Download or read book Star Trek Ring Around the Sky written by Allyn Gibson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-03-29 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS The Tellarite colony world of Kharzh'ulla is a planet of many wonders, but its greatest feature is the Ring, a massive orbital construction, serviced by a series of "space elevators." During the Dominion War, the elevators were damaged by a Jem'Hadar attack. Now, a year and a half later, the elevators have weakened to the point that the entire Ring may collapse, endangering the planet's population -- unless the crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci can save them. But Kharzh'ulla also contains several deadly secrets from Lieutenant Commander Tev's youth. In order for the S.C.E. to save the planet, Tev must face more than one demon from his past...
Download or read book Voyages of Imagination The Star Trek Fiction Companion written by Jeff Ayers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-12-29 with total page 1313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through four decades, five television series comprising over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series, fandom's thirst for more Star Trek stories has been unquenchable. From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s, followed by the first original Star Trek novels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the rich Star Trek tapestry. But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience the Star Trek mythos anew to others? Voyages of Imagination takes a look back on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books. Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with the covers of every book included herein, Voyages of Imagination is indexed by title and author, features a comprehensive timeline, and is a must-have for every fan.
Download or read book Star Trek Corps of Engineers Grand Designs written by Allyn Gibson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling Star Trek short story collection featuring Starfleet’s Corps of Engineers! Corps of Engineers These are the voyages of the U.S.S. da Vinci. Their mission: to solve the problems of the galaxy, one disaster at a time. Starfleet veteran Captain David Gold, along with his crack Starfleet Corps of Engineers team lead by former Starship Enterprise ™ engineer Commander Sonya Gomez, travel throughout the Federation and beyond to fix the unfixable, repair the irreparable, and solve the unsolvable. Whether it's an artificial planetary ring that was damaged during the Dominion War, an out-of-control generation ship, a weapons inspection gone horribly wrong, shutting down a crashed probe, solving a centuries-old medical mystery, or clearing a sargasso sea of derelict ships, the S.C.E. is on the case! But the problems they face aren't just technical; Tev must confront the demons of his past, Lense must confront the demons of her present, Gold faces a crisis of leadership on his own ship, and Gomez must lead an away team into the middle of a brutal ground war. Plus the da Vinci crew must find a way to work with their Klingon counterparts in a deadly rescue mission.
Download or read book Star Trek Corps of Engineers Aftermath written by Keith R. A. DeCandido and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having recovered from the catastrophic events of Wildfire, the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team on the U.S.S. da Vinci meets its new second officer: Mor glasch Tev, an arrogant Tellarite who's the best there is -- and he knows it. Even as Captain Gold and Commander Gomez get used to their acerbic new officer, the S.C.E. team faces crises in its own solar system. A strange vessel appears in the middle of San Francisco that the S.C.E. must deal with -- aided by engineers extraordinaire Montgomery Scott and Miles O'Brien. Then they have to help the Venus terraforming team -- a mission that brings Bynar computer expert Soloman to a difficult crossroads. That's only the beginning of the challenges for the Corps as it faces a Ferengi with a time machine, a prison colony in a black hole -- and a mission from the Dominion War that comes back to haunt the da Vinci crew in more ways than one. . . .
Download or read book Star Trek The Original Series Constellations Anthology written by Marco Palmieri and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star Trek: Constellations is a mind-blowing collection of specially-commissioned stories designed to go where no anthology has gone before. Featuring the iconic heroes of the Star Trek universe -- the legendary characters who were the inspiration for all those who followed -- this treasure trove of untold tales recreates all the sense of adventure that marked the original Star Trek when it first burst on to our television screens in 1966. Each story takes as its inspiration an element of 'unfinished business' from the original series so that they read like 'lost episodes' of the television show, exploring aspects of the Star Trek crew and their adventures which have intrigued Trekkers ever since the original series ended. The result is a magnificent tribute to the series that changed the face of television history and will have millions of fans worldwide feeling as though they have just discovered a whole 'missing' season of their favourite show.
Download or read book Star Trek The Demon Book 1 written by Loren Coleman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS What begins as a simple investigation of a peculiar subspace signal leads to an errand of mercy, as the da Vinci responds to a distress call -- from the edge of a black hole! Hundreds of years ago, the Resaurians placed a station near the event horizon, forever teetering on the edge of the abyss, and now the S.C.E. must find a way to rescue them. But the black hole, known as "the Demon," contains centuries-old secrets that the Resaurians will kill to protect -- and both the U.S.S. da Vinci and the station may be sacrificed to the Demon in order to preserve those secrets! THE DEMON Book 1 of 2
Download or read book Star Trek New Frontier No Limits Anthology written by Peter David and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-10-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, Star Trek: New Frontier® debuted and became an instant sensation, chronicling the exciting adventures of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the U.S.S. Excalibur, as told by New York Times bestselling author Peter David. Now, over a dozen books later, Peter David has gathered some of the finest Star Trek authors to tell new tales of the Excalibur crew: Dayton Ward's thrilling adventure from Calhoun's sordid past Loren L. Coleman's tale of Shelby's first experience with the Borg Robert Greenberger's origin of "Lefler's Laws" Susan Shwartz's adventure with Soleta and Ambassador Spock Terri Osborne's chronicle of Selar's encounter with the Q David Mack's tale of the longest day of Zak Kebron's life plus stories by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Susan Wright, Josepha Sherman, Ilsa J. Bick, Kevin Dilmore, Christina F. York, Robert T. Jeschonek, Peg Robinson, Mary Scott-Wiecek, Allyn Gibson, and Glenn Hauman & Lisa Sullivan. Added Bonus! Peter David himself tells the untold story of Calhoun and Shelby's honeymoon on Xenex!
