STAR TREK BOOK GUIDE As of May 31, 1994 Compiled by Arnold E. van Beverhoudt, Jr. 71777,2365 Dear Star Trek Fan, Over the years I've been maintaining this Star Trek book guide and a separate guide to the Star Trek episodes on dBase III+. I hope you find it useful. If you share this file with anyone else, please keep this page as part of the file. I would welcome any comments, suggestions, or corrections. Look for file TREKTV.TXT for a similar guide to all of the TOS, TAS, TNG, and DS9 episodes and the feature films. Arnold STAR TREK BOOK GUIDE As of May 31, 1994 Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES Bantam Books Original Series Adaptations Star Trek 1 01/67 James Blish Adaptations of: Charlie X, Dagger of the Mind, Man Trap, Balance of Terror, The Naked Time, Miri, and The Conscience of the King. Star Trek 2 02/68 James Blish Adaptations of: Arena, A Taste of Armageddon, Errand of Mercy, Court-Martial, Operation: Annihilate, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Space Seed. Star Trek 3 04/69 James Blish Adaptations of: The Trouble with Tribbles, The Last Gunfight, The Doomsday Machine, Assignment: Earth, Friday's Child, and Amok Time. Star Trek 4 07/71 James Blish Adaptations of: All Our Yesterdays, The Devil in the Dark, Journey to Babel, The Menagerie, The Enterprise Incident, and A Piece of the Action. Star Trek 5 02/72 James Blish Adaptations of: Whom Gods Destroy, The Tholian Web, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, This Side of Paradise, Turnabout Intruder, Requiem for Metuselah, and The Way to Eden. Star Trek 6 04/72 James Blish Adaptations of: The Savage Curtain, The Lights of Zetar, The Apple, By Any Other Name, The Cloud Minders, and The Mark of Gideon. Star Trek 7 07/72 James Blish Adaptations of: Who Mourns for Adonis, The Changeling, The Paradise Syndrome, Metamorphosis, The Deadly Years, and Elaan of Troyius. Star Trek 8 11/72 James Blish Adaptations of: Spock's Brain, The Enemy Within, Catspaw, Where No Man Has Gone Before, Wolf in the Fold, and For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Star Trek 9 08/73 James Blish Adaptations of: Return to Tomorrow, The Ultimate Computer, That Which Survives, Obsession, The Return of the Archons, and The Immunity Syndrome. Star Trek 10 02/74 James Blish Adaptations of: The Alternative Factor, The Empath, Galileo Seven, Is There in Truth No Beauty, A Private Little War, and The Omega Glory. Star Trek 11 04/75 James Blish Adaptations of: What Are Little Girls Made of, The Squire of Gothos, Wink of an Eye, Bread and Circuses, Day of the Dove, and Plato's Stepchildren. Star Trek 12 11/77 James Blish - Adaptations of: Patterns of J.A. Force, The Gamesters of Lawrence-Blish Triskelion, And the Children Shall Lead, The Corbomite Maneuver, and Shore Leave. Mudd's Angels 05/78 J.A. Adaptations of: Mudd's Woman, Lawrence-Blish I Mudd, and The Business as Usual During Altercations (original story). Ballantine Books Animated Series Adaptations Star Trek Log 1 06/74 Alan Dean Foster Adaptations of: Beyond the Farthest Star, Yesteryear, and One of Our Planets Is Missing. Star Trek Log 2 09/74 Alan Dean Foster Adaptations of: The Survivor, The Lorelei Signal, and The Infinite Vulcan. Star Trek Log 3 01/75 Alan Dean Foster Adaptations of: Once Upon a Planet, Mudd's Passion, The Magicks of Megas-Tu. Star Trek Log 4 03/75 Alan Dean Foster Adaptations of: The Terratin Incident, Time Trap, and More Tribbles More Troubles. Star Trek Log 5 08/75 Alan Dean Foster Adaptations of: The Ambergris Element, The Pirates of Orion, and Jihad. Star Trek Log 6 03/76 Alan Dean Foster Adaptations of: Albatross, The Practical Joker, and How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Star Trek Log 7 06/76 Alan Dean Foster Adaptation of: The Counter-Clock Incident. Star Trek Log 8 08/76 Alan Dean Foster Adaptation of: The Eye of the Beholder. Star Trek Log 9 02/77 Alan Dean Foster Adaptation of: Bem. Star Trek 01/78 Alan Dean Foster Adaptation of: Slaver Weapon. Log 10 Bantam Books Short Story Collections The New Voyages 03/76 (Editors) Sondra Short stories: Ni Var, Marshak - Myrna Intersection Point, The Culbreath Enchanted Pool, Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited, Face on the Barroom Floor, The Hunting, The Winged Dreamers, and The Mindsifter. The New 01/78 (Editors) Sondra Short stories: Surprise, Snake Voyages 2 Marshak - Myrna Pit, The Patient Parasite, In Culbreath the Maze, Marginal Existence, The Procrustean Petard, and The Sleeping God. Bantam Books Novels Spock Must Die 02/70 James Blish The Enterprise crew is caught in an undeclared war with the Klingons, and while transporting to Organia, Spock becomes two, one good and one evil. Spock, Messiah 09/76 Theodore A defective mind meld turns Cogswell - logical Mr. Spock into a fiery Charles Spano revolutionary who sets out to convert the planet Kyros with fire, sword, and forbidden philosophy. The Price of 07/77 Sondra Marshak - After the shock of Kirk's the Phoenix Myrna Culbreath death, Spock is forced into a desperate gamble against Omne, emperor of the underworld, for Kirk's soul and renewed life. Planet of 08/77 Joe Haldeman The Enterprise stumbles onto a Judgment mysterious planet that is orbited by a black hole, and where a strange race overpowers the laws of nature. Vulcan 09/78 Kathleen Sky Spock and a beautiful, but bigoted, scientist who hates Vulcans are sent on a deadly assignment on a planet of ant-like creatures. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ The Starless 11/78 Gordon Eklund Inside the hollow shell of a World remote planet, the Enterprise crew discovers a world within a world, with a white dwarf star at its center. Trek to 01/79 Stephen Goldin The Enterprise crew travels to Madworld an eerie sector of space to save the endangered people of Epsilon Delta IV, and confronts Enowil, the mad gnome master of this insane planet. World Without 02/79 Joe Haldeman On Chatalia, an artificial End world inhabited by furry winged creatures, the Enterprise crew is faced with the creatures' awesome powers and roving Klingon killers. The Fate of the 05/79 Sondra Marshak - Kirk and Spock, aided by Phoenix Myrna Culbreath Romulan Commander Ael, face the reborn Omne, the immortal evil villan who has vowed revenge for his earlier defeat. Devil World 11/79 Gordon Eklund Kirk falls in love with a beautiful, but mysterious, woman on Heartland, a planet populated by a race of terrifying demonic beings. Perry's World 02/80 Jack Haldeman II The Enterprise crew is trapped between the sub-human Immunes and Klingons on a planet ruled by a human who has supposedly been dead for 300 years. Galactic 10/80 David Gerrold The Enterprise attempts to Whirlpool rescue a lost human colony who believe the crew members are demons and are unaware that they are drifting towards the churning whirlpool at the galactic core. Death's Angel 04/81 Kathleen Sky Kirk and Spock barely survive the mind-destroying plants on Delta Gamma IV, while McCoy faces charges for the murder of Federation diplomats aboard the Enterprise. Pocket Books Novels Star Trek: The 12/79 Gene Roddenberry Novelization of: Star Trek: Motion Picture The Motion Picture. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ The Entrophy 06/81 Vonda McIntyre A brilliant, but criminal, Effect scientist kills Kirk and throws the universe into a deadly time warp, and Spock must travel back in time to avert the disaster before it happens. The Klingon 10/81 Robert Vardeman When the Enterprise is ordered Gambit to challenge a Klingon battle cruiser, the crew finds that a Vulcan research ship has been destroyed and that their minds are being affected by a Klingon device. Covenant of the 12/81 Howard Weinstein An Enterprise shuttlecraft Crown carrying Spock, McCoy, and the beautiful heir to the Shaddan throne crash lands on a barren planet, where they must fight for survival against Klingon scouts and primitive natives. The Prometheus 03/82 Sondra Marshak - The Enterprise is sent on a Design Myrna Culbreath mission to investigate the mysterious wave of violence that has overtaken the Helvans, and come face to face with the chaos caused by a mind experiment by an alien of unimaginable power. The Abode of 05/82 Lee Carrey The Enterprise, crippled and Life in need of urgent repairs, arrives at Mercan, a planet whose sun is prone to deadly radioactive flare-ups, but whose citizens live in a culture that cannot conceive of life outside their own world. Star Trek II: 07/82 Vonda McIntyre Novelization of: Star Trek II: The Wrath of The Wrath of Kahn. Kahn Black Fire 01/83 Sonni Cooper While investigating sabotage aboard the Enterprise, Spock finds himself in an alliance with the Romulans and Klingons against the blood-thirsty Tomari race, but is considered a traitor by the Federation. