It's been said that for any event, there are an infinite number of
possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow, and
therefore all possibilities that could happen do happen across alternate
realities. In these divergent realms, known history is bent, like white
light through a shattered prism--broken into a boundless spectrum of
what-might-have-beens. But in those myriad universes, what might have
been . . . is what actually occurred.
THE EMBRACE OF COLD ARCHITECTS. "Mister Worf--fire." With
thosewords, William T. Riker defeated the Borg--and destroyed Captain
Jean-Luc Picard. Now, a heartsore Captain Riker must carry on the legacy
of thecommanding officer and friend whose death he ordered. But crises
face himat every turn, from Cardassian aggression to the return of
Data's creator, Noonien Soong. But it is Data's creation of a daughter,
Lal, that may prove to beeveryone's undoing. . . .
THE TEARS OF ERIDANUS. Commander Hikaru Sulu of the Kumari--finest
ship of the Interstellar Guard, the military arm of the Interstellar
Union that includes Andor, Earth, and Tellar--is sent to rescue an
observation team on a primitive desert planet. The world has many
names--40 Eridani A-II, Minshara, T'Khasi, Vulcan--and its savage
natives have taken the team hostage, including Sulu's daughter, Demora.
Even as Captain Sulu negotiates with the fierce T'Pau, Demora meets the
elderly S'oval, and with him the only hope for the planet's future. . .
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HONOR IN THE NIGHT. Former Federation president Nilz Baris has died.
After losing Sherman's Planet to the Klingons thanks to poisoned
quadrotriticale, the agriculture undersecretary parlayed that defeat
into years of political battles with the Klingon Empire, and eventually
the Federation's highest office. Now, the Federation News Service wants
the story of his life, a quest that digs up many secrets--including the
mystery of why his final words were "Arne Darvin."
