Lost Souls

Introduction (blurb)
The soldiers of Armageddon are on the march, laying waste to worlds in their passage. An audacious plan could stop them forever, but it carries risks that one starship captain is unwilling to take. For Captain Jean-Luc Picard, defending the future has never been so important, or so personal — and the wrong choice will cost him everything for which he has struggled and suffered.

For Captain William Riker, that choice has already been made. Haunted by the memories of those he was forced to leave behind, he must jeopardize all that he has left in a desperate bid to save the Federation.

For Captain Ezri Dax, whose impetuous youth is balanced by the wisdom of many lifetimes, the choice is a simple one: there is no going back — only forward to whatever future awaits them.

But for those who, millennia ago, had no choice… this is the hour of their final, inescapable destiny.

Characters

 * Nanietta Bacco • Morgan Bateson • Sam Bowers • Torvig Bu-Kar-Nguv • T'Ryssa Chen • Jasminder Choudhury • Eric Crichlow • Beverly Crusher • Ezri Dax • Dennisar • Dina Elfiki • Joanna Faur • Stephen Foyle • Ghyllac • Karl Graylock • Fo Hachesa • Erika Hernandez • Inyx • Miranda Kadohata • Ranul Keru • Geordi La Forge • Ailli Lavena • Mikaela Leishman • Lerxst • Niccolo Mazzetti • Melora Pazlar • Gage Pembleton • Jean-Luc Picard • Xin Ra-Havreii • Sariel Rager • Shenti Yisec Eres Ree • William T. Riker • Rriarr • Sar • Sedín • Aneta Šmrhová • Gian Sortollo • Thom Steinhauer • Simon Tarses • Kiona Thayer • Deanna Troi • Tuvok • Christine Vale • Gary Weinrib • Worf, son of Mogh

Q • Alfred Tennyson • Lwaxana Troi

Starships and vehicles

 * Borg cube • Columbia (NX-02) •  USS Aventine  • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)  • USS Titan (NCC-80102)  • USS Voyager (NCC-74656)

Locations

 * Delta Quadrant • Earth • Liverpool • London • Mantilis • Mars • New Erigol

Races and cultures

 * Betazoid • Borg • Caeliar • Caitian • Choblik • Efrosian • Hirogen • Human • Kobliad • Orion • Pacifican • Pahkwa-thanh

States and organizations

 * Imperial Romulan State • Klingon Empire • Military Assault Command Operations • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets

Other

 * Austrian • binoculars • Canadian • canteen • Eurasian • German • Imzadi • olive • phase rifle • Québécoise • Sicilian • Sioux • Ulysses

Timeline
The story is primarily set in February 2381, following immediately on from the events in the preceding novel in the trilogy, Mere Mortals. The flashback chapters are all set in 4527 BCE.