Download or read book Belle Terre ST New Earth 2 written by Dean Wesley Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-06-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thrilling Star Trek novel, the crew of the Starship Enterprise embarks on its most ambitious assignment yet: to lead a courageous band of settlers to a far-off planet and defend the fragile new colony from alien threats amidst the mysteries of a stunning new Earth. A six-month journey from the Federation, the planet Belle Terre offers a new life to more than 30,000 families, pioneers, scientists, expatriates, go-getters, loners, and entrepreneurs, all under the watchful eye of Captain Kirk and his crew. But the would-be colonists have barely settled in the untamed wilderness of their new home when Spock makes a startling discovery: not only does the planet’s moon contains a rare ore of almost inestimable value, that same moon is also violently unstable. Within months, it will inevitably explode—destroying all life on Belle Terre. Will the Starship Enterprise be able to save this new Earth and all its inhabitants before it’s too late?

Download or read book The Flaming Arrow St written by Kathy Oltion and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-06-26 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the borders of the Federation, Captain James T. Kirk works to defend an isolated colony on a newly discovered planet, hinder aggression from neighboring alien races, and ensure the survival of a brave new world in this unputdownable Star Trek novel. The tenacious colonists of Belle Terre have survived countless hardships and natural disasters of their new home, only to face a deadly foreign enemy. The alien species Kauld, intent on claiming the world’s unique resources for their own, are determined to destroy the human settlements at any cost. Months away from any hope of Starfleet reinforcements, the Starship Enterprise is all that stands between Belle Terre and an all-out alien invasion. But Kirk and his valiant crew may not be enough to save the planet from a relentless assault by the ultimate superweapon.

Download or read book Gateways Book Seven What Lay Beyond written by Various and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created by an incalculably ancient civilisation whose transcendent technology is quantum levels beyond that of the Federation and its allies, the newly discovered Gateways offer instantaneous transportation across the stars. Their sudden reactivation has destabilised relations between planets and cultures hitherto separated by countless light years. Starfleet's finest have coped with the crisis as best they can, but circumstances have forced a handful of valiant commanders, one after another, to make the leap through separate Gateways into the unknown. Each of these brave heroes has taken the ultimate gamble and hurled themselves bodily into a Gateway with no knowledge or forwarning of what they will find on the other side. Each must face a unique personal challenge and find their own way back to the ships and the homes they left behind. And beyond at least one of the Gates are their mysterious and primordial architects, the ageless Iconians themselves... THE AUTHORS of the Gateways saga are: Diane Carey, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Christie Golden, Robert Greenberger and Susan Wright.

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 Belle Terre written by Dean Wesley Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last! The long awaited novel featuring both famous crews of the Starship Enterprisein an epic adventure that spans time and space. Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. EnterpriseNCC-1701 are faced with their most challenging mission yet--rescuing renowned scientist Zefram Cochrane from captors who want to use his skills to conquer the galaxy. Meanwhile, ninety-nine years in the future on the U.S.S. EnterpriseNCC-1701-D, Picard must rescue an important and mysterious person whose safety is vital to the survival of the Federation. As the two crews struggle to fulfill their missions, destiny draws them closer together until past and future merge--and the fate of each of the two legendary starships rests in the hands of the other vessel...

Download or read book Cloak and Dagger written by Christie Golden and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-02-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cloak and Dagger: Dark Matters #1 It is a scientific truth that the structure of the universe depends on the amount of "dark matter" contained in the cosmos. When sinister forces threaten to tamper with the very nature of reality, Captain Janeway and the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager must risk everything to restore the universal balance.... Years ago, near the beginning of its long journey, Voyager made contact with a brilliant Romulan scientist whose present was Voyager 's past. Now Telek R'Mor communicates with Janeway again -- to warn her of a dire plot to capture Voyager and turn its "future" technology against the Federation of yesterday. But more than just the timeline is at stake. Voyager itself may be carrying a menace deadly to all creation!

Download or read book The Dominion War Book 1 written by John Vornholt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-07-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Gamma quadrant they came -- hordes of fierce Jem'Hadar warriors commanded by the mysterious Changelings, who will stop at nothing to achieve victory over both the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon™ Empire. Now that the Dominion has entered into an unholy alliance with the Cardassian military regime and seized control of Deep Space Nine™, Starfleet finds itself fighting a losing war against unbeatable odds. As mighty fleets clash in the deadly battleground of space, the fate of the entire Alpha Quadrant hangs in the balance. The Enterprise-E is patrolling the Cardassian border, bracing for the joint Dominion-Cardassian offensive that Starfleet knows will come soon, when Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew are reunited with a former crewmate, friend, and enemy: Ro Laren. The onetime officer, who defected from Starfleet to join the rebel Maquis, brings disturbing news. Deep behind enemy lines, the Dominion is attempting to build an artificial wormhole that will allow them to bypass the mined Bajoran wormhole and bring fresh reinforcements into the Alpha Quadrant, altering the balance of power irrevocably. If Captain Picard cannot stop the project, the new wormhole will guarantee the ultimate victory of the Dominion!

Download or read book I Q written by John de Lancie and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction roman.

Download or read book Swordhunt written by Diane Duane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When readers last saw Ael t'Rllaillieu, she rescued Dr. Leonard McCoy from the very Senate Chamber where he was to be executed, stole the Sword in the Empty Chair, and fled into Federation space. Now, as the Romulands seeks to recover the sword at any cost, Ael must deter war, foil her enemies, and keep ship and crew safe.