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Triangle 03/83 Sondra Marshak - Kirk and Spock are both Myrna Culbreath inexplicably attracted to the same woman, Federation free agent Sola Than, as they all face the collective mind of the Totality, the most powerful force ever unleashed on the galaxy. Yesterday's Son 08/83 Ann C. Crispin While he is studying the Guardian of Forever, Spock learns that Zarabeth had born him a son 5,000 years ago, and the Romulans attack the gateway planet. Mutiny on the 10/83 Robert Vardeman The Enterprise is crippled in Enterprise orbit around a strange, living planet, and an alien woman on board is inciting the crew to a pacifist mutiny. The Wounded Sky 12/83 Diane Duane On a test of an experimental intergalactic inversion (transwarp) drive, the Enterprise faces not only the Klingons, but a tear in the fabric of space-time. The Trellisane 02/84 David Dvorkin The Enterprise rushes to Confrontation war-torn Trellisane, where a bizzare turn of events has Kirk on the bridge of a Klingon battlecruiser, McCoy dining with cannibals on the planet, and the Enterprise surrounded by Romulans. Corona 04/84 Greg Bear An awesome sentient force of protostars known as Corona takes control of a stranded team of Valean scientists, and the Enterprise arrives on a rescue mission with a troublesome female reporter and a new computer that can over-ride Kirk's orders. The Final 05/84 John Ford On board the Enterprise during Reflection shore leave, Kirk relives the life and culture of the Klingons and learns about Klingon Captain Krenn's secret battle to preserve peace, as he reads the popular Klingon history "The Final Reflection." Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Star Trek III: 06/84 Vonda McIntyre Novelization of: Star Trek The Search for III: The Search for Spock. Spock My Enemy, My 07/84 Diane Duane Romulan Commander Ael is a Ally noble and dangerous foe, but when she learns that Romulan scientists are kidnapping Vulcans for mind-control experiments, she joins Kirk and the Enterprise to destroy the research lab and return honor to the Romulan name. The Tears of 09/84 Melinda The Enterprise crew and the the Singers Snodgrass Klingons join in an uneasy truce to investigate the semi-aquatic creatures of Taygeta, whose jewel-like tears have resulted in their being hunted to extinction, thus causing the formation of a dangerous space-time warp. The Vulcan 11/84 Jean Lorrah While Kirk, Spock, and McCoy Academy Murders are on Vulcan seeking an experimental treatment for a badly wounded crewman, they become involved in a series of murders where Spock's mother is one of the victims. Uhura's Song 01/85 Janet Kagan The songs Uhura learned years ago from a friend from the cat-like Eeiauoau race become the key to stopping a plague that may kill the entire population of the planet. Shadow Lord 03/85 Laurence Yap Spock and Sulu join Prince Vikram of Angira to his home planet to return him to his rightful throne, but instead find a world locked in bloody revolutionary battles, where each must survive on his skill with a sword. Ishmael 05/85 Barbara Hambly While on a secret mission to learn about a Klingon plan to use time travel to change the Federation's history, Spock finds himself in 19th Century San Francisco, with amnesia and going by the name Ishmael. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Killing Time 07/85 Della Van Hise A Romulan time-tampering project called Second History transports the Enterprise into an alternate universe where Kirk is an embittered young ensign and Spock a beseiged starship commander. Dwellers in the 09/85 Margaret Wander The Romulans have kidnapped Crucible Bonanno six Federation Warrantors of Peace in a plan to form political chaos and civil war in the Federation; and the Enterprise is sent to find and rescue them. Pawns and 11/85 Majlis Larson Agricultural scientist Jean Symbols Czerny is taken by the Klingons from an earthquake-ravaged station on Sherman's Planet to the Klingon homeworld, where she is forced to work on ways of combating a deadly famine caused by agricultural blight. Mindshadow 01/86 J.M. Dillard During a vicious attack by an unknown enemy on