Download or read book Star Trek Corps of Engineers Signs from Heaven written by Phaedra M. Weldon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a century, the Cloud City of Stratos that hovers over Ardana has been abandoned, left only as a curiosity and a museum piece following the brutal civil war between the City Dwellers and the Troglytes. Now the city is starting to fall, and it's up to the S.C.E. team on the U.S.S. da Vinci to keep it from crashing to Ardana's surface. However, there's more to this than the usual engineer- ing conundrum. Relics from Ardana's past provide obstacles -- from a parasite that invades Fabian Stevens's brain to a booby trap that endangers Bart Faulwell's life, and þnally to the S.C.E. being caught in the cross þre between two opposing factions, whose disagreements may cost two da Vinci crew members their lives!
Download or read book Star Trek The Demon Book 2 written by Loren Coleman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS Over the years, the S.C.E. team on the U.S.S. da Vinci has solved innumerable problems, and escaped from numerous deathtraps, from the ravages of interspace to the gas giant of Galvan VI. Now, they must enter the outer reaches of a deadly black hole known as "the Demon" in order to rescue an away team from a hidden Resaurian prison teetering on the edge of the singularity. But the Resaurians will do everything they can to preserve their secrets, and keep the da Vinci from getting out of the Demon alive! THE DEMON Book 2 of 2
Download or read book Star Trek TNG The Sky s the Limit written by Marco Palmieri and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive anthology of untold stories from Star Trek's television series.
Download or read book No Limits written by Peter David and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers new to the New Frontier series and for fans of Peter David's original creation, the charismatic, complex and volatile Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, the first eight books in the New Frontier series are here collected into one magnificent omnibus volume. From rescuing refugees from the Thallonian Empire to battling the unstoppable Black Mass, the adventures of Captain Calhoun and his crew will have both collectors and first-time fans on the edge of their seats.
Download or read book Star Trek Failsafe written by David Mack and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-05-21 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a cultural observation probe malfunctions and crash-lands on a pre-warp world, the S.C.E. is sent in to destroy it before the technology falls into the hands of a civilization not prepared for it. Unfortunately, when Commander Gomez and her team arrive, they find that the device has already been captured by terrorist forces who intend to reverse-engineer the technology into a weapon that will change the balance of power on their world to deadly effect! Now it's a race against time for the S.C.E. to find and destroy the probe before it's too late!
Download or read book Star Trek Orphans written by Kevin Killiany and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-04-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colony ship careens out of control through space on the border between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. A joint rescue mission made up of both Klingon and Starfleet engineers is sent to investigate. But the S.C.E. team from the U.S.S. da Vinci and their Klingon counterparts soon find themselves with a more difficult problem than they realized. The colony isn't just out of control—it's dying. The inhabitants of the colony ship are a pre-industrial society that has no inkling of their deadly fate. Can Federation and Klingon engineers work together to save the colony ship from total destruction?
Download or read book Star Trek Spin written by J. Steven York and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS The S.C.E. thought it would be a simple task: a derelict vessel heading straight for the inhabited world of Locra needs to be diverted to avoid catastrophe. However, the derelict isn't as easy to deflect as it would seem -- the S.C.E. team must figure out how to operate the vessel before it crashes and destroys the Locra civilization. The derelict isn't the only thing on this mission witha secret, and even as Commander Sonya Gomez and her crack team try to unlock the secrets of the ship, Captain David Gold must find out what the Locra are hidingŠ. SPIN
Download or read book Star Trek Bitter Medicine written by Dave Galanter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A routine salvage operation becomes a desperate rescue mission, as the U.S.S. da Vinci encounters a failing abandoned ship -- that isn't so abandoned! There is one survivor aboard the derelict vessel: a boy who carries a most deadly disease. Even as the S.C.E. works to salvage the ship, Dr. Lense must race the clock to find a cure for the boy -- or condemn him to live out his days alone on the dying vessel!
Download or read book Star Trek Sargasso Sector written by Paul Kupperberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-07-26 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS The assignment seemed mundane enough: clearaway a "junk pile" of abandoned ships that are adrift in a region of space that is in the way of a convoy of colony vessels en route to a new world. But the S.C.E.'s missions never stay routine for very long... Odd occurrences start happening all over the U.S.S. da Vinci, compounded by the fact that none of their solutions for clearing the ships seems to be working. Soon, the very nature of reality becomes endangered, and Soloman must interface with a powerful alien computer to keep the da Vinci from falling victim to the... SARGASSO SECTOR
Download or read book Star Trek Grand Designs written by Dayton Ward and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-05-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tensions between two planets in the Rhaax system have abated to the point where the sides have agreed to disarmament. The S.C.E. crew on the U.S.S. da Vinci is sent along with a Federation diplomat to act as weapons inspectors to make sure that the terms of the cease-fire and disarmament are followed. But soon the S.C.E. learns that neither side has any intention of truly disarming -- and then Tev, P8 Blue, and Soloman are captured by one side. Captain Gold must find a way to rescue his crew, and keep the peace, before both planets explode!
