David R George

After the construction of the new Deep Space 9, in the Bajoran system, as Captain Ro Laren's crew prepares for its dedication ceremony, a dangerous new threat to the Federation comes to light.

While Commander Elias Vaughn leads the crew of the "Defiant" through the wormhole on an exploration of the Gamma Quadrant, Colonel Kira Nerys faces a spiritual challenge back on Deep Space 9 that could destroy her.

At the end of 2385, in a significant shift of its goals from military back to exploratory, Starfleet sent Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the U.S.S. Robinson on an extended mission into the Gamma Quadrant. Tasked with a yearlong assignment to travel unknown regions, they set out to fulfill the heart of Starfleet's charter: to explore strange new worlds, and to seek out new life and new civilizations. But now three months into the mission, their...

Still on Romulus in pursuit of his goal of reunifying the Vulcans and Romulans, Spock finds himself in the middle of a massive power struggle. In the wake of the assassination of the Praetor and the Senate, the Romulans have cleaved in two. While Empress Donatra has led her nascent Imperial Romulan State to establish relations with the Federation, Praetor Tal?aura has guided the original Romulan Star Empire toward joining the newly formed Typhon Pact....

Captain Harriman of the "U.S.S. Enterprise" is called upon to defuse a dangerous situation when an accident brings the Romulans and the Federation to the brink of war.

The adventures of nine captains from the Star Trek universe, ranging from Jonathan Archer to Will Riker, are chronicled in a collection of all original stories by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, David R. George, Christie Golden, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Heather Jarmen, Michael A. Martin, and Andy Mangels.