To Lose the Earth is a Voyager novel written by Kirsten Beyer for publication in 2020.
Summary
The Galen has been transported 47,000 light years closer to Federation space by the aliens known as the Edrehmaia. With Commander Clarissa Glenn out of action, Harry Kim takes charge of the repair efforts. Security Chief Ransom Velth takes an EVA walk to repair the communicatons array but is grabbed and dragged off by the Edrehmaia. Since his air supply was also exhausted, he is assumed dead.
The rest of the fleet initially believe the Galen destroyed but Aytar Gwyn knows from her bond with Kim and Nancy Conlon's child that this is not the case. Icheb and Phinnegan Bryce find evidence that the starship was transported. The ships begin working on ways to attract the attention of the Edrehmaia and locate the Galen, while Liam O'Donnell is determined to study the Edrehmaia substance and discovers that the analysis of it was first set up by a pair of separated Borg.
Kim and Michael Drur find a way to communicate with the Edrehmaia. Velth is returned, apparently unharmed but altered, with a second Edrehmaia-affiliated personality. Conlon's condition deteriorates and the Doctor and Reginald Barclay have her consciousness transferred into a holographic body. However, she has no memory of Kim or their child. Back with the fleet, El'nor Sal and Sharak work out the damage done to Conlon's DNA and how to correct it.
O'Donnell is prepared to let a sample of the Edrehmaia substance breach aboard a runabout to see what happens. Devi Patel has Gwyn stun and remove him, then joins with the substance herself, becoming an interlocutor. It transpires that the Edrehmaia have been trying to breach the galactic barrier so they can explore other galaxies and took the Galen on, realizing slipstream drive could do it.
The rest of the fleet join them and it is decided that USS Voyager will take the Edrehmaia on the journey and spend the next few years exploring the next galaxy: The rest of the fleet will remain in the Delta Quadrant under Regina Farkas's command. A cured Conlon is forced to admit she doesn't want a life with Kim and their daughter, remaining on the Galen as they return to Voyager. O'Donnell transfers over as a member of the science staff, leaving Atlee Fife in command of the Demeter, but Tom Paris insists he, B'Elanna Torres, and their children will return to Earth. Before Voyager departs, Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay marry on board.
References
Characters
USS Voyager personnel
- Gaines Aubrey • Hugh Cambridge • Chakotay • Nancy Conlon • Aytar Gwyn • Icheb • Harry Kim • Kenth Lasren • Michael Owen Paris • Miral Paris • Tom Paris • Devi Patel • Seven of Nine • Sharak • B'Elanna Torres
- Referenced only
- Gleez • Ahni Jetal • Vanessa Waters
USS Vesta personnel
- Referenced only
- Bayi • Gregor Denisov • Krim Hoch • Jepel Omar • Malcolm Roach
USS Demeter personnel
- Referenced only
- Sten Falto • Url Lask • Thomas Vincent
USS Galen personnel
- Reginald Barclay • Cress Benoit • Borland • The Doctor • Michael Drur • Finley • Clarissa Glenn • Benjamin Lawry • Lynne Selah • Unhai • Ranson Velth
- Referenced only
- Bamps
Other Starfleet personnel
- Referenced only
- Bivout • Beverly Crusher • Data • Preston Ganley • Meegan McDonnell • Owen Paris • Jean-Luc Picard • T'Mar • Vynott • Lewis Zimmerman
Edrehmaia
- Fred • George • John • Paul • Ringo
- Referenced only
- Pete
Other characters
- Marion Dulmur • Vara Gwyn
- Referenced only
- Adaeze • Laarin Andos • Arturis • Axum • Zefram Cochrane • Dayne • Claude Debussy • Fred Drur • Emem • Mayla Fui • Gretchen Janeway • Mollah Janeway • Robinson Jeffers • Kamala • John Kim • Mary Kim • Jerrick Laor • Gariff Lucsly • Niana • Alana O’Donnell • One of Two, Primary Adjunct Submatrix 639 • Julia Paris • Kathleen Paris • Moira Paris • Denara Pel • Q (Junior) • Tirrit • Trout • Two of Two • Xi Cin • Xolani
Starships and vehicles
- USS Demeter (Theophrastus-class) • USS Galen (Galen-class) • Okinawa (runabout) • USS Vesta (Vesta-class) • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Curie (Merian-class) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • USS Esquiline (Vesta-class) • USS Hawking (Merian-class) • USS Planck (Merian-class) • USS Quirinal (Vesta-class) • submarine • Van Cise • Vival (Voth City Ship)
Locations
- asteroid field • Delta Quadrant • DK-1116/SWOW (Station One) • Milky Way
- Referenced only
- Alpha Quadrant • Cygnia Minor • Earth (Adelboden-Lenk; Engstligen Falls; Engstligenalp; Swiss Alps; Zurich, Switzerland • Guilin City • Okinawa) • Gateway to the First World • Krios (Gikhu Province) • Lunar Colonies • Persephone • Rorestan • Sagitarrius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy • Sormana • starbase • Starbase 185 • DK-1116 (Station Four) • Vhnori homeworld • Yaris Nebula
Shipboard locations
- astrometrics • bridge • briefing room • cargo bay • Chief Medical Officer’s office • computer core • counselor’s office • engineering • mess hall • ready room • science lab • sickbay
