Star Trek: Challenger

Star Trek: Challenger is a spinoff series of Star Trek novels published by Pocket Books in the United States as part of Pocket’s Star Trek original series line. Based on the titular TV series created by Gene Roddenberry, the series was created by Pocket editor John J. Ordover and writer Diane Carey, and was a continuation of the six-book storyline, Star Trek: New Earth. The sixth and final New Earth book was subtitled Challenger, and served as a springboard for Star Trek: Challenger. It was published on August 1, 2000.

New Earth

 * [Star Trek: New Earth: Wagon Train to the Stars] by Diane Carey
 * [Star Trek: New Earth: Belle Terre] by Dean Wesley Smith with Diane Carey
 * [Star Trek: New Earth: Rough Trails] by L.A. Graf
 * [Star Trek: New Earth: The Flaming Arrow] by Kathy Oltion and Jerry Oltion
 * [Star Trek: New Earth: Thin Air] by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
 * [Star Trek: New Earth: Challenger] by Diane Carey

Challenger
Christie Golden, Robert Greenberger, and Susan Wright
 * [Gateways #2: Chainmail] by Diane Carey
 * [Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond] (anthology) by Diane Carey, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido,

Main characters
New Earth
 * Rear Admiral James T. Kirk
 * Commander Spock
 * Doctor Leonard McCoy
 * Commander Montgomery Scott
 * Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu
 * Lieutenant Pavel Chekov
 * Lieutenant Commander Uhura

Challenger
 * Commander Nick Keller

Authors

 * Diane Carey
 * L.A. Graf
 * Dean Wesley Smith
 * Kathy Oltion
 * Jerry Oltion
 * Kristine Kathryn Rusch