Desperate Hours is the first original novel for the television series Discovery, written by David Mack. It was published in September 2017.
Description
- Aboard the starship USS Shenzhou, Lieutenant Michael Burnham, a Human woman raised and educated among Vulcans, is promoted to acting first officer. But if she wants to keep the job, she must prove to Captain Philippa Georgiou that she deserves to have it. She gets her chance when the Shenzhou must protect a Federation colony that is under attack by an ancient alien vessel that has surfaced from the deepest fathoms of the planet's dark, uncharted sea. As the menace from this mysterious vessel grows stronger, Starfleet declares the colony expendable in the name of halting the threat. To save thousands of innocent lives, Burnham must infiltrate the alien ship. But to do so she needs to face the truth of her troubled past, and seek the aid of a man she has tried to avoid her entire life—until now.
References
Characters
- Brett Anderson • Jae Barnes • Mikki Bolander • Jon Bowen • Michael Burnham • Ramayan Chandra • Coniff • Danby Connor • Datlow • Keyla Detmer • Elena Donnelly • Mary Fan • Garison • Kamran Gant • Itzel García • Philippa Georgiou • Amanda Grayson • Tojiro Ishii • Troy Januzzi • Saladin Johar • Gretchen Kolova • Cameron Le Fevre • Ling • Hamid Medina • Anton Nambue • Narwani • Frel glasch Negg • Number One • O'Friel • Yoshi Ohara • Belin Oliveira • Lewa Omalu • Payne • Christopher Pike • Reddick • Rogers • Sarek • Saru • Shull • Sogobu • Spock • Gregor Spyropoulos • Temkin • Sonnisar ch'Theloh • Britch Weeton • Wierzbeski
Starships and vehicles
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Shenzhou (Walker-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Intrepid • USS Tereshkova
Locations
Races and cultures
States and organizations
- Andorian Imperial Drum Corps • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets
Science and technology
Ranks and titles
Other references
Appendices
Images
External link
- Desperate Hours announcement at David Mack's website.
- Desperate Hours article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.