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

 * Jas Abrik • Leonard James Akaar • Antillea • Arithon • Ashlok • Nanietta Bacco • Marta Batanides • Morgan Bateson • Jarata Beyn • Borg Queen • Sam Bowers • Torvig Bu-Kar-Nguv • Celank • ch'Maras • ch'Thirishar • T'Ryssa Chen • Jasminder Choudhury • Eric Crichlow • Beverly Crusher • Kirsten Cruzen • Darrow • Peter Davila • Ezri Dax • Denblas • Dennisar • Doron • Dyrrem • Dina Elfiki • Elieth • Englehorn • Falgar • Aoki Farrenga • Colin Farrenga • Sylvana Farrenga • Vicenzo Farrenga • Joanna Faur • Sophie Fawkes • Felef • Stephen Foyle • G'mtor • Ghyllac • Randolph Giudice • Lena Glau • Goluk • Karl Graylock • Svetlana Gredenko • Grevaq • Fo Hachesa • Gruhn Helkara • Erika Hernandez • Susan Hyatt • Shelley Hutchinson • Ideene • Iliop • Inyx • Edward Jellico • Salaz Jestem • Jordan • Kant Jorel • K'Draq • Miranda Kadohata • Kandel • Karai • Lonnoc Kedair • Kedam • Ranul Keru • Kevin • Kistler • Ione Kitain • Klag • Krogan • Kopek, son of Nargor • Korvog • Krozek • L'Kem • Geordi La Forge • Aili Lavena • Mikaela Leishman • Lerxst • Liaudi • Locutus • Logos of Borg • Malaya • Malfomn • Marasa • Martok • Niccolo Mazzetti • Meddex • Oliana Mirren • Tujiro Nakamura • Narus • Navok • Alynna Nechayev • Nexa Ko Tor • Ordemo Nordal • P7-Red • Melora Pazlar • Gage Pembleton • Jean-Luc Picard • Esperanza Piñiero • Ilar Prem • Qolka • Qonqar • Xin Ra-Havreii • Sariel Rager • Ravosus • Shenti Yisec Eres Ree • Reese • Bryan Regnis • William T. Riker • Rriarr • Sar • Sedath • Sedín • Seven of Nine • Pava Ek'Noor sh'Aqabaa • Sivak • Aneta Šmrhová • Gian Sortollo • Thom Steinhauer • Strigl • T'Kel • T'Lana • T'Pel • T'Prel • T'Sona • Takagi • Tal'Aura • Tane • Simon Tarses • Taurik • Alex Terapane • Tharp • Kiona Thayer • Tovoj • Deanna Troi • Tuvok • Christine Vale • Valk • Gary Weinrib • Wexler • Worf, son of Mogh • Yneth • Charivretha zh'Thane

Anij • Koll Azernal • Captain Proton • Chakotay • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Nella Daren • Data • Jadzia Dax • Dax • Dexar • Donatra • Fek'lhr • Fred • Frederico • God • Sonya Gomez • Gowron • Thor Heyerdahl • K'Ehleyr • Claude Monet • Miyamoto Mushashi • Jaza Najem • Nargor • René Picard • Robert Picard • Q • Nelino Quafina • William Ross • Alexander Rozhenko • Shinzon • Spock • Spot • Alfred Tennyson • Tovak • Lwaxana Troi • Urthog • Worvan • Yaltakh • Yanas • Min Zife

Starships and vehicles

 * Borg cube • Borg scout • Columbia  •  Demial • Gillespie (shuttlecraft) •  •   •   •   •  • Mance (shuttlecraft) • USS Ajax • USS Atlas  • USS Aventine  • USS Baliste • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)  • USS Exeter • USS Forrestal • USS Kearsarge • USS Musashi • USS Potemkin • USS Prometheus  • USS Tirpitz • USS Titan  • USS da Vinci

Armstrong (shuttlecraft) • Ellington (shuttlecraft) • Holliday (shuttlecraft) • •  Scimitar • USS Destiny • USS Einstein (Nebula class)  (aka  Frankenstein Borg supercube) • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)  • USS Luna (prototype) • USS Tempest • USS Voyager

Locations

 * Andor • Arehaz • Axion • Azure Nebula • Captain's Lounge • Cestus III • Earth • Federation Council Chamber • First City • Great Hall • Happy Bottom Riding Club • Junk Mountain • Lacon City • Mantilis • New Erigol • Palais de la Concorde • Paris • Pike's Lake • Qo'noS • Sibirian Range • Starfleet Command Headquarters • Summer Island • The Forge • Therin Park • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards • Vulcan

