- For the DC comic of the same title, see The Worst of Both Worlds (comic)
Introduction (blurb)[]
Humanity is a pitiful collection of enslaved, indentured, and abused peoples. No one dares to question the order, except at peril of their lives. One man survives by blinding himself to the misery around him. However, Luc Picard resists, just once. And in that one instant he unlocks a horror beyond the tyranny of the Alliance. Can a man so beaten down by a lifetime of oppression stop the destruction?
From The Pocket Books Spring 2007 Catalogue: In The Worst of Both Worlds, Almost a hundred years of domination by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance, humans struggle to survive. A man known as Jean-Luc Picard agrees to take an elderly, doddering scientist, Noonien Soong, to a planet where he's heard there is a machine-human hybrid.
References[]
Characters[]
- Luc Picard • Katherine Pulaski • Noonien Soong • Wesley • Bagro • Gwarz • K'muc • Kang • Khone • Locutus of Borg • Madred • Nu'Daq • Selar • Sovak • Tebok • Telle • Trepar • Vash
- Referenced only
- Unnamed mirror universe characters • Akorem • Jonathan Archer • Zefram Cochrane • Beverly Crusher • Jack Crusher • Richard Daystrom • Richard Galen • Victor Hugo • Kahless • Khan Noonien Singh • James T. Kirk • Odan • Jil Orra • Robert Picard • Ruk • Hoshi Sato • Arik Soong • Spock
Locations[]
- Calder II • Carraya IV • Celtris III • Iconia • Nequencia • New T'Karath • Qo'noS • Rura Penthe
- Referenced only
- Camus II • Ceti Alpha V • Decius III • Earth • Exo III • Ktaria VII • P'Jem • Penthara IV • Vulcan's Forge • Yadalla Prime
Starships and vehicles[]
- Akorem • IKS B'Moth • Groumall • Hebitia • Stargazer (runabout) • Mek'leth • Reklar • IKS Vor'nak • IKS Ya'Vang
- Referenced only
- IKS Rotarran
Races and cultures[]
- Borg • Cardassian • Klingon • Tellarite • Terran • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- El-Aurian • Iconian • Old Ones • Taguan
States and organizations[]
- Borg Collective • Klingon-Cardassian Alliance • Sakethan • Terran Rebellion
- Referenced only
- Terran Empire
Other references[]
- agonizer • android • anesthezine • Becky Thatcher • bloodwine • Br'er Rabbit • Celtran bat • Cerenkov radiation • Ceti eel • disruptor • Earther • fish juice • gagh • Injun Joe • graviton • graviton inverter • Iconian computer virus • incense • inertial damper • Jean Valjean • katra • katric ark • kelbonite • lek • limestone • lirpa • metagenic weapon • Les Misérables • mummy • nerve pinch • Orb of Prophecy • phaser • photon torpedo • Sakethan burial mound • sarcophagus • sehlat • shield • solar sail • Stone of Gol • Sword of Kahless • tachyon eddy • Tal-shaya • targ • taspar egg • theta radiation • thermoconcrete • Time of Awakening • Tox Uthat • tractor beam • tri-ox compound • tricorder • Veltan sex idol • warp core • warp drive • wine
Information[]
Related Stories[]
| Star Trek: Mirror Universe publications and stories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Novels | The Sorrows of Empire • Rise Like Lions | |
| Novellas | Glass Empires | "Age of the Empress" • "The Sorrows of Empire" • "The Worst of Both Worlds" |
| Obsidian Alliances | "The Mirror-Scaled Serpent" • "Cutting Ties" • "Saturn's Children" | |
| Short stories | Shards and Shadows | "Nobunaga" • "Ill Winds" • "The Greater Good" • "The Black Flag" • "The Traitor" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "Bitter Fruit" • "Family Matters" • "Homecoming" • "A Terrible Beauty" • "Empathy" • "For Want of a Nail" |
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Death in Winter |
TNG novels | Next novel: The Buried Age |
| Previous story: The Sorrows of the Empire |
Glass Empires
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Next story: ' |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Die is Cast |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: The Best and the Brightest Year Four |