Positively Trek Book Club: Shadows Have Offended with Cassandra Rose Clarke!

 Star Trek: The Next Generation
Shadows Have Offended
Exclusive interview with author Cassandra Rose Clarke!

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It’s been many years since TNG novels set during the series’ run have been published with the post-Nemesis continuity taking precedence. However, thanks to a newcomer to the Star Trek fiction universe, all that has changed with a brand-new novel set during season seven of Star Trek: The Next Generation!

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce and Dan speak with author Cassandra Rose Clarke about her new TNG novel Shadows Have Offended! We discuss her prior works and how she came to write a Star Trek novel, the focus on Troi, Crusher, and Worf, her love of Betazed and its culture, Ambassador Lwaxana Troi, the mysteries at the heart of the novel, and wrap up with what she is working on now and where she can be found online.

Positively Trek Book Club 26: Shadows Have Offended

Exclusive interview with author Cassandra Rose Clarke

Previous episode: The Lost Era: Well of Souls

Next episode: The Lost Era: Deny Thy Father

Positively Trek Book Club: Well of Souls

 Star Trek: The Lost Era
Well of Souls
By Ilsa J. Bick

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The Lost Era continues! It’s 2336, and these are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise-C. Everything we know about this ship and her crew in canon comes from TNG’s “Yesterday’s Enterprise.” But Captain Rachel Garrett commanded her for many years, and there are many stories to be told about those missions.

Join us for this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club as hosts Dan and Bruce discuss The Lost Era: Well of Souls by Ilsa J. Bick. We talk about the many characters both old and new in this novel, guilt and trauma, a complicated plot involving crime syndicates and secrecy, the first duty of every Starfleet officer, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings for Well of Souls.

Positively Trek Book Club 25: Well of Souls

by Ilsa J. Bick

Previous episode: The Original Series: Living Memory

Next episode: The Next Generation: Shadows Have Offended

Release Day! TNG: Shadows Have Offended

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Shadows Have Offended
by Cassandra Rose Clarke

It's new Star Trek book day once again! This month, we have a newcomer to the world of Trek fiction: author Cassandra Rose Clarke, with her Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Shadows Have Offended. A novel set during season seven of TNG, Shadows Have Offended marks the first return to series-era TNG novels in a very long time!

Check out below for the back-cover blurb and links to purchase from Amazon!

Publisher's description:

An original novel based on the acclaimed Star Trek TV series!

The USS Enterprise 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…while nothing is as it seems on Kota. A mounting medical emergency coupled with the science station’s failing technology—and no hope of rescue—has Doctor Crusher racing against time to solve a disturbing mystery threatening the lives of all her colleagues….

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Previous Release: The Original Series: Living Memory

Next Release: Picard: Rogue Elements

Positively Trek Book Club: Living Memory

 Star Trek: The Original Series
Living Memory
by Christopher L. Bennett

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A mysterious spatial phenomenon threatening the core worlds of the Federation. A cadre of genetically-engineered warriors trying to make their way in Starfleet Academy. And a personal journey for a character recovering from a severe trauma that has affected every facet of her life. All of these stories come together in surprising ways in the subject of this week’s episode!

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce and Dan review the newest Star Trek: The Original Series novel: Living Memory by Christopher L. Bennett. We talk about the mysterious vacuum flares, Uhura’s memory, the Arcturian Warborn, Dr. Ashley Janith-Lau, a murder mystery, the militarization of Starfleet, the themes of communication and memory, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.

Positively Trek Book Club 24: Living Memory

Star Trek: The Original Series: Living Memory by Christopher L. Bennett

Previous episode: Year Five: Weaker Than Man

Next episode: The Lost Era: Well of Souls

Release Day! TOS: Living Memory by Christopher L. Bennett

Star Trek: The Original Series
Living Memory
by Christopher L. Bennett

New Star Trek book day is here again! We have a new book set in the period between The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan by author Christopher L. Bennett: Living Memory!

Check out below for the back-cover blurb and links to purchase from Amazon!

Publisher's description:

An all-new Star Trek movie-era adventure!

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—and quickly becomes embroiled in conflict when the Academy controversy escalates to murder. Meanwhile, Captain Spock of the USS Enterprise and Commander Pavel Chekov of the USS Reliant are investigating a series of powerful cosmic storms seemingly targeting Federation worlds—unstoppable 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—one that she no longer remembers….

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Previous Release: Discovery: Wonderlands

Next Release: The Next Generation: Shadows Have Offended

Positively Trek Book Club: Weaker Than Man

 Star Trek: Year Five
Weaker Than Man
Omnibus Collection of Issues 13 - 19

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We’re taking a break from novels this week to catch up on the Star Trek: Year Five on-going story! From badmiral shenanigans and populist criminal presidential candidates to Gary Seven and global pandemics, these stories have it all!

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Bruce are discussing Weaker Than Man, the omnibus collection of Star Trek: Year Five issues 13 to 19. We talk about all four “episodes” that make up the collection: “Guide of Fire,” “Vote Mudd!,” “Weaker Than Man,” and “On the Death of a Friend.”

Positively Trek Book Club 23: Weaker Than Man

Star Trek: Year Five Issues 13 - 19

Previous episode: Discovery: Wonderlands

Next episode: The Original Series: Living Memory

Positively Trek Book Club: Wonderlands with Una McCormack

 Star Trek: Discovery
Wonderlands
Exclusive Interview with author Una McCormack!

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When Star Trek: Discovery’s third season debuted, Michael Burnham found herself down the rabbit hole in a strange, unfamiliar world. However, the U.S.S. Discovery, right behind her in the wormhole, was nowhere to be found. Along with unlikely allies and surprising foes, Burnham must make her way in this disturbing and dangerous future. The story of the year she spent apart from her crew can finally be told!

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce and Dan are joined by master storyteller Una McCormack to discuss her latest novel: Discovery: Wonderlands. We talk about Alice in Wonderland, Sahil vs. Book, Burnham’s new career, Starfleet cosplayers, the White Palm raiders, the Fall of the Federation, and wrap up with where Una can be found online and what she has coming up.

Positively Trek Book Club 22: Wonderlands

Exclusive Interview with Una McCormack!

Previous episode: The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible

Next episode: Year Five: Weaker Than Man