Summary
Dr. Noonien Soong's dream has been realized: androids are now woven inextricably into the fabric of the Federation, revolutionizing Starfleet and transforming the quality of humanoid life. But when Soong's long-missing breakthrough creation, Data, mysteriously resurfaces, civilization reaches a crossroads that could lead to a bright new future, or to ruin.
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References
Characters
- Wesley Crusher • Data • A. Isaac • Geordi La Forge • Lal • Sam Lavelle • Lore • Jean-Luc Picard • Dalen Quaice • Ro Laren • Sito Jaxa • Noonien Soong • Juliana Tainer • Taris
- Referenced only
- Chakotay • Beverly Crusher • Ira Graves • Tom Handy • William T. Riker • Taurik • Deanna Troi • Worf, son of Mogh
Starships and vehicles
Locations
- Earth • Gamma Quadrant • Iconia • Milky Way Galaxy • Omicron Theta • Wolf 359
- Referenced only
- Garden of Versailles • Risa
Races and cultures
States and organizations
- Datarians • Daystrom Institute • Dominion • Isolationists • Klingon Empire • Klingon-Romulan alliance • Lorists • Retrogressionists • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
Science and technology
- alien • animal • anti-positronic disruptor • atmosphere • galaxy • gateway hub • gateway relay • gravity generator • hair • Iconian gateway • light-year • mass • medicine • orbital habitat • phaser • plant • positronic brain • replicator • shapeshifter • subspace • subspace network • telescope • time • time machine • Uploading
Ranks and titles
Other references
- beach • bench • caste • century • day • death • decade • first contact • fruit • handshake • mass murder • millennia • moon • pergola • planet • planetoid • Prime Directive • sand • skunk • song • technology • treaty • tree • way station • year
Appendices
Related stories
| Myriad Universes publications and stories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Prose | Infinity's Prism | "A Less Perfect Union" • "Places of Exile" • "Seeds of Dissent" |
| Echoes and Refractions | "The Chimes at Midnight" • "A Gutted World" • "Brave New World" | |
| Shattered Light | "The Embrace of Cold Architects" • "The Tears of Eridanus" • "Honor in the Night" | |
| Comics | The Last Generation | "Do Not Close Your Eyes" • "No Cure For That" • "What Happens Now" • "Inevitability" • "The End of History" |
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: A Gutted World |
Echoes and Refractions | Next novel: Last Story |
| Previous novel: TBD |
Star Trek novels | Next novel: TBD |
| Previous story: none |
Stories by: Chris Roberson |
Next story: TBD |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: A Time to Sow |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: A Time to Harvest |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2378. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in two other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Well of Souls |
2336 Prologue |
Next Adventure: Mystery of the Missing Crew Prologue |
| Previous Adventure: The Shoulders of Giants Epilogue |
2478 Epilogue |
Next Adventure: One Last Adventure Section 1 |