Download or read book Star Trek The Original Series New Earth 5 Thin Air written by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Kirk and the Enterprise must defend the colonists of Belle Terre from aliens using biochemical warfare.

Download or read book Gateways 2 written by Diane Carey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-10-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dangerous remnants of an extinct interstellar civilization, the Gateways connect the Alpha Quadrant with the farthest reaches of the galaxy. Hidden away in various corners of the universe, the ancient portals could be the future of space travel, but they may also provide a open doorway for an invasion from beyond! Twenty years ago, in the space near Belle Terre, a caravan of alien vessels disappeared into a gigantic Gateway. Now the descendants of those aliens have returned, armed with incredible new weapons and abilities. Captain Nick Keller of the U.S.S. Challenger, already struggling to maintain peace in the troubled sector, must now cope with a fleet of hostile aliens driven by their own fanatical agenda!

Download or read book Star Trek Deep Space Nine Day of Honor 2 Armageddon Sky written by L.A. Graf and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-07-21 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worf and the USS Defiant find themselves in a deadly trap in this suspenseful and white-knuckled thriller in the bestselling Day of Honor series taking place in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Dispatched on a secret mission, Commander Worf and the crew of the USS Defiant find themselves trapped—along with the exiled Klingons who had pledged their loyalty to Worf’s dishonored family—on an alien world threatened by a global cataclysm. Worf must find a way to save himself and his fellow Klingons and also prevent a bloody massacre that will forever stain the honor of the Klingon Empire.

Download or read book Renaissance written by Peter David and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-02-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ship is only a memory, but the drama unfolds.... The U.S.S. Excalibur has been obliterated. Its captain, Mackenzie Calhoun is gone. Now the surviving crew members are dispersed throughout the galaxy, seeking to forge new lives in the wake of the Excalibur's destruction. For Dr. Selar, the ship's former medical officer, that means facing a very personal crisis. Following the birth of her child, the Vulcan doctor returned to her homeworld, determined to raise the child exclusively in the way of logic. But the child's father, the Hermat Lieutenant Commander Burgoyne, has hir own views regarding their offspring's future, and s/he intends to fight for hir paternal rights, even if it means appealing to the highest authorities of two worlds! Elsewhere in the Alpha Quadrant, Lieutenant Robin Lefler and her enigmatic mother travel to the pleasure planet Risa where they encounter a genuine Starfleet legend....

Download or read book Do Comets Dream written by S.P. Somtow and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-06-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every five thousand years, so the people of the planet Thanet believe, the world ends in fire and a new cycle of creation begins. Now the Last Days are once again upon them, and a fiery star draws near. This is the Death-Bringer, the Eater of the World, whose coming heralds the end of all things.... But to Captain Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise™; the Death-Bringer appears to be nothing but a rogue comet, easily destroyed. Picard faces a difficult dilemma: how can he save the Thanetians' rich and intricate civilization without destroying the very beliefs upon which their culture is based? This quandary is challenge enough, yet the captain's position becomes even more complicated when Deanna Troi discovers that, incredibly, the comet is alive!

Download or read book Gateways 4 written by Keith R. A. DeCandido and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once they moved from world to world in a single step, through innumerable doors that spanned the galaxy. They were masters of space, and to those who feared them, they were demons of air and darkness. But long ago they left their empire and their miraculous technology behind. Now someone has found the key to it, and all those doors have been þung open. A world near Deep Space 9™, threatened with destruction from the distant Delta Quadrant, becomes the focus of a massive rescue effort as Colonel Kira Nerys, her crew, and some unexpected allies Þght to avert disaster on a planetary scale. Meanwhile, as Lieutenant Nog and Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane search for a way to shut down the spatial portals forever, Quark becomes involved in a dangerous game that could determine, once and for all, who will control the Gateways.

Download or read book Gateways 5 written by Christie Golden and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the galaxy, an ancient network of interstellar portals has been reactivated, instantly linking distant planets and civilizations. Back home in the Alpha Quadrant, Starfleet can devote all its considerable resources to coping with the Gateways crisis, but in the Delta Quadrant, there is only the Starship Voyager®.... Just as Voyager enters an unusually hazardous region of space, the ship and its crew are confronted with a flood of lost and disoriented starships from all over the galaxy. Accidentally transported incredible distances by the unpredictable Gateways, the diverse alien castaways regard each other and Voyager with hostility and suspicion. Captain Kathryn Janeway suddenly finds herself struggling to hold together an extremely fractious fleet of dislocated alien vessels even as the newly awakened Gateways hold open the prospect of finally bringing her own ship home!

Download or read book Requiem written by Peter David and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-04-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the U.S.S. Excalibur was suddenly and mercilessly destroyed, Starfleet lost one of its finest starships. But the crew members of the Excalibur lost their captain...and their home. Now, in mourning for their ship and Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, First Officer Elizabeth Shelby and the rest of the crew await new assignments For Lieutenant Soleta, that means a painful reunion with her Romulan father, while Zak Kebron and Mark McHenry are sent undercover to investigate a series of mysterious alien abductions an a low-tech world. Going their separate ways throughout the Alpha Quadrant, the Excalibur's survivors must face diverse challenges and dangers on their own. The ship is history, but the adventure continues...