Summary [ ]
The story of Keiko Ishikawa's life from working in the Alliance mines, to escaping to Terok Nor and meeting Miles O'Brien.
References [ ]
Characters [ ]
Sam Bowers • Broca • Chu'lak • Michael Eddington • Keiko Ishikawa • Kozak • Leeta • Miles O'Brien • Luther Sloan • Thirishar ch'Thane • Tiron • Natasha Yar • Zarale
Referenced only
Julian Bashir • Spock • T'Lara • Zek
Locations [ ]
Bajor • Korvat • Terok Nor • Wardroom
Referenced only
Badlands • Empok Nor
Races and cultures [ ]
Andorian • Bajoran • Bolian • Cardassian • Human • Klingon • Vulcan
Referenced only
Tellarite
Starships and vehicles [ ]
Klingon Bird-of-Prey • Ore loader
States and organizations [ ]
Klingon-Cardassian Alliance • Memory Omega • Terran Rebellion
Other references [ ]
bloodwine • comfort woman • Delta • Gamma • obachan • overseer • sarium krellide • soporific • Sto-vo-kor • Terran • Theta • Vulcan salute
Appendices [ ]
Reception [ ]
Robert Lyons of Trekmovie.com named "A Terrible Beauty" as the best story in Shards and Shadows in his review of the anthology. [1]
Related Stories [ ]
Saturn's Children - The 2375 portions of A Terrible Beauty begin two weeks after Saturn's Children .
Connections [ ]
Stories featuring the mirror universe
Enterprise
episode: "In a Mirror, Darkly " • prose: Age of the Empress • "Nobunaga "
Discovery
episodes: "Into the Forest I Go " • "Despite Yourself " • "The Wolf Inside " • "Vaulting Ambition " • "What's Past Is Prologue " • "Terra Firma " • comics: Succession ("Issue 1 " • "Issue 2 " • "Issue 3 " • "Issue 4 ")
The Original Series
episode: "Mirror, Mirror " • comics: Hell's Mirror • The Mirror Universe Saga ("... Promises to Keep " • "Double Image " • "Deadly Reflection! " • "The Tantalus Trap! " • "Masquerade! " • "Behind Enemy Lines! " • "The Beginning of the End... " • "Homecoming... ") • Fragile Glass • Mirror Images ("Issue 1 " • "Issue 2 " • "Issue 4 " • "Issue 5 ") • "The Mirror, Cracked • prose: Voyage to Adventure • Spectre • Dark Victory • Preserver • The Sorrows of Empire • "Ill Winds " • "The Greater Good " • games: The Adventure Game • Shattered Universe
Kelvin timeline
comics: Mirrored ("Part 1 " • "Part 2 ") • "Parallel Lives, Part 2 " • Live Evil ("Part 1 " • "Part 2 " • "Part 3 ")
The Next Generation
comics: "Mirror Images, Issue 3 " • Mirror Universe Collection (TNG - Mirror Broken comics : "Origin of Data ", "Prelude ", "Issue 1 ", "Issue 2 ", "Issue 3 ", "Issue 4 ", "Issue 5 " • TNG - Through the Mirror comics : "Issue 1 ", "Issue 2 ", "Issue 3 ", "Issue 4 ", "Issue 5 " TNG - Ripe for Plunder comics : "Chapter One ", "Chapter Two ", "Chapter Three ", "Chapter Four ", "Chapter Five " • TNG - Terra Incognita comics : "Issue 1 ", "Issue 2 ", "Issue 3 ", "Issue 4 ", "Issue 5 ", "Issue 6 ") • ST : The Mirror War : "Issue 0 ", "Issue 1 ", "Issue 2 ", "Issue 3 ", "Issue 4 ", "Geordi ", "Issue 5 ", "Issue 6 ", "Issue 7 ", "Issue 8 " • ST : Warriors of the Mirror War : "Data ", "Geordi ", "Sisko ", "Troi " • prose: Dark Mirror • Three • The Worst of Both Worlds • "The Traitor " • "The Sacred Chalice " • "For Want of a Nail " • Rise Like Lions
Deep Space Nine
episodes: "Crossover " • "Through the Looking Glass " • "Shattered Mirror " • "Resurrection " • "The Emperor's New Cloak " • comic: "Enemies & Allies " • prose: Dark Passions • Warpath • Saturn's Children • Fearful Symmetry • "A Terrible Beauty " • The Soul Key • "Freedom Angst " • Disavowed
Voyager
prose: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent • "Bitter Fruit " • comic: "Mirrors & Smoke "
New Frontier
comics: Turnaround ("Part I " • "Part II " • "Part III " • "Part IV " • "Part V ") • prose: Cutting Ties • "Homecoming "
Klingon Empire
prose: "Family Matters "
Titan
prose: "Empathy "
Vanguard
prose: "The Black Flag "
Miniseries and anthologies
RPG sourcebook: Through a Glass, Darkly • comics: The Mirror Universe Saga • Turnaround • Mirror Images • prose: Mirror Universe Trilogy • Mirror Universe (Glass Empires • Obsidian Alliances • Shards and Shadows )
published order
chronological order