While Captain Ezri Dax and the crew of the USS Aventine are sent to investigate what is happening at one of the Venette bases, Captain Picard and the Enterprise are assigned to a diplomatic mission to the Venette homeworld in order to broker a mutually acceptable resolution.

Ambassador Garak is working with Captain Picard to oversee the diplomatic reception that will commemorate the last of Starfleet’s personnel finally the homeworld. However, there are malevolent forces at work, who even now strive to “restore Cardassia to its proper place and glory”.

In a desperate attempt to prevent the artificial intelligence known as Control from seizing crucial information that could destroy all sentient life, Commander Michael Burnham donned the “Red Angel” time-travel suit and guided the USS Discovery into the future and out of harm’s way. But something has gone terribly wrong, and Burnham has somehow arrived in a place far different from anything she could have imagined - more than 900 years out of her time.

“Fifteen years ago…you led us out of the darkness. You commanded the greatest rescue armada in history. Then...the unimaginable. What did that cost you? Your faith. Your faith in us. Your faith in yourself. Tell us, why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?” Every end has a beginning…and this electrifying novel details the events leading into the new Star Trek TV series, introducing you to brand-new characters featured in the life of Jean-Luc Picard—widely considered to be one of the most popular and recognizable characters in all of science fiction.

Despite being an inexperienced Starfleet cadet, Sylvia Tilly became essential to the USS Discovery finding its way back home from the Mirror Universe. But how did she find that courage? From where did she get that steel? Who nurtured that spark of brilliance? The Way to the Stars recounts for fans everywhere the untold story of Tilly's past.

Rediscover the extraordinary saga of Deep Space Nine in a landmark collection of tales that confronts assumptions, divulges secrets, and asks as many questions as it answers. These stories, entwined with familiar episodes, reveal the world of Deep Space Nine anew.

As Miles O'Brien joins in the reconstruction of Cardassia's infrastructure, his wife Keiko spearheads the planet's difficult agricultural renewal. On Andor, biological necessity clashes with personal ethics as Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane returns home to the planet he forswore, to face not only the consequences of his choices, but a clandestine plan to alter the very nature of his kind.

Sisko is summoned to Earth to take part in the first Allied talks to come out of the Federation's new partnership with the Romulans. But Sisko's conscience weighs heavily on him ... while elements within Starfleet itself set in motion a scheme to use Elim Garak as a pawn against a human political dissident who may hold the key to the outcome of the war.

Rugal is an orphaned Cardassian who has been raised by the people his race once conquered, the Bajorans. Rugal becomes the living witness to the downfall of the proud people to whom he was born. Through it all, Rugal’s singular perspective illuminates the choices that brought the Cardassians to their ruin.

Captain Ro Laren is drawn into the affairs of the People of the Open Sky, who have come to the station in search of sanctuary. As tensions rise on the station, the science vessel Athene Donald arrives as part of its journey of exploration. The brainchild of Doctor Pulaski, the ship is crewed by different species from the Khitomer Accords and the Typhon Pact.