the planet Aritami, Spock suffers a fall that cripples his mind, and Kirk discovers a Romulan connection with a double agent on the Enterprise. Crisis on 03/86 Brad Ferguson The planet Centaurus has been Centaurus bombed by an anti-matter device set by terrorists, and the Enterprise sets out to care for the survivors and try to find McCoy's daughter on the planet. Dreadnaught 05/86 Diane Carey On her maiden voyage, the super dreadnaught Star Empire is stolen by a group of Starfleet officers who insist that their aim is to save the Federation from traitors. Demons 07/86 J.M. Dillard A Federation research expedition accidentally discovers and unleashes an ancient evil force, which runs rampant on Vulcan, causing death and destruction among Spock's family and friends. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Enterprise: The 09/86 Vonda McIntyre Captain Kirk, new commander of First Adventure the USS Enterprise, assumes command from Captain Christopher Pike and sets out with an uneasy crew on the first voyage of the starship's historic 5-year mission. Battlestations 11/86 Diane Carey Lt. Piper, who helped solve the Dreadnaught crisis, is sent by Captain Kirk on a secret mission to help clear his name of the theft of the transwarp drive technology and faces one of the Federation's most deadly traitors. Star Trek IV: 12/86 Vonda McIntyre Novelization of: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home The Voyage Home. Chain of Attack 02/87 Gene De Weese While mapping a series of gravitational anomalies, the Enterprise is hurled millions of light years through space to an almost lifeless galaxy, where suicide ships from two warring worlds attack in a battle that has raged for centuries. Deep Domain 04/87 Howard Weinstein On a routine diplomatic mission to the water world Akkalla, Spock, Chekov, and the rest of the Enterprise crew become involved in the struggle of rebels against a corrupt government, and help solve the mystery of an ancient undersea intelligence. Dreams of the 06/87 Carmen Carter While answering a merchant Ravens ship's desperate distress call, the Enterprise confronts an unknown but dangerous enemy that controls McCoy through his dreams. Strangers from 07/87 Margaret Wander Kirk and Spock are tormented the Sky Bonanno by horrible dreams of a distant, forgotten past, and must resort to McCoy's hypnotic treatments to learn the truth of their involvement in the first contact between humans and Vulcans in the 21st Century. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ The Romulan Way 08/87 Diane Duane - Undercover Federation agent Peter Morwood Terise La Brutto recounts her life among the Rihannsu (Romulans) and her encounter with McCoy and the renegade Romulan Commander Ael. How Much for 10/87 John Ford The small planet Direidi has a Just the fortune in natural dilithium, Planet? which the Federation and the Klingons both want; but the whacky practical-joker inhabitants of the planet have other ideas. Bloodthirst 12/87 J.M. Dillard Responding to a class-one medical emergency on Tanis, the Enterprise brings aboard the sole survivor of a biological warfare accident, who has become a living vampire who infects those he attacks. Final Frontier 01/88 Diane Carey Kirk, on shore leave, finds old letters from his father, Commander George S. Kirk, and reminisces about the career of the first Kirk to serve on the Enterprise. The IDIC 02/88 Jean Lorrah A plague rages across the Epidemic Vulcan science colony on Misus, where all peoples of the galaxy -- humand, Vulcans, even Klingons -- work side by side. Time for 04/88 Ann C. Crispin Time in the galaxy has stopped Yesterday running in its normal course, meaning that the Guardian of Forever is malfunctioning; and Spock, Kirk, and McCoy must journey 5,000 years into the past to find Spock's son Zar to telepathically communicate with the Guardian. Timetrap 06/88 David Dvorkin In remote Federation space, the Enterprise picks up an urgent signal from a Klingon vessel; and while on the Klingon ship trying to determine what the Klingons are doing, Kirk and the Klingon ship disappear into a time warp that carries them 100 years into the future. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ The 08/88 Barbara Paul An abhorred race called the Three-Minute Sackers uses a revolutionary Universe device to form a rip in the fabric of space, causing a parallel universe to engulf and begin to consume our own universe. Spock's World 08/89 09/88 Diane Duane Spock, Sarek, and Kirk try to persuade the Vulcan ruling council to reverse its decision to secede from the Federation. Memory Prime 10/88 Gar & Judith The greatest scientists in the Reeves-Stevens universe gather at Memory Prime, the Federation's ultimate library complex; and Kirk becomes involved in stopping an assassination attempt. The Final Nexus 12/88 Gene De Weese Time gates created by an extinct race centuries ago begin to break down, and the Enterprise must prevent creatures from another universe from crossing into ours. Vulcan's Glory 02/89 D.C. Fontana A young Spock struggles to reconcile the obligations forced on him by his Vulcan heritage and his desire to serve on the Enterprise with Captain Pike. Double, Double 04/89 Michael Jan The USS Hood inadvertently Friedman sets loose an android double of Captain Kirk, who is intent on replacing the real Kirk and taking control of the Enterprise. Star Trek V: 06/89 J.M. Dillard Novelization of: Star Trek V: The Final The Final Frontier. Frontier The Lost Years 08/90 10/89 J.M. Dillard After completion of the Enterprise's 5-year mission, Kirk is promoted to Admiral and, with help from Spock and McCoy, defuses a crisis situation on the remote planet Djana. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ The Cry of the 10/89 Judy Klau When an experimental starship Onlies falls into the wrong hands and begins to wreak havoc along the Klingon and Romulan borders, the Enterprise is called in to recover the vessel and prevent a catastrophic war. The Kobayashi 12/89 Julia Ecklar Trapped in a crippled and Maru drifting shuttlecraft, Kirk and other crew members discuss the Kobayashi Maru scenario, which holds the key to their survival. Rules of 02/90 Peter Morwood The Enterprise is sent to the Engagement planet Dekkanar with strict orders to evacuate Federation personnel and not to show force; but a Klingon warship has other ideas. The Pandora 04/90 Carolyn Clowes Spock and Saavik must return Principle to the planet Hellguard to search for the deadly secret of a derelict Romulan Bird of Prey discovered near the Neutral Zone. Doctor's Orders 06/90 Diane Duane Dr. McCoy finds himself in command of the Enterprise when Kirk disappears on a strange planet and Klingons appear on the scene. Prime Directive 09/91 09/90 Gar & Judith Kirk and the crew of the Reeves-Stevens Enterprise are scattered among the stars in disgrace after a well-intentioned rescue mission causes the total destruction of a newly-discovered race on the planet Talin. Enemy Unseen 10/90 V.E. Mitchell Kirk encounters an old flame who now happens to be the wife of a Federation ambassador, and he must also seek out an alien killer stalking the Enterprise. Home Is the 12/90 Dana When the Enterprise and a Hunter Kramer-Rolls Klingon ship carry their dispute to a primitive planet, a powerful being traps Scotty, Sulu, and Chekov in the historical past of their ancestors. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Ghost-Walker 02/91 Barbara Humbly The Enterprise is caught in a struggle for survival from a silent killer who stalks the ship when Kirk comes to help the Midgwins, who are on the brink of ecological disaster and global famine. A Flag Full of 04/91 Brad Ferguson As Admiral Kirk directs the Stars refit of the Enterprise and a ceremonial flight of NASA's space shuttle Enterprise, he becomes involved in stopping a Klingon plot to steal a scientific breakthrough that could be used to destroy the Federation. Renegade 06/91 Gene De Weese Sent to prevent a conflict between the planets Chrellkran III and IV, Kirk finds himself fighting a plot to overthrow the Federation as an act of revenge. Legacy 08/91 Michael Jan Kirk and an away team are Friedman trapped on a primitive planet while Spock, who is suffering from the effects of a poison, must confront the ruthless Dreen, who Spock and Captain Pike defeated 10 years before. The Rift 11/91 Peter David Captain Kirk and the Enterprise are sent to transport a delegation to Callega, which lies hundreds of light years away and can only be reached through a rift in space that occurs every 50 years. Star Trek VI: 01/92 J.M. Dillard Novelization of: Star Trek VI: The The Undiscovered Country. Undiscovered Country Faces of Fire 03/92 Michael Jan Enroute to a planet to mediate Friedman a religious war, the Enterprise drops off Spock at a terraforming colony, where he becomes involved, with Carol and David Marcus, in a battle against the Klingons. