Tag Archives: Star Trek Vanguard

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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COVID Reviews #5: Star Trekkin’ Across the Universe

Posted on October 8, 2020 by smellincoffee

This week I’ve been finishing the Vanguard series, set in the Original Series timeline and unfolding concurrently with the first three seasons of Star Trek. The first novel opened with the Enterprise enroute to its “Where No Man Has Gone … Continue reading →

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What Judgments Come

Posted on September 18, 2020 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: What Judgments Come© 2011 Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore354 pages For three years, Vanguard Station’s mission of facilitating the exploration and colonization of the Taurus Reach has been sidetracked by its covert attempts to come to grips … Continue reading →

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Declassified

Posted on March 13, 2018 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: Declassified© 2011 Kevin Dilmore, David Mack,  Marco Palmieri, and Dayton Ward404 pages At the edge of Federation space, at its shared border with the Klingons and the Tholian Assembly, lies trouble.  The area known as the Taurus … 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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Open Secrets

Posted on April 13, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: Open Secrets© 2009 Dayton Ward448 pages In Reap the Whirlwind, Vanguard commander Diego Reyes took some drastic steps to prevent the secret of Vanguard Station and the Taurus Reach from claiming more innocent lives — steps which … 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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Summon the Thunder

Posted on February 11, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: Summon the Thunder (#2)© 2006 Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore420 pages Cover art created by Doug Drexler, depicting Vanguard Station and the USS Lovell, a Daedalus-class still in service after over a century.  Something ancient and malevolent is … Continue reading →

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Harbinger

Posted on February 4, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Vanguard: Harbinger© 2005 David Mack388 pages Cover Art: Doug Drexler.   Returning from from the edge of known space and haunted by the memory of having to kill his best friend, Captain James T. Kirk is astonished to … Continue reading →

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