Release Day! TNG: Pliable Truths by Dayton Ward

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Pliable Truths

by Dayton Ward

It's New Star Trek Novel Day! An event that happens far too infrequently these days, a new Star Trek novel is released today. 

Set during the 6th season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, just after the episode "Chain of Command, Part II," Pliable Truths features Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise negotiating with the Cardassians over their imminent withdrawal from the Bajor sector and station Terok Nor.

Check out the cover art and official synopsis below, along with links to purchase the trade paperback from Amazon!

Publisher's description:

2369: Shortly after Starfleet thwarts a Cardassian attack on a Federation star system, the Cardassian government orders an end to its fifty-year occupation of the planet Bajor. As a result, a newly installed Bajoran government requests immediate assistance from the Federation to mediate how the withdrawal will proceed and what recompense, if any, Bajorans are owed from their brutal oppressors. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is ordered by Starfleet Command to oversee these tense negotiations on Terok Nor, the massive Cardassian space station still orbiting Bajor, even as he still deals with his own recent trauma as a prisoner held and tortured by a Cardassian interrogator.

As these critical peace talks get underway, Ensign Ro Laren receives a call for help from a friend thought long dead, exposing an insidious secret from inside Cardassian space. Now, Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise must act to prevent an interstellar incident from reigniting deadly hostilities between the Federation and the Cardassians, and shattering any hope of justice for the Bajoran people...

 

Purchase Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths:

Trade Paperback: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

E-book (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Audiobook: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Previous Release: The Motion Picture: Echoes

Next Release: The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy & Strange New Worlds: The Scorpius Run

 

New Comic Day! Star Trek #20

Star Trek #20
"Pleroma" Part 2

The ongoing Star Trek flagship series from IDW continues with today's release of issue #20!

As always, check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis.

Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing

Art by Megan Levens

Cover by Megan Levens

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

Having revealed their true godlike identity, T’Lir is relying on Captain Sisko to help repair Kahless’ damage to space-time and save their species from extinction. Despite the Prophets’ eerie warning that Sisko is forbidden at the Pleroma—a meeting place for god-level species at intersecting space-time coordinates—he and his crew head to the Utopia Planitia Federation Shipyards for a retrofit to the Theseus in preparation to boldly take on the unknown. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure from Section 31 approaches Lily with a mission, claiming the Federation’s future is in her hands.

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Taurin Clarke

Retailer Incentive Cover by J.J. Lendl

Online Exclusive Cover by Angel Hernandez

Previous comic release: Sons of Star Trek #2

Next comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #15

Star Trek #500 Special Issue Coming in September!

For the past few years, the Star Trek comic license has been ably and, if I may say, expertly maintained by IDW. Their comics have spanned all eras of the Star Trek universe, from Enterprise and The Original Series all the way up to the adventures of the U.S.S. Discovery in the 32nd century. After consistently bringing us fun and exciting tales month after month, IDW is celebrating their landmark 500th (!) Star Trek comic issue!

Star Trek #500 will feature seven stories from different eras of the Star Trek universe, and will serve as a prelude to another massive crossover event which will be appearing on newsstands in 2025. And the creator lineup is impressive, including Patton Oswalt, Christopher Cantwell, Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly, Mags Visaggio, and more!

Here's the official synopsis from IDW:

Celebrate IDW’s 500th issue of Star Trek comics (and an early Star Trek Day!) with this landmark oversized anthology issue! This collection of seven short stories spans through fan-favorite eras of the beloved franchise from Lower Decks to Strange New Worlds, legacy characters from The Next Generation and The Original Series, written and illustrated by Star Trek comics veterans and new voices alike. Plus, don’t miss out on the prelude to 2025’s big Star Trek and Defiant comic crossover event written by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Christopher Cantwell!

The issue will also feature four different covers, with covers A, B, & C, along with a retailer incentive cover. Check them out below! (Click each cover to embiggen)

Cover A by Joëlle Jones

Cover B by Jake Bartok

Cover C by J.K. Woodward

Retailer Incentive Cover by Chris Fenoglio

Are you planning on celebrating 500 issues of IDW Star Trek comics by picking up this issue? Which cover is your favourite? Let me know in the comments below!

Positively Trek Book Club: They Sure Like Writing for Garak!

