Novels by Michael Jan Friedman 40

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1967 → 2026 · 40 of 795 books

Michael Jan Friedman

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TOS
21562165+12 more
Shards and Shadows
Set in 2156, 2165 and 12 other periods

Twelve short stories that fill in more than two centuries of Mirror Universe history, from Empress Sato's reign to the fall of the Terran Empire and the rebellion against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. They cover all five shows of the time as well as novel series like Klingon Empire.

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2379
TNG
Death in Winter

Kevratas is a bleak, frozen world on the far side of the Romulan Neutral Zone where the Federation has become the plague-ravaged natives' only real hope. Picard teams up with two former Stargazer colleagues: Pug Joseph and Doctor Carter Greyhorse.

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TOS
21522317+2 more
Tales from the Captain's Table
Set in 2152, 2317 and 2 other periods

Nine new Star Trek captains belly up to the bar to tell their tales of adventure and romance, of triumph and tragedy, of duty and honor, of debts paid and prices exacted.

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2333
Maker

Ensign Andreas Nikolas has resigned his post on the Stargazer to seek a home on a freighter, which is taken over by a monstrous alien with unbelievable powers and a disdain for all forms of life. Without saying why, the alien sends the freighter hurtling toward a part of space inhabited by the Ubarrak, the Federation's deadliest and most xenophobic enemy.

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2373–2375
DS9
Tales of the Dominion War

Twelve stories from the Dominion War, from the front lines to the places the show never went: Klingon warships, the Romulan Empire, the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, the former crew of the Stargazer and the edge of New Frontier space.

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2333
Enigma

Starfleet ships are attacked by a mysterious alien aggressor - one who appears to possess an intimate knowledge of the vessel's tactical technology. Young Captain Picard of the U.S.S. Stargazer is ordered to help form a desperate line of defense against the aggressor. But it seems nothing can stop the aliens' headlong plunge into the heart of the Federation.

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Oblivion

In 1893, while traveling back in time, Jean-Luc Picard saves the life of Guinan, a long-lived alien El-Aurian, with whom he, now commander of the Stargazer, is reunited in his own time, five centuries later. This is the story of that fateful meeting, and of a Guinan very different from the woman we think we know - a person wracked by pain and longing, shaken to the roots of her soul.

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2333
Three

The bond between identical twins Gerda and Idun Asmund, human children raised as warriors on the Klingon homeworld, is tested when a transporter accident brings a mysterious visitor aboard the Stargazer, a woman from another universe who closely resembles the twins, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard races against time to send the woman home.

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2333
Gauntlet

With the interstellar pirate known as the White Wolf wreaking havoc across several sectors, inexperienced young starship captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Stargazer are given the task of stopping the terrorist's raids on Federation cargo ships.

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2333
Progenitor

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Stargazer head for the homeworld of ship's engineer Phigus Simenon and his lizard-like race for a traditional fertility competition, but they soon discover that an unknown enemy not only wants Phigus out of the competition, they want him dead.

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2160–2161
Starfleet: Year One
2160–2161Michael Jan FriedmanMar 2002

Starfleet is brand new, and the captains of its first ships can't agree on what it should be. Admiral Walker wants it run like a military and backs Captain Aaron Stiles for command of the new Daedalus-class flagship, while scientist Bryce Shumar and the others push back, until an unknown enemy starts destroying the bases of the Oreias system.

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2333
TNG
Also2069–2070
The Valiant
Also set in 2069⁠–⁠2070

Three hundred years ago, the SS Valiant was destroyed during an attempt to cross the Galactic Barrier. Now, descendants of Valiant survivors warn that a hostile alien species are preparing to invade our galaxy. Starfleet orders the USS Stargazer to investigate at once.

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DS9
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The Lives of Dax
Set in 2075, 2159 and 6 other periods

The nine lives of Dax are revealed in a unique anthology of stories, one for each life of the symbiant organism that has occupied a variety of humanoid hosts.

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2375–2376
New Worlds, New Civilizations
2375–2376Michael Jan FriedmanNov 1999

An illustrated travelogue of the galaxy just after the Dominion War, written by Michael Jan Friedman as reports by Federation journalists. It visits a Borg ship, Klingon warriors welcoming their new chancellor, Starbase 11 and the Q Continuum, with art and maps by nineteen artists.

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2350
TNG
The First Virtue

While Picard, captain of the USS Stargazer, struggles to keep the peace between two alien races, Lieutenant Commander Jack Crusher must team up with a Vulcan officer named Tuvok to uncover the hidden architect of the attacks.

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2264–2265
TOS
Enterprise
2264–2265TOS #87Michael Jan FriedmanJan 1999

The gripping conclusion to the story of Jim Kirk's lost friend, the man who helped shape a Starfleet captain.

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2265
TOS
Republic

A routine training mission with a young Kirk and Gary Mitchell on the U.S.S. Republic is diverted to a planet where centuries of bloody interplanetary conflict are about to end in a ceremony of reconciliation. Kirk and Gary quickly find themselves in the middle of a life-and-death struggle against terrorists.

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2265
TOS
Constitution

Captain Kirk recalls a time seven years earlier, when he and Gary Mitchell were assigned to the U.S.S. Constitution, Gary as chief navigator and Kirk as second officer, when the starship comes to the defense of an alien world menaced by ruthless invaders. An early attack leaves both the captain and the first officer in comas, and Kirk must take command for the first time.

