The exciting conclusion to the Homecoming adventure!—The Farther Shore was a Star Trek: Voyager novel, a second part follow-up to VOY episode & novelization: Endgame that was second in a new series of Voyager novels taking place after the television series, following Homecoming.
Description[]
- When an unstoppable Borg plague breaks out upon Earth, blame quickly falls on the newly returned crew of the starship USS Voyager. Did Kathryn Janeway and the others unknowingly carry this insidious infection back with them? Many in Starfleet think so, and Seven of Nine, in particular, falls under a cloud of suspicion.
- Now, with a little help from the Starship Enterprise, Admiral Janeway must reunite her crew in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to discover the true source of the contagion and save Earth itself from total assimilation into a voracious new Borg Collective.
- But time is running out.
- Has Voyager come home only to witness humanity's end?
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
Former USS Voyager personnel[]
- Chakotay • The Doctor • Kathryn Janeway • Harry Kim • Tom Paris • B'Elanna Torres • Tuvok
Other Starfleet personnel[]
- Vassily Andropov • Trevor Blake • Colson • Brenna Covington • Leo Crais • Data • Landon Ferguson • Aidan Fletcher • Debby Garris • Brian Grady • Hughes • Icheb • Jackson • Janssen • Jarem Kaz • Kenneth Montgomery • Tom Moore • Jean-Luc Picard • Barbara Robinson • Candace Roske • Akolo Tare • Susan Taylor • Vance • Roger Watson • Whitman
- Referenced only
- Andre • Grafton • Hegwood • Eshe Karenga • William T. Riker • Sam • Tim
Other characters[]
- Allyson • Oliver Baines • Borg Queen • Carla Johnson • Miral Paris • Seven of Nine • Miral Torres • Libby Webber
- Referenced only
- Belle • Zefram Cochrane • Constance Goodheart • Sherlock Holmes • Kevin Johnson • Kahless the Unforgettable • Gradak Kaz • Radara Kaz • Kohlar • Logt • Captain Proton • Michael Sullivan • John Torres
Starships and vehicles[]
- Referenced only
- Barge of the Dead • Borg sphere • USS Enterprise-D
Locations[]
- Boreth • Earth (The Garden of Eatin' • Paris • San Diego • Santa Barbara • San Francisco • The Stop Spot)
- Referenced only
- Junn • Lake George • Lynarik Prime • Rocky Mountains • South Carolina • Tarkulis • Verjuu • Vulcan • Wolf 359
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Acamarian • Cardassian • Human (Ethiopian • Greek • Thai) • Gorn • Species 8472
States and organizations[]
- Federation Research Institute • Klingon Empire • Project Full Circle • Section 9 • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Intelligence • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Maquis • Moolian Fleet
Science and technology[]
- adrenaline • bioscanner • chronometer • computer • dampening field • dermal regenerator • EMH Mark I • emotion chip • environmental suit • gangrene • hologram • holonovel • holoprojector • holosuite • hypospray • Lhaj fever • lobotomy • lung • mobile emitter • nanoprobe • padd • Parker's Fourth Theorem • Parker's Second Theorem • pattern buffer • phaser • portable emitter • regeneration chamber • replicator • Setoya's Theory • sonic shower • stasis chamber • teraquad • transporter • tricorder • vaccine
Ranks and titles[]
- admiral • agent • artist • assistant director • author • cadet • captain • chef • Chief of Starfleet Intelligence • commander • counselor • Director of Covert Operations • doctor • ensign • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • Malshu • mechanic • musician • Mirkashu • scientist • security chief • security officer • vegetarian • vice admiral • waiter • yeoman
Other references[]
- 2063 • The Adventures of Captain Proton • algae • apple • assimilation • bandage • bat'leth • Battle of Wolf 359 • beer • berries • bistro • bloodwine • book • bridge • briefcase • butterfly • cabernet • café au lait • cargo bay • Challenge of Spirit • cheese • chocolate cake • chocolate chip cookie • cigarette • cinnamon roll • cloak • Cobb salad • coffee • court-martial • cream • croissant • crown • dagger • deus ex machina • dog • Dominion War • egg salad sandwich • eggs • Fair Haven • firing squad • first contact • gourd • horse • french fries • fruit • grikshak • grilled cheese sandwich • grizzly bear • hamburger • Hippocratic oath • honeymoon • hot dog • insect • itkrik • Jefferies tube • Klingon opera • knife • lasagna • lava • Level Beta • literature • maasklak • marshmallow • merlot • milk • mug • mushroom • noodle • oil • onion • operations • orange • paint • pastry • peregrine • Photons Be Free • Photons, Claim Justice • pickle • pool • potato • rape • red wine • risotto • root • rosé wine • Rosetta stone • Royal Protocol • rye bread • salve • sandal • seagull • shiraz • spear • steak • stone • sugar • T-bone steak • tennis • tent • theater • torch • tree • tuber • tunic • twig • vinegar • Vulcan Love Slave • Vulcan nerve pinch • waterfall • whip • white bread • white wine • World War I
Appendices[]
Background[]
- Data came to the conclusion that a Borg Queen was active on Earth and when he was met with skepticism, he argued that once a person eliminated the impossible then whatever remained, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. This was an identical statement made by Data in "Lonely Among Us" regarding a series of systems malfunctions on the USS Enterprise-D, and by Spock in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country when he came to the conclusion of a cloaked Klingon bird-of-prey. This is, of course, an aphorism first coined by Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes stories.
Images[]
Original edition cover image.
German language edition cover image.
German language edition two-part cover image.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Homecoming |
Voyager Stories | Next novel: Old Wounds |
| Previous novel: Homecoming |
Novels by: Christie Golden |
Next novel: Old Wounds |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Homecoming Chapters 4-20 |
Next Adventure: Widow's Walk second-fourth entries | |
Translations[]
- 2013
- German : Ferne Ufer, translated by Andrea Bottlinger. (Cross Cult)
External link[]
- The Farther Shore article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.