The Missing

The Missing is an upcoming 2014 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by author Una McCormack. The novel takes place after the events of Star Trek: The Fall and focuses on Beverly Crusher's reassignment from the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) to, which was first mentioned in Peaceable Kingdoms.

Publisher's description

 * Deep Space 9 is once again becoming an important way station in the Alpha Quadrant for many different people with many different agendas. Uniquely crewed by representatives of different species from both the Khitomer Powers and the Typhon Pact, the Federation science and exploration vessel Athene Donald'' stops at the station as its final port of call before heading into uncharted territories. The whole project is the brainchild of Dr. Katherine Pulaski, who hopes that science will do what diplomacy alone cannot, and help various powers put aside the tensions of recent years, returning to scientific research and the exploration of space


 * On DS9, base commander Ro Laren has her hands full with the sudden arrival of a ragtag flotilla of small ships crewed by a group calling themselves the People of the Open Sky. Ro is not keen on handling this first-contact duty, but becomes increasingly intrigued by the People, who are made up of several hitherto unknown species. Describing themselves as explorers, they are interested in everything about the station. Ro begins to enjoy her assignment, particularly as she takes counsel from the logs of Jean-Luc Picard. Blackmer, however, is more suspicious about these apparently friendly arrivals and monitors their movements around DS9...

Characters

 * Jefferson Blackmer • Beverly Crusher • Ro Laren • Katherine Pulaski

Starships and vehicles

 * Athene Donald

Races and cultures

 * Bajoran • Human

States and organizations

 * People of the Open Sky • Starfleet • Typhon Pact • United Federation of Planets

Other references

 * Khitomer Accords

Background information

 * The working title of the novel was Home Again, which was intended to be a Star Trek: The Next Generation Ebook.