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2371
TNG
Dujonian's Hoard

Captain Picard recounts his secret Starfleet mission to rescue one Richard Brant, a former Starfleet officer who had disappeared while searching for the legendary treasure trove of historical artifacts known as Dujonian's Hoard.

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2374
TNG
Planet X

On the planet Xhaldia, ordinary men and women are mutating into bizarre creatures with extraordinary powers. Dispatched to cope with the growing crisis, the crew of the Enterprise receive some unexpected visitors from another reality, a group of mutant heroes known as the X-Men.

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2374
VOY
Day of Honor: The Television Episode

Trouble with the warp engines has crippled the USS Voyager just as it confronts a deadly threat. B'Elanna Torres and Tom Paris must put their lives on the line to restore the engines. With time running out, Torres has one last chance to accept the great loss she once suffered and reveal the true feelings she has buried for years.

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2372
VOY
Her Klingon Soul

Ashamed of her Klingon heritage, B'Elanna Torres regards the Day of Honor as an unwanted reminder of all she has struggled to repress. Imprisoned by the enigmatic Risatti, forced to mine for deadly radioactive ore, Torres will need all of her strength and cunning to survive - and her honor as well.

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2372
DS9
Wrath of the Prophets

When Bajor is threatened with extinction by a terrible disease, Captain Sisko accepts help from Ro Laren, a Starfleet officer turned Maquis renegade, who teams up with a reluctant Kira in a quest to track the plague to its source.

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2372
DS9
Saratoga

En route to a ceremony for the new U.S.S. Saratoga, Captain Sisko and his reunited crew are sucked into a destructive energy wave that leaves them only hours to live.

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2371
TNG
Kahless

For 1500 years, the Klingons have revered Kahless as their first emperor. A clone of the original Kahless now reigns as emperor, but the discovery of an ancient scroll throws the legends into doubt and threatens to tear the Klingon empire apart.

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2371
TNG
Crossover

A Romulan spy disguised as a Unification sympathizer takes Spock and his students hostage. Starfleet dispatches the USS Enterprise 1701-D to secure the hostages' release. Ambassador McCoy is brought in to consult on the negotiations

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2338
TNG
Also2341
Mystery of the Missing Crew
Also set in 2341

On his way to enroll at Starfleet Academy, Data is left in charge when the rest of the crew of the transport Yosemite vanishes during a tense encounter with an alien ship.

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2341
TNG
Secret of the Lizard People

Cadet Data and his group are sent to help an alien space station caught in an asteroid field, only to find its crew turning into lizards because of the radiation.

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2369
TNG
Requiem

On their way to the Gorn Homeworld the Enterprise stops to investigate a mysterious alien artifact. Captain Picard is suddenly hurled through time and space and the Gorn summit goes terribly wrong.

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TNG
All Good Things...

Captain Picard travels back and forth among his past, present, and future as he and the crew of the Enterprise fight to prevent the destruction of the human race.

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2293
TOS
Shadows on the Sun

Ordered to transport a group of mediators to a planet where assassination is a time-honored tradition, McCoy is surprised to learn that his ex-wife is one of the mediators.

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2369
TNG
Relics

After missing in space for 75 years, Scotty is found by the crew of Picard's Enterprise. Now Scotty must do the impossible when the new Enterprises faces a very old danger in a remote sector of space.

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2267
TOS
The Disinherited

Gamma Xaridian suffers a brutal attack a the hands of a mysterious alien fleet. Captain Kirk and the Enterprise are dispatched to investigate the attacks, only to find the planets completely devastated.

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TOS
Faces of Fire

On a remote planet, Spock and a young boy named David Marcus are caught in a desperate Klingon power struggle.

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TNG
Reunion

A reunion between Picard and his former crew from his command of the USS Stargazer turns deadly when a ruthless assassin begins eliminating the Stargazer crew one by one.

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2268
TOS
Legacy

A routine survey of the planet Alpha Octavius Four turns disastrous as Spock is attacked and poisoned by a huge creature and Kirk's landing party is trapped underground by a violent earthquake. As Spock fights for his life in sickbay, Scotty organizes a search for Kirk and his men. However, rescue efforts must cease when the U.S.S. Enterprise is called away to the Beta Cabrini system where a mining colony is under heavy attack.

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2366
TNG
Fortune's Light

Years ago, Riker was part of the delegation that opened Imprima to the Federation. Now the disappearance of an old friend draws Riker and the Enterprise back to Imprima where a jewel known as Fortune's Light has been stolen. Riker must discover the truth behind the disappearance of both his friend and Fortune's Light, no easy task on a world where treachery and intrigue are commonplace.

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2366
TNG
Doomsday World

Geordi, Data and Word find themselves imprisoned and the prime suspects in a series of terrorist attacks on Kirlos, an artificial world built by a mysterious long-dead race called the Ariantu.

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2365
TNG
A Call to Darkness

The Enterprise discovers a lifeless Federation research vessel, orbibting a planet hidden behind a mysterious energy shield. Captain Picard and an away team beam over in search of the missing crew - and vanish.

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2268
TOS
Double, Double

The crew of the Enterprise begin a long-overdue shore leave on Tranquility Seven when a bizarre case of mistaken identity plunges Kirk into a whirlpool of mayhem and murder and puts an inhuman stranger with his memories and abilities in command of the Enterprise.

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