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Probe 12/92 04/92 Margaret Wander With the death of the Romulan Bonanno Praetor, an opportunity exists for peace between the Federation and the Romulans; but the Whalesong Probe enters Romulan space, giving hardline Romulans an opportunity to destroy any chance for peace. The 05/92 P. David - M. J. A peaceful Federation colony Disinherited Friedman - R. becomes the third world to Greenberger suffer a brutal attack at the hands of a mysterious alien fleet, and the Enterprise is sent to investigate the attacks, only to find themselves involved in a battle that could affect the entire Federation. Ice Trap 07/92 L.A. Graf A team of scientists assigned to the ice planet Nordstral vanish, and the Enterprise must battle hostile natives and an unexplained form of insanity to find the missing scientists. Sanctuary 09/92 John Vornholt The Enterprise is assigned to search for and capture a dangerous criminal, and on the mysterious planet known as Sanctuary, the crew find themselves in a life and death struggle from which there seems to be no escape. Death Count 10/92 L.A. Graf Sent to patrol the border between the feuding Andorians and Orions, the Enterprise begins to encounter incidents of sabotage, including the murder of Enterprise crew members. Best Destiny 11/93 11/92 Diane Carey Captain Kirk recalls a trip to the planet Faramond, as a 16-year old, with his father, George Kirk, and Captain Robert April, which pits them in a real-life struggle for survival. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Shell Game 02/93 Melissa Crandall While on a routine mission to retrieve a research drone, the Enterprise encounters a lifeless Romulan space station adrift in Federation space, and the crew begin to see ghostly apparitions out the corner of their eyes. The Starship 03/93 Mel Gilden Enroute to an important Trap diplomatic reception, a Klingon warship intercepts the Enterprise, accusing the Federation of attacking Klingon vessels; but the vessels of all star systems are disappearing and the Enterprise must find out why. Window on a 05/93 V.E. Mitchell While exploring the ruins of Lost World an ancient civilization, Kirk, Spock, and Chekov discover "windows" to a strange and dangerous alien world. Shadows on the 08/93 Michael Jan Forty years after he first met Sun Friedman her, McCoy again meets his first love; but he risks losing her again in his efforts to rescue Captain Kirk from terrorists who kidnap him. From the Depths 08/93 Victor Milan A human colony is locked in a deadly power struggle with the native inhabitants of Okeanos, and Captain Kirk is charged with sabotaging an Okeanian city. The Great 10/93 Diane Carey When a friendly alien race Starship Race called the Rey make contact with the Federation, they celebrate by staging a great starship competition; but the Romulans soon crash the party. Firestorm 01/94 L.A. Graf The Enterprise is sent to the planet Rakatan to mediate a dispute between a Federation geological expedition and the Elasians over dilitium mining rights; but a cataclysmic volcanic eruption soon turns this into a rescue mission. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Sarek 02/94 A.C. Crispin Spock returns to Vulcan to be with his dying mother, Amanda; but as Amanda's condition worsens, Sarek and the Enterprise must travel to the Klingon homeworld to confront a mysterious enemy intent on destroying the Federation. The Patrian 04/94 Simon Hawke The Enterprise is sent to Transgression Patria I to discuss that world's application for Federation membership; but Kirk and his landing party soon discover that the Patrians have a strict system of laws that is enforced by a telepathic police force. