Greater Than the Sum

Announced at Shore Leave 2007, with a release date of August 2008, this novel will continue the post-Nemesis storyline past Before Dishonor and will set the stage for the upcoming Star Trek: Destiny trilogy by David Mack, also due in late 2008.

Introduction (blurb)
The Starship Rhea has discovered a cluster of carbon planets that seems to be the source of the quantum energies rippling through a section of space. A landing party finds unusual life-forms inhabiting one of the planets. One officer, Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen -- a half-Vulcan -- makes a tenuous connection with them. But before any progress can be made, the Rhea comes under attack from the Einstein -- a Starfleet vessel now controlled by the Borg. The landing party can only listen in horror as their comrades are assimilated. The Borg descend to the planet, and just as Chen accepts that she will be assimilated, the lieutenant is whisked two thousand light-years away.

A quantum slipstream -- instantaneous transportation -- is controlled by these beings in the cluster, and in the heart of the cluster there is now a Borg ship. Cut off from the rest of the Borg collective, the Einstein cannot be allowed to rejoin it. For the sake of humanity, the Borg cannot gain access to quantum slipstream technology.

Starfleet Command gives Captain Picard carte blanche: do whatever he must to help the beings in the cluster, and stop the Einstein no matter the cost.

Characters

 * T'Ryssa Chen • Beverly Crusher • Guinan • Hugh • Miranda Kadohata • Geordi La Forge • Zelik Leybenzon • Alynna Nechayev • Jean-Luc Picard • Seven of Nine • T'Lana • Worf • Rennan Konya • Jasminder Choudhury • Dina Elfiki • Taurik • Joanna Faur • Rebekah Grabowski • Hegol Den

Gaanth • Marien Zimbata • Natasha Stolovitsky • Armin Grabowski • Ruth Grabowski • Garem Valz • Sarek • Kathryn Janeway • Q • Kamin • Batai • Meribor • Nella Daren • Brenna Covington

Starships and vehicles

 * USS Einstein • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) • USS Rhea (Luna class) • Liberator • USS Bhutto
 * USS Aventine

Locations

 * NGC 6281 • NGC 6281-34 III ("Pencilvania") • Barolia (Beta Columbae system) • Antares Nebula
 * Acamar • Starbase 103

Races and cultures

 * Borg • Mabrae • "Noh Angels"
 * Nosgoh

States and organizations

 * The Liberated

Other

 * open cluster • quantum slipstream • The Boomer Diaries • transphasic torpedo •

Related stories
Before Dishonor