aka Doppelhelix: Die Oberste Tugend:

Coming soon(ish) from Cross Cult

My German correspondent, Jens Deffner (a regular contributor to the excellent UnrealitySF), has been in touch to inform of the latest news on Cross Cult's German language translations of Star Trek novels. Despite previously suggesting they might slow down their releases of Trek books, Cross Cult still seem to be churning them out at an impressive pace. There are new listings for Vanguard, Typhon Pact, Voyager and TOS in the next year or two.

They are also apparently hoping to acquire the rights to print translations of omnibuses of the Star Trek ongoing comic series; if they get them they hope to publish the first omnibus shortly after Volume One is released in English.

To top it all off they have also released their latest new cover, a neat combo of Bajor and the Federation emblem for Unity, their version of which, titled Einheit, is due out in April:

Continue after the jump for the full schedule of forthcoming Cross Cult releases:

Double Double

Cross Cult have released their latest cover art, for the fifth Doppelhelix (Double Helix) novel, Doppelt oder Nichts (Double or Nothing), the New Frontier book in the series:

Thanks be to Jens Defner (of UnrealitySF) for pointing it out.

Two more German Double Helix covers

Cross Cult have released the cover art for the next two books in their translation of the Doppelhelix (Double Helix) series, Roter Sector (Red Sector) and Quarantäne (Quarantine). I think elderly McCoy is particularly nicely drawn:

 

Books bits

A few book newslets: StarTrek.com recently posted an interview with Dayton Ward on the out-just-about-now next and penultimate Vanguard novel, What Judgments Come. Here's an interesting bit on how the book works as part of the two-part conclusion to the series:

What Judgments Come resolves a few character arcs and storylines on its own, while also "lighting the fuse" for what will be the climactic finish in Storming Heaven. There's even a shared framing sequence that starts and ends both books. Though Storming Heaven will pick up precisely where What Judgment Comes leaves off, Dave, Kevin and I made sure that each book tells its own story while at the same time working together to provide something of a "feature-length series finale episode" feel.

You can read the rest at StarTrek.com. Meanwhile the Simon and Schuster online catalogue has been updated with a new listing for a TNG book by David R George III. Titled At the Prophet's Door, it's due out next June. Might this be a new title for one of the books in the duology we're expecting from George next year?

Finally, Amazon.de has posted an updated version of Cross Cult's cover for Überträger (Vectors), with Kira and Pulaski now swapped:

This is also the version used in Cross Cult's latest catalogue. There aren’t any new listings or covers in said catalogue, but if you want an idea of Cross Cult's output (Trek and otherwise), it’s worth a look (pdf link).

Cross Cult's next Double Helix cover

Cross Cult have posted a draft of their cover for Doppelhelix (Double Helix) books 2: Überträger (Vectors), on their Facebook page. Looks like this:

Cross Cult to publish Double Helix, and other Cross Cult news

2002 English omnibus

Cross Cult has announced it plans to publish German translations of the 1999 crossover series Double Helix, with their version of the six book series starting in February next year. The scheduling falls in line with their release of New Frontier books, as the fifth book in the miniseries will also be the sixth of their New Frontier ones, following on from their latest, Gebranntes Kind (Once Burned).

UPDATE: My German correspondent, Jens Deffner (of Unreality SF), as informed me of some other Cross Cult news:

The Double Helix release will (thankfully!) feature new cover art

Cross Cult have announced they will be slowing down their releases, as the sales have not be able to support the current output. There will now be one novel a month (with possible occasional exceptions). This has affected the schedule: Feuertaufe: McCoy - Die Herkunft der Schatten (Crucible: McCoy - Provenance of Shadows) has been pushed back to October, rather than being released alongside this month's McCoy (Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor) comic release. The next Vanguard book, What Judgments Come, also will no longer be released simultaneously with the US publication, and has for the moment been removed from the schedule all together; but will apparently be released in a timely manner.

New cover artwork for Cross Cult's editions of the Starfleet Academy books was rejected; on the grounds it was too realistic:

The Cross Cult Star Trek website is currently using the original American covers, which I do prefer the more painterly covers of, but it’s a shame they don’t have the additions of the Star Trek title and author name on the cover proposed on the above image.

And finally, the first book in the Destiny trilogy Götter der Nacht (Gods of Night) has done well enough to warrant a second printing!