Description[]
- It's been said that for any event, there are an infinite number of possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow, and therefore all possibilities that could happen do happen across alternate realities. In these divergent realms, known history is bent, like white light through a shattered prism -- broken into a boundless spectrum of what-might-have-beens. But in those myriad universes, what might have been... is what actually occurred.
- Commander Hikaru Sulu of the Kumari—finest ship of the Interstellar Guard, the military arm of the Interstellar Union that includes Andor, Earth, and Tellar—is sent to rescue an observation team on a primitive desert planet. The world has many names—40 Eridani A-II, Minshara, T'Khasi, Vulcan—and its savage natives have taken the team hostage, including Sulu's daughter, Demora. Even as Captain Sulu negotiates with the fierce T'Pau, Demora meets the elderly S'oval, and with him the only hope for the planet's future...
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References[]
Characters[]
- Tornellen Dax • Yrrebneddor th'Eng • Gav • Amanda Grayson • Jabilo M'Benga • Vanda M'Giia • Corpek th'Rellvonda • S'oval • S'task • Shras • Demora Sulu • Hikaru Sulu • Sybok • T'Pau • Che'srik Tal • Thelin th'Valrass • Tellameer V'Larr • Phelana Yudrin
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- Azetbur • Hollisjle Gohoy • James T. Kirk • Korrd • Leonard McCoy • Myshellmaloni Mangol • Pol kj Onn • Sarek • Shiboline M'Ress • Thelianaresth th'Vorothishria • Yobob Ha Re
Starships and vehicles[]
- Excelsior-class • IKS Jartokk • IUES Kumari II • IUES Ravis
- Referenced only
- IUES Atlirith • IUES Enterprise I
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Coridanite • Human • Nausicaan • Rigellian • Tellarite • Trill • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Klingon • Xindi
States and organizations[]
- Interstellar Guard • Interstellar Union
- Referenced only
- Andorian Empire • Gorn Hegemony • Guidon Space Pontificate • Holy Order of the Kinshaya • Klingon Empire • Ksahtryan Regime • Metron Consortium • Orion Free States • Taurhai Unity
Science and technology[]
Ranks and titles[]
- field marshal • general • captain • commander • subcommander • lieutenant • trooper
Other references[]
Appendices[]
Related stories[]
Myriad Universes publications and stories | ||
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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 | ||
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Previous novel: The Embrace of Cold Architects |
Shattered Light | Next novel: Honor in the Night |
Previous story: Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You |
Stories by: Steve Mollmann and Michael Schuster |
Next story: A Choice of Catastrophes |
chronological order | ||
Previous Adventure: Not yet placed |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Not yet placed |