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Pocket Books Novels Encounter at 10/87 David Gerrold Novelization of: Encounter at Farpoint Farpoint. Ghost Ship 08/88 Diane Carey Picard must find a way to communicate with a creature that absorbed the life energy of the crew of a Russian aircraft carrier in 1995, before it also absorbs the crew of the Enterprise. The 09/88 Gene De Weese Exploring a deserted alien Peacekeepers spaceship, Data and La Forge find themselves transported light years away, into the middle of a deadly planetary conflict they must stop. The Children of 11/88 Carmen Carter The Enterprise crew faces the Hamlin Choraii, a race that 50 years before massacred all of the adults on the Federation outpost Hamlin and kidnapped all of the children. The Survivor 01/89 Jean Lorrah Answering a distress call from a human colony on the edge of known space, the Enterprise is thrust into the middle of a bloody revolution. (Originally titled "A Question of Security.") Strike Zone 03/89 Peter David The primitive Kreel stumble upon weapons of unimaginable power, and Captain Picard must mediate a dispute between them and the Klingons. Power Hungry 05/89 Howard Weinstein Sent to deliver emergency famine relief to the planet Tropia, the Enterprise finds a brutal dictatorship that is more interested in maintaining power than helping the planet's inhabitants. Masks 07/89 John Vornholt The Enterprise crew is caught up in the feudal conflicts on a planet where masks denote the wearer's station in life, in an attempt to open diplomatic dialogue with the planet's missing ruler. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ The Captain's 09/89 David & Daniel After a series of attacks by Honor Dvorkin the M'Dok Empire on the planet Terrara, the Enterprise becomes involved in a struggle with the power-hungry captain of another Federation starship. A Call to 11/89 Michael Jan Captain Picard and an away Darkness Friedman team vanish from a deserted Federation research vessel, and a mysterious disease begins to ravage the Enterprise crew. A Rock and a 01/90 Peter David Commander Riker is temporarily Hard Place assigned to help a group of terraformers on a hostile planet, and soon becomes enmeshed in a life and death struggle. Metamorphosis 03/90 Jean Lorrah An unexplained gravitational disturbance brings the Enterprise to the planet Elysia, where Data is faced with a quest that leads to his achieving humanity. Gulliver's 05/90 Keith Sharee A search for a missing Fugitives starship leads Captain Picard to a lost colony where fiction and acts of imagination are punishable by death. Doomsday World 07/90 C.Carter - While investigating P.David - archeological treasures on the M.J.Friedman - planet Kirlos, La Forge, Data, R.Greenberger and Worf are accused of terrorist attacks against the planet's rulers. The Eyes of the 09/90 Ann C. Crispin The Enterprise discovers a Beholder space graveyard with an object at its center that has awesome powers that could mean insanity and death for the entire crew. Exiles 11/90 Howard Weinstein Picard must negotiate a peace between two planets that have been mortal enemies for many generations, but now need each other in order to survive. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Fortune's Light 01/91 Michael Jan Riker travels to the planet Friedman Imprima to help his friend Teller Conlon, who is accused of stealing the priceless jewel "Fortune's Light." Contamination 03/91 John Vornholt Worf and Troi team up to solve the mysterious murder aboard the Enterprise of Lynn Carter, a renowned Federation scientist. Vendetta 05/91 Peter David The Enterprise, aided by Guinan's bond sister, Delcara, and a huge planet-eating ship, battle a squadron of Borg ships headed toward Federation space. Boogeyman 07/91 Mel Gilden The actions of an old friend of Captain Picard cause Wesley's holodeck battle simulation to run out of control, causing terror aboard the Enterprise. Q-in-Law 10/91 Peter David Lwaxana Troi is back on the Enterprise and making romantic moves toward Captain Picard; but when Q arrives unexpectedly, Lwaxana finds another target for her affections. Unification 11/91 Jeri Taylor Novelization of: Unification (Parts 1 and 2). Reunion 08/92 11/91 Michael Jan While enroute to the planet Friedman Daa'V, the crew of the Enterprise try to identify which of the ship's guests, all former crew members of Picard's prior ship, the Stargazer, is trying to kill the other former crewmates. Perchance to 01/92 Howard Weinstein On a routine mission to survey Dream the uninhabited planet Domarus IV, a shuttlecraft carrying Data, Troi, and Wesley is captured by the Teniran, who claim the planet; but Picard and the Tenarin captain are in turn captured by an alien force on the planet. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ Spartacus 02/92 T.L. Mancaur Answering a distress call, the Enterprise finds a damaged alien ship, which asks for assistance; but a fleet of Velma ships soon arrives, claiming that the crew of the damaged ship are their slaves. Chains of 04/92 Bill McCay - Picard and Troi are kidnapped Command Eloise Flood by human slaves who are revolting against their bird-like captors on an ice planet. Imbalance 06/92 V.E. Mitchell Negotiations with the Jarada, an isolated insectoid race, go awry when the Jarada start attacking each other and Enterprise crew members start to disappear. Imzadi 07/93 08/92 Peter David During delicate negotiations with an aggressive race, Troi contracts a disease and dies; but Riker then embarks on an adventure in time to save his "Imzadi." War Drums 10/92 John Vornholt Worf and the Enterprise find themselves trying to stop a bloody feud between human colonists and primitive Klingons on the planet Selva. Nightshade 11/92 Laureli Hamilton While Captain Picard attempts to negotiate a settlement to a 200-year old civil war on the planet Oriana, he is accused of murder, and Worf and Troi must try to find the real killer. Relics 12/92 Michael Jan Novelization of: Relics. Friedman Grounded 03/93 Daniel Bishoff A mysterious lifeform infects the Enterprise, making it begin to disintegrate; and Starfleet orders the destruction of the ship before other starships also become infected. Devil's Heart 02/94 03/93 Carmen Carter The Enterprise participates in the search for the "Devil's Heart," a legendary artifact that gives its possessor powers beyond imagination, and Picard falls under the spell of its powers. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ The Romulan 04/93 Simon Hawke The discovery of the long-lost Prize starship Independence in orbit about the planet Hermeticus II in the Neutral Zone plunges the Romulan Empire and the Federation into a conflict for the deadly secrets of the planet. Guises of the 09/93 Rebecca Henson When the Enterprise arrives at Mind Capulon IV to attend the coronation of a new Ruler and to sign an agreement for Federation membership, Troi is kidnapped by a rebel group that plans to to put an imposter on the throne. Descent 10/93 Diane Carey Novelization of: Descent (Parts 1 and 2). Here There Be 12/93 John Peel The Enterprise finds a planet Dragons at the center of an immense stellar cloud, where a civilization of knights and serfs are being attacked by bounty hunters looking for 20-foot dragon lizards native to the planet. Dark Mirror 12/93 Diane Duane Scientists of the mirror universe first encountered by the original starship Enterprise (see TOS "Mirror, Mirror") find a passageway between the two universes, and plan to replace the crew of the Enterprise with their mirror universe counterparts. Sins of 03/94 Susan Wright When a member of a strange Commission race called the Sli, who can control emotions, is killed on board the Enterprise, all evidence points to Worf and one of his oldest friends as the killers, and he must find the real killer. Debtor's Planet 05/94 W.R. Thompson The Enterprise investigate the Ferengi's attempt to change the Megaran civilization from hard-wrking and honorable people into vicious xenophobic killers and, in the process, find that the Ferengi are only acting as "hired hands" for hidden masters. Book Title PB Date HC Date Authors Synopsis --------------- ------- ------- ---------------- ------------------------------ STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE Pocket Books Novels Emissary 02/93 J.M. Dillard Novelization of: Emissary. The Siege 05/93 Peter David When Deep Space 9 is forced to curtail entry into the wormhole because of increased graviton emissions, Commander Sisko and Odo find themselves under siege by a ruthless assassin. Bloodletter 08/93 K.W. Jeter While the Deep Space 9 crew begins to set up a Federation station on the other side of the wormhole to counter a Cardassian presence, a fanatic Bajoran from Kira's past pits her in a life and death struggle. The Big Game 11/93 Sandy Schofield Members of almost every known sentient race show up on Deep Space 9 for a poker tournament being held by Quark; but the mu