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Tentative Covers and Synopsis for Upcoming Star Trek Novels - Spoilers

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By GustavoLeao / 08:55, 27 August 2009 / Trek Books

A new Pocket Books catalogue revealed new black-and-white tentative versions of covers and also synopsis for several Star Trek novels coming in 2010 (all subject to change of course - beware of spoilers). Here is the list :

Unspoken Truth

Lieutenant Saavik-the compelling female Starfleet officer who is half-Vulcan, half-Romulan-struggles to discover where her loyalties lie.


A wild child, Saavik was left to die in a world so horrifying that it was dubbed Hellguard by those who dared to cling to life there. She was rescued by Spock who took the half-Vulcan half-Romulan child home to his parents, knowing only they could care for the troubled child. As an adult, Saavik followed Spock into Starfleet, but recent events have shaken her. When she comes home to Vulcan to find that other Hellguard survivors are being killed, she wonders if she can dare to call Vulcan home. And when forced to choose, can she embrace the pacifism of Vulcan or is the violence of Romulus her true nature?

Inception


Blending the best of both the Star Trek television show and the movie, the story of a younger less experienced Kirk and Spock-and the two great loves of their lives, Carol Marcus and Leila Kalomi.


As man expands beyond explored space, the need to find a way to make inhospitable planets habitable grows greater. One young biologist, Carol Marcus, has a project that she believes can reshape planets. A young committed scientist, she dares to dream of a Federation where there is never any hunger and every world is a paradise. Her dream is shared by James Kirk, a young Starfleet officer and her lover. One of Carol's more enthusiastic team members is botanist Leila Kalomi. Leila finds Carol's passion contagious, and sparks the interest of the Enterprise's science officer, Spock, who convinces her to join Project: Inception.

Seven Deadly Sins

Lust. Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Wrath. Envy. Pride. These are the seven deadly sins of humanity... but humans are not the only creatures in the universe to surrender to their baser instincts. In the world of Star Trek, entire civilizations are driven by avarice, or anger, or insatiable hunger, or one of the other fundamental urges that have come to define these fascinating species.


Now, this edgy collection of original novellas explores these empires from the inside, delving into the qualities that shape their cultures and their worldviews, through characters as compelling as they are provocative. These surprising and engaging tales feature all of Star Trek's most prominent adversaries, including the Borg (gluttony), the Klingons (wrath), the Romulans (pride), the Cardassians (envy), the Ferengi (greed), the Pakleds (sloth), and the Mirror Universe (lust), and their adventures on the dark side of the Star Trek universe.

To Thine Own Self

When the Orion syndicate holds the Enterprise's doctor for ransom, Captain Pike must discover why the Orions no longer fear Starfleet in this new novel set in the classic Star Trek era.

A thorn in the side of civilized space travel for more than a hundred years, the Orion syndicate has gotten bolder. They are harassing more ships and daring to even tangle with smaller Starfleet vessels. When one of the leading members begs Captain Christopher Pike to let his doctor treat one of their own, Pike agrees. But it's a trap, and the Orions take the doctor hostage. Captain Pike is left to wonder why, since the Orions know that
Starfleet does not negotiate. Spock thinks perhaps they no longer fear the consequences, and if so, they must discover what has changed the Orions' instinctual nature.



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By: Bucky (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:57:55 on Aug 27, 2009

Was she in a TOS episode? Kinda looks like it from the cover, or is she a pocket-books creation?

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RE: Leila Kalomi? by captainkoloth @ 14:14:15 on Aug 27
RE: Leila Kalomi? by GustavoLeao @ 12:16:42 on Aug 27

Three great new books. | Report this post to moderator
By: captainkoloth (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 10:56:21 on Aug 27, 2009

These books sound fantastic, especially Inception. I'll definitely be picking up this one. I really like how they're tying together the back stories.

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