FGC-SR37-758 • Ajilon • Aldebaran • Aldrin Park • An'quat • Andor • Archanis • Ardana • Austria • Bajor • Barolia • Beta Lankal • Beta Quadrant • Beta Rigel • Beta Thoridor • Betazed • California • Canada • Castor • Celes • Champs-Elysees • Chateau Picard • Cordian • Cydonia • Dartmouth College • Deep Space 9 • Delta Quadrant • Delta Sigma IV • Deneva • Devoras • Draylax • Elas • Erigol • Gamma Quadrant • Germany • Gorath • Gre'thor • Hyralan • Johnson City • Jouret • Jupiter • Khitomer • Kintara • Korvat • Krennla • Liverpool • London • Lorillia • Luna • Mars • McKinley Station • Mempa sector • Mempa system • Montreal • Morska • Mumbai • Nausicaa • Nequencia Alpha • New York • Novat • Pacific Ocean • Pacifica • Peru • Praxis • Quebec • Quin'lat • Quorum Hall • Ramatis • Regulus • Rhaandar • Rigel IV • Risa • Rocky Mountains • Roth Dining Room • Rura Penthe • Settler's Monument • Sicily • Star Chamber • Sto-vo-Kor • Styx • Sumer • System J-25 • T'chariv • Tezwa • Tokyo • Tolar'tu • Trill • Troyius • Tyberius • Unimatrix • Vermont • Wolf 359 • Xarantine • Yridia

Races and cultures

 * Andorian • Antican • Arcturian • Bajoran • Betazoid • Bolian • Borg • Caeliar • Caitian • Capellan • Catullan • Choblik • Deltan • Efrosian • Elaysian • Gnalish • Gnalish Fejjimaera • Human • Kindir • Klingon • Mizarian • Orion • Pacifican • Pahkwa-thanh • Takaran • Triexian • Trill • Vulcan • Zakdorn • Zaldan

Ba'ku • Dokaalan • Elabrej • Gallamite • Hirogen • Jem'Hadar • Kinshaya • Nausicaan • Orisha • Ressikan • Romulan • Selay • Talarian

States and organizations

 * Borg Collective • Caeliar gestalt • Council of the United Federation of Planets • Deneva Civil Defense Corps • Earth Starfleet • Federation Cabinet • House of Martok • Klingon Defense Force • Klingon Empire • Klingon Fifth Fleet • Klingon High Council • Klingon Ninth Fleet • Military Assault Command Operations • Quorum • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets

Dominion • Fourth House of Betazed • Imperial Romulan State • Order of the Bat'leth • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • Starfleet Medical • Starfleet Research and Development • Talarian Republic • Talarian Third Fleet

Other

 * acetylene light • acorn • The Adventures of Captain Proton • agriculture • albatross • annular confinement beam • antimatter reactor • antiseptic • aorta • apple • assimilation • assimilation tubule • aurora • Austrian • avocado • bandolier • barbeque • bark soup • bark tea • baseball bat • Battle of Sector 001 • bat'leth • battery • beer • binoculars • black beans • blood • boot • Borg drone • Bridge over a Pool of Water Lilies • Brig • bronze • bulkhead • Canadian • candle • carabiner • carbon fuel • catom • cease fire • central plexus • champagne • checkers • chemical grenade • chocolate • chronoton integrator • cilantro • cinnamon • coffee table • collision course • continuity of government • court-martial • cranial fluid • deflector • Dominion War • drill • duranium • Earl Grey tea • energy dampener • engram • explosive • Eye of Erykron • Federation law • feedback buffer • Fibonacci sequence • fish • flagship • flare • flint • flour • fog of war • Foxtrot Blue • garlic • geothermal energy • German • Gorgon • grape • grapevine • grappling hook • gravity • Great Builders • Great Work • guacamole • hand scanner • Hero of the Empire • holodeck • hologram projector • hyperphasic radiation • hypospray • Imzadi • Inuit • isolinear circuit • ivy • jazz • Jack cheese • Kolinahr • kolu fruit • latinum • latrine • Lieber exoskeleton • lime • malaria • margarita • mek'leth • meteorite • milk • mojito • monofilament sword • mousse • multi-vector assault mode • nanoprobe • narcotic • Neolithic Period • nuclear fission • oak tree • oil • olive • Omega Directive • Omega molecule • Omega molecule generator • optronic cable • orchard • ova • PADD • palm beacon • parasite • phase rifle • photonic charge • pill bug • Pinor Noir • plasma • plasma fire • poker face • pork loin • prime particle generator • prison • prune juice • qIJbIQ • qelI'qam • quantum field • quantum slipstream drive • Québécoise • quesadilla • quinine • RNA • raft • raktajino • Ressikan flute • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner • rodent • rum • salsa • salt • sea urchin • self-sealing anchor bolt • seppuku • shields • Sicilian • silver • Sioux • sledgehammer • snare • snowshoe • sofa • solar energy • Soldiers of the Empire • soliton field • soliton pulse • sour cream • Starfleet regulations • stasis field • steel • stellar cartography lab • structural integrity field • subspace tunnel • sword • tarp • Tezwa conflict • thalaron generator • tonic • torch • tortilla • Tour Eiffel • Tower of Babel • TR-116 • transparent aluminum • transphasic mine • transphasic torpedo • transporter • transporter coil • transporter pattern enhancer • triage team • tricorder • turbolift • venom • vinculum • virus • vodka • Vulcan nerve pinch •warp core • weather control grid • wine • wo'leng • written language • zero-point aggregator

Appendices

 * Prior to the cover art being finalised for the book at least one stand-in cover was issued, featuring Captain Riker on a colourful background. A very similar image of Riker was used on the final cover along side images of Erika Hernandez, New Erigol and a subspace tunnel.
 * An excerpt from this book was printed in Star Trek Magazine #141.

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.