From History's Shadow

From History's Shadow is a novel from author Dayton Ward which was released in July 2013. The original publisher's description described it as:

Set in the Original Series universe, this standalone story utilizes 1950s UFO paranoia, the Cold War, and the escalating "space race" of the 1960s as a backdrop for a Star Trek tale in a vein similar to that of the New York Times bestselling Eugenics Wars duology.

Publisher's description[]

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Original Series!

2268: Following their encounter with the mysterious Gary Seven in the twentieth century, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise is startled by two intruders who have transported through space and time from Earth circa 1968. Incredibly, one of the infiltrators is a Vulcan, who asserts that he's lived among Earth's population for over a decade. The other represents a little-known race, and reveals to Captain James T. Kirk that she has spent that last twenty years working to bring about humanity's destruction. It is then that Gary Seven's young protégé, Roberta Lincoln, arrives seeking Kirk's help....

1947: In the wake of the infamous "Roswell Incident" involving a crashed alien craft and beings from another world, Captain James Wainwright finds himself recruited as one of the first members of Majestic 12, a secret organization with two goals: Collect evidence of extraterrestrial activity on Earth, and develop strategies to combat alien invaders. And it is this very mission that will consume Wainwright's life for the next two decades, driven by the knowledge that the danger is as real as the aliens living among us....

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Characters[]

Abrenn • Adlar • Agent 176 • Agent 937 • Elizabeth Anderson (Agent 201) • Neil Armstrong • Darren Benjamin • David Cardillo • Jeffrey Carlson • Pavel Chekov • John Christopher • James Cushman • Etlun • Lucas Fellini • Cynthia Foster (Agent 6) • Gejalik • Barry Giotto • Matthew Graham • Pasqua Hawthorne • Isis • Jaecz • James T. Kirk • Tom Larkin • Roberta Lincoln • Allison Marshall • Maxine • Leonard McCoy • Mestral • Nick Minecci • Ocherab • Stephen Olson • Brian Pearce • Ian Pendleton (Agent 42) • Ranzareq • Hugh Roberts • David Scott • Montgomery Scott • Gary Seven • Allen Shull • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Calvin Sutherland • Samuel Thorpe • Nyota Uhura • Ryan Vitali (Agent 347) • James Wainwright • Michael Wainwright
Referenced only: James Bond • Shaun Geoffrey Christopher • Santa Claus • Antonio Delgado • Rex Denning • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Chuck Elliot • Friend • Horace Rowan Gaither • Faith Garland • Harold Garner • Glenda • John Glenn • God • Flash Gordon • George Gregory • Charles Hardin • Moe Howard • Jack • Morris Jessup • Edith Keeler • John F. Kennedy • Donald Keyhoe • Atish Khatami • Joshua Langsford • Mabel • Maggie • Nog • Captain Proton • Quark • Hector Quintanilla • Buck Rogers • Edward Ruppelt • Alan Shepard • Robert Sneider • Stephanie • Stron • Dennis Thompson • T'Mir • Harry S. Truman • Hoyt Vandenberg • Deborah Wainwright • Emily Wainwright • Michelle Wainwright • William Wallace

Locations[]

Apartment 12B • Atlantic Ocean • Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania • Earth • Los Angeles, California • Carg Bay 1 • Luna • McKinley Rocket Base, Cocoa Beach, Florida • Jack's Roadside Diner • Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California • New Jersey • New York City • North America • Offutt Air Force Base • Washington, DC (National Mall • Washington Monument) • Trenton • Wright Field • Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio • Fort Yuma, Yuma Test Station, Yuma, Arizona • Omaha, Nebraska • Warehouse 13B • Yountville
Referenced only: Alaska • Cape Canaveral • Certoss Ajahlan • Certoss system • China • Daytona International Speedway • Edwards Air Force Base • England, Great Britain • Europe • Gamma Ceti • Germany • Greenwich Village • Hiroshima, Japan • Hermann, Missouri • High Sierras • Hollywood • Houston • Kansas City, Missouri • Korea • Las Vegas, Nevada • Levelland, Texas • Lima • Lubbock, Texas • Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona • Mabel's • MacDill Air Force Base • Mars • Mexico • Miami, Florida • Monaco • New Hampshire • Normandy • Olmsted Air Force Base • Pacific Northwest • Paris, France • Pentagon • Pine Tree • Roswell Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico • Russia • Sacramento • San Diego • Saturn • Star City, USSR • Starbase 9 • Tampa • Tandar Prime • Taurus Reach • Vietnam • Wapakoneta • Whiteman Air Force Base

