Tag Archives: Una McCormack

Strange New Worlds: Asylum

Posted on June 6, 2025 by smellincoffee

It’s been nearly two years since the season-two cliffhanger of Strange New Worlds, so thank goodness for Trek literature to keep us junkies out of withdrawal until July’s airing of season there. Asylum is a novel told across two periods … Continue reading →

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The Autobiography of Cap’n Kate

Posted on September 21, 2023 by smellincoffee

I haven’t read any of the Autobiography books that Star Trek has been putting out in recent years, but when I spotted that Kate Mulgrew did the Audible version of this, I had to give it a try. I consistently … Continue reading →

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Picard: Last Best Hope

Posted on July 1, 2020 by smellincoffee

ST Picard: Last Best Hope © 2020 Una McCormack 335 pages I bought this on the strength of Una McCormack, nothing else. She’s contributed ably to the Treklit universe, delivering several superb novels. Even with her talents, however, there is … Continue reading →

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Brinkmanship

Posted on June 16, 2018 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Typhon Pact: Brinksmanship © 2012 Una McCormack 352 pages Who’s up for the Cuban Missile Crisis….in spaaaaaaace? When an otherwise friendly nation on the borders of the Federation and two of its allies signs a treaty with a … Continue reading →

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Crimson Shadow

Posted on December 24, 2017 by smellincoffee

Star Trek the Fall: Crimson Shadow © 2013 Una McCormack 352 pages After ten years of reconstruction, the Federation is preparing to leave Cardassia. Not all the locals gathering outside are there to wish its engineers and social workers a … Continue reading →

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The Never Ending Sacrifice

Posted on November 20, 2017 by smellincoffee

The Never Ending Sacrifice © 2009 Una McCormack 352 pages No Star Trek series rivals Deep Space Nine for its moral drama, for its stationary setting meant that characters had to live with the consequences of thir decisions. It told … Continue reading →

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Hollow Men

Posted on May 18, 2012 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Hollow Men © 2005 Una McCormack 368 pages               Deep Space Nine is notoriously the darkest of the six Star Trek series, repeatedly exploring corridors of the human experience that … Continue reading →

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