Tag Archives: David Mack

In Harm’s Way

Posted on October 23, 2023 by smellincoffee

Scarcely five days after the Enterprise barely escaped an encounter with a giant machine capable of devouring entire planets, a rattled Jim Kirk has another foul assignment land on his desk. A scientist has gone missing on a planet within … Continue reading →

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Collateral Damage

Posted on June 13, 2022 by smellincoffee

Star Trek TNG: Collateral Damage© 2019 David Mack383 pages Years ago, the decisions of Federation leadership and Starfleet command placed Captain Picard and the Enterprise between a moral Scylla and Charybdis, and his dogged efforts to keep the peace were … Continue reading →

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Control

Posted on December 2, 2018 by smellincoffee

ST Section 31: Control © 2017 David Mack 304 pages “…if I’m correct, going to war with Section Thirty-one can only end badly for you. Either you will lose, and you and all your friends will suffer gruesome fates I’d … Continue reading →

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Disavowed

Posted on November 30, 2018 by smellincoffee

ST Section 31: Disavowed© 2014 David Mack304 pages “Murder is murder, regardless of whether it is committed by an individual, a group of persons, or the state.” – Disavowed, David Mack Disavowed is the brilliant result of multiple spy plots intersecting … Continue reading →

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Rise Like Lions

Posted on May 3, 2018 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions© 2011 David Mack352 pages “That’s what passes for good news, now? We have a good chance of not dying if we crawl into a hole and keep our heads down? I’d hoped we’d … Continue reading →

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Obsidian Alliances

Posted on May 1, 2018 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Mirror Universe: Obsidian Alliances© 2007 Keith DeCandido, Peter David, and “Sarah Shaw”448 pages Noticeably absent from Glass Empires were any characters or stories from Deep Space Nine,  the series which revived and expanded the premise of the Mirror … Continue reading →

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The Body Electric

Posted on March 26, 2014 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Cold Equations, Book Three: The Body Electric© 2013 David Mack352 pages Bad news. There’s a planet-sized machine with a companion black hole ominously named “Abaddon” using artificial wormholes to suck entire star systems into its maw.  Worse news: … Continue reading →

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The Persistence of Memory – Silent Weapons

Posted on July 9, 2013 by smellincoffee

Star Trek TNG Cold Equations, Books 1 & 2: The Persistence of Memory and Silent Weapons© 2012 David Mack400 and 352 pages The last time David Mack penned a Trek trilogy, billions upon billions died (Destiny), the Borg were vanquished, … Continue reading →

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Precipice

Posted on June 4, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: Precipice© 2009 David Mack352 pages To date, the Vanguard series has been marked by a vast archaeological and scientific mystery, but as its matured, the implications of the Taurus Reach discoveries have been taking precedent. We saw … Continue reading →

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Reap the Whirlwind

Posted on March 7, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: Reap the Whirlwind (Book Three)© 2007 David Mack464 pages, including a ‘Vanguard Minipedia’, which combines a glossary and dramatis personae.    Cover art by Doug Drexler, depicting the scoutship USS Sagittarius being pursued by a Klingon cruiser  At the edge of … Continue reading →

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