Starships and vehicles[]

air plane • UEV Balatir • cargo truck • car • Copernicus • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Ford sedan • Galileo • Jeep • Saturn rocket • shuttlecraft • Tandaran vessel • Vulcan survey ship
Referenced only: Agena • ambulance • Apollo 11 • B-29 Superfortress • C-47 Skytrain • USS Endeavour • F-102 interceptor • flying saucer • Gemini 8 • Gemini 9 • golf cart • Quark's Treasure • Sputnik 1 • station wagon • Tellarite freighter • Titan II • X-2 satellite

Races and cultures[]

Certoss • Human (American • European • German • Japanese • Russian) • Tandaran • Vulcan
Referenced only: Andorian • Ferengi • Klingon • Martian • Na'kuhl • Romulan • Slaver

States and organizations[]

Advanced Research Projects Agency • Aegis • Ford Motor Company • Majestic 12 • Mission Control Center • NASA • National Military Establishment • Pearson-Thorne Corporation • Schlitz Periodicals • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Tandaran Defense Directorate • The Three Stooges • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • United Federation of Planets • United States Air Force • United States Army • United States Congress • United States Defense Department • United States of America • Vulcan Science Academy

Science and technology[]

.38 caliber • .45 caliber • alarm cloak • astrogator • atomic weapon • Beta 4 computer • Beta 5 computer • bomb • bullet • camcorder • camera • chronometer • Colt M1911 • communications array • communicator • compact stun device • computer • dampening field • data bank • data card • deflector shield • distress signal • electromagnetic driver • elevator • environmental suit • Feinberg receiver • flashlight • food processor • food slot • force field • fountain pen • Geiger counter • glasses • Guardian of Forever • hammer • hunting rifle • hypospray • inertial dampener • intercom • internal sensor • klaxon • knife • lamp • light bulb • lighter • M1 carbine • M2 carbine • M1 Garand • machine gun • microphone • mirror • mobile camouflage emitter • multi-phasic transducer • neuroscanner • nuclear bomb • nuclear weapons platform • particle beam weapon • phase fluctuation • phaser • phone booth • photon torpedo • pistol • radiation • radio • remote control • rifle • robot • rocket • satellite • scanner • science station • sensor • servo • shields • starship • stasis box • subspace • tape recorder • telegram • telephone • television • temporal stasis • thruster • time capsule • time-displacement generator • time travel • torpedo • tractor beam • translocator • transmitter • transparasteel • transporter • tricorder • tripod • turbolift • type-1 phaser • type-2 phaser • typewriter • UFO • universal translator • viewscreen • Vulcan probe • weather balloon • wrist watch

Ranks and titles[]

agent • Airman First Class • astronaut • astronomer • boxer • captain • case officer • chief engineer • chief of security • chief of staff • colonel • commander • commodore • corporal • doctor • editor • engineer • ensign • first officer • general • intelligence officer • journalist • liaison officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • lieutenant general • major • minister • news anchor • nurse • photographer • pilot • President of the United States of America • professor • publisher • scientist • secretary • security guard • security officer • sergeant • soldier • spy • staff sergeant • supervisor • treasure hunter • waitress • wrestler • writer

Other references[]

1938 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1952 • 1954 • 1955 • 1957 • 1958 • 1963 • 1968 • 1996 • 2268 • 20th century • 21st century • alien • alternate timeline • Alzheimer's disease • American Civil War • American flag • anesthezine • ashtray • bacon • basketball • birthday • blood • book • bourbon • brainwashing • bread • bridge • briefing room • brig • Brylcreem • bulkhead • cabbage palmetto • cafeteria • cancer • card board • cargo bay • cat • cherry pie • cigarette • coal • cockpit • coffee • comic book • Communism • denim • Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age • distress call • dollar • Earth Cold War • egg • English language • extraterrestrial • fedora • first contact • Flying Saucers from Outer Space • genie • genocide • golf • gymnasium • hair brush • hair • hangar bay • helmet • helm • high school • highway • homeworld • honeymoon • horseshoe • hospital • hull • humanoid • Hush-Hush • hydrogen • "insidious mind control powers" • jaundice • journalism • journal • Korean War • leather • library • linoleum • liquor • magazine • marriage • meatloaf • meteorite • meteor • mind meld • money • moon • motel • mountain • movie • National Register • National Security Act • newspaper • nuclear holocaust • oak • Operation Overlord • paper • peach cobbler • photograph • planet • pork chop • post office • Post-traumatic stress • Pravda • Project Blue Book • Project Gemini • Project Grudge • Project Mercury • Project Sign (Earth) • Project Vanguard • Quonset hut • red alert • rope • Roswell Incident • sand paper • Scotch • sickbay • ski mask • soup • Space Age • spider • starbase • Startling Universe • steak • steel • suitcase • sun • supernatural • tavern • tea • Temporal Cold War • Times-Herald • Time of Awakening • Tinseltown Tattler • toast • tree • UEV • vegetable • Veterans Day • warehouse • The War of the Worlds • The Washington Post • Watch the Skies • water • wood • World War II • World War III • yellow alert

Appendices[]

Background information[]

Dayton Ward's original idea for the framing story of the novel was to feature characters from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, including Benjamin Sisko, Odo, Julian Bashir, Jadzia Dax, Miles O'Brien, Quark and Rom. The Department of Temporal Investigations would send agents to Deep Space 9 following the events of "Little Green Men" and discover that an alien from Certoss Prime had stowed away aboard Quark's Treasure when it returned to the 24th century from 1947. [1]

Connections[]

Media featuring Gary Seven
Episode	Assignment: Earth
Miniseries	The Peacekeeper • Convergence • The Eugenics Wars • Assignment: Earth
Novels	Assignment: Eternity • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 • From History's Shadow • Elusive Salvation
Short stories	"The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Seven and Seven" • "Assignment: One" • "Rocket Man" • "Time Line"
Comics	"The Peacekeeper, Part One" • "The Peacekeeper, Part Two" • "Split Infinities" • "Future Imperiled" • "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" • "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" • "My Name Is Legion" • "We Have Met the Enemy..." • "Too Many Presidents" • "Ah-Ha!" • "Medics" • "Hosts" • "1971/4860.2" • "An Unexpected Yesterday" • "Year Five, Issue 11" • "Year Five, Issue 12" • "Year Five, Issue 15" • "Year Five, Issue 16" • "Year Five, Issue 17" • "Year Five, Issue 21" • "Year Five, Issue 22" • "Year Five, Issue 23" • "Year Five, Issue 24"

Timeline[]

published order
Previous novel: The Shocks of Adversity	TOS novels	Next novel: Shadow of the Machine
Previous story: In Tempest's Wake	Stories by: Dayton Ward	Next story: Peaceable Kingdoms
chronological order
Previous adventure: 1971/4860.2	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Brigadoon Section 2
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2268. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 7 other timeframe(s):
Previous adventure: Little Green Men Past	23 September to 15 October 2147 Chapters 3 & 4	Next adventure: Provenance of Shadows (Timeline 2), chapter 44
Previous adventure: Provenance of Shadows (Timeline 2), chapters 48, 50 & 52, section 1	14 January 1955 Chapter 10	Next adventure: A Bomb in Time Kirk's time travel
Previous adventure: Carbon Creek Past	10 to 11 November 1957 Chapters 13 - 15	Next adventure: The Dreamer and the Dream Past events
Previous adventure: Future's End Prologue	17 July 1967 Chapter 24	Next adventure: Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited "Studio" sections
Previous adventure: Assignment: Earth 1968 time-travel scenes	23 February to 22 April 1968 Chapters 26, 28 - 32	Next adventure: Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
Previous adventure: The Aliens Are Coming!	10 July 1969 Chapters 35 - 36	Next adventure: Assignment: Eternity Chapters 1 & 22
Previous adventure: Almost... But Not Quite Sections 3 - 5	6 November 1996 Chapter 38	Next adventure: Elusive Salvation "One More Last Thing": Chapter 33

External link[]

From History's Shadow article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.