Positively Trek Podcast:

Star Trek Explorer Presents:
"The Mission" and Other Stories
Part 2 of 2

Purchase:

Hardcover: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Positively Trek 270: Book Club: They Sure Like Writing for Garak!

Star Trek Explorer Presents: “The Mission” and Other Stories - Part 2/2

Back in episode 264, we took a look at the first 7 short stories that make up the collection Star Trek Explorer Presents: “The Mission” and Other Stories. And now we’re back to finish them off!

In this week’s episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson are talking about 7 Star Trek short stories, all of which appeared in issues of the Star Trek Explorer magazine. Join us as we journey to Deep Space Nine for 6 of the stories before we take a quick side trip to the Delta Quadrant for story number 7. Featured authors include James Swallow, Una McCormack, Michael Carroll, John Peel, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and Michael Collins.

Click below to go to the show page, or stream directly from this page using the player below!

Positively Trek Book Club 69: They Sure Like Writing for Garak!

Star Trek Explorer Presents: "The Mission" and Other Stories

Part 2 of 2

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Previous episode: Deep Space Nine: The Dog of War

Next episode: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths

New Comic Day! Sons of Star Trek #2

Sons of Star Trek #2

The miniseries spin-off from IDW's flagship Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant comic series continues with today's release of the second issue of Sons of Star Trek!

As always, check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis.

Written by Morgan Hampton

Art by Angel Hernández

Cover by Jake Bartok

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

Jake, Nog, and Alexander find themselves stuck in a never-ending loop of being blown to smithereens aboard the U.S.S. Avery and then revived by Q Jr.-who insists he's helping them learn some lesson unbeknownst to them. Amid the attack from the Breen, the Avery crew and their strong-willed, bureaucratic captain, Skrain Dukat, refuse to listen to the trio's musings about an alternate universe. Left with no other choice, they are forced to begrudgingly work together and attempt to step into their Starfleet roles in hopes of helping the Federation ship survive the attack and return home...or be stuck in this alternate reality forever!

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Megan Levens

Retailer Incentive Cover by Andy Price

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #14

Next comic release: Star Trek #20

New Comic Day: Defiant #14

Star Trek: Defiant #14

New Comic Day is here once again, and we have the latest entry in the Star Trek: Defiant series hitting newsstands today: Issue #14 of the continuing missions of Worf and his crew aboard the U.S.S. Defiant!

As always, check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis.

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Ángel Unzueta

Cover by Ángel Unzueta

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

Resistance is futile! Cornered by their own parasitically possessed crewmate, Worf and the Defiant crew scramble for a way to safely save her before it's too late. But the hive is eager to grow its numbers, seeking total dominance over a galactic level of organic species after already claiming Starbase 99's crew as hosts. Trapped and unable to call Starfleet for assistance, Hugh suggests taking drastic measures – assimilate B'Elanna to Borg tech!

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by JK Woodward

Retailer Incentive Cover by Justin Mason

Previous comic release: Star Trek #19

Next comic release: Sons of Star Trek #2

New Comic Day: Star Trek #19 - New Story Arc!

Star Trek #19
Pleroma Part 1

Wednesday is always new comic day, and this week we have a new addition to IDW's flagship Star Trek comic series, and the beginning of a new story arc!

Star Trek #19 is out today, and in the Pleroma arc, Captain Sisko must deal with an issue that hits very close to home when T'Lir returns to the Theseus.

Check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis.

Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing

Art by Megan Levens

Cover by Megan Levens

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

Acclaimed writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly along with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds comics artist Megan Levens (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Starsigns) welcome you to the thrilling brand-new chapter of the Eisner-nominated Star Trek flagship series!

Benjamin Sisko has begun imagining an end to his journey and is looking forward to establishing a normal, human life. But unfortunately for Captain Sisko, his next test has been a member of his crew this whole time…

T’Lir, the crew’s former science officer, has returned to the U.S.S. Theseus bridge with a shocking revelation and a plea. Kahless’ attempted war with the gods has altered the very fabric of spacetime, threatening the destruction of several godlike species. Already, anomalies are beginning to form across the galaxy. Their only hope: the Emissary of the Prophets, Benjamin Sisko, and his valiant crew of Starfleet’s finest.

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Ramón Rosanas

Retailer Incentive Cover by J.J. Lendl

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #13

Next comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #14