{"id":54100,"date":"2021-02-12T12:59:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=54100"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:59:01","slug":"descriptions-for-three-2021-star-trek-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2021\/02\/descriptions-for-three-2021-star-trek-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Descriptions For Three 2021 Star Trek Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several blurbs for forthcoming Simon & Schuster Star Trek<\/em> novels have been released.<\/p>\n

Coming on May 18 is Star Trek: Discovery: Wonderlands<\/em> by Una McCormack<\/strong>. Fans of Michael Burnham will surely enjoy this novel. Here is the description of the story: “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<\/em> into the future and out of harm\u2019s way. But something has gone terribly wrong, and Burnham has somehow arrived in a place far different from anything she could have imagined\u2014more than nine hundred years out of her time, with Discovery<\/em> nowhere to be found, and where the mysterious and cataclysmic event known as ‘the Burn’ has utterly decimated Starfleet and, with it, the United Federation of Planets.<\/em> How then can she possibly exist day-to-day in this strange place? What worlds are out there waiting to be discovered? Do any remnants of Starfleet and the Federation possibly endure? With more questions than answers, Burnham must nevertheless forge new friendships and new alliances if she hopes to survive this future long enough for the Discovery<\/em> crew to find her…”<\/p>\n

On June 15, Christopher L. Bennett<\/strong>‘s Star Trek: The Original Series: Living Memory<\/em> will make its debut. Here is the description from Simon & Schuster<\/em>: “While attempting to settle in as commandant of Starfleet Academy, Admiral James T. Kirk must suddenly contend with the controversial, turbulent integration of an alien warrior caste into the student body \u2014 and quickly becomes embroiled in conflict when the Academy controversy escalates to murder. Meanwhile, Captain Spock of the USS Enterprise<\/em> and Commander Pavel Chekov of the USS Reliant<\/em> are investigating a series of powerful cosmic storms seemingly targeting Federation worlds\u2014unstoppable outbursts emitting from the very fabric of space. Endeavoring to predict where the lethal storms will strike next, Spock and Chekov make the shocking discovery that the answer lies in Commander Nyota Uhura’s past\u2014one that she no longer remembers…”<\/p>\n

In July, look for Star Trek: The Next Generation: Shadows Have Offended<\/em> by Cassandra Rose Clarke<\/strong>. In this novel, “The USS Enterprise<\/em> has been granted the simple but unavoidable honor of ferrying key guests to Betazed for a cultural ceremony. En route, sudden tragedy strikes a Federation science station on the isolated planet Kota, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard has no qualms sending William Riker, Data, and Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher to investigate. But what begins as routine assignments for the two parties soon descends into chaos: Picard, Worf, and Deanna Troi must grapple with a dangerous diplomatic crisis as historic artifacts are stolen in the middle of a high-profile ceremony\u2026while nothing is as it seems on Kota. A mounting medical emergency coupled with the science station\u2019s failing technology\u2014and no hope of rescue\u2014has Doctor Crusher racing against time to solve a disturbing mystery threatening the lives of all her colleagues…”<\/p>\n

From May on, it appears that there will be at least one Trek book per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several blurbs for forthcoming Simon & Schuster Star Trek novels have been released. Coming on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2456],"tags":[2873],"class_list":["post-54100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-simon-schuster"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false],"large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TrekBookBlurbs021221.jpg",580,225,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"T'Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"Books<\/a>","tag_info":"Books","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54102,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54100\/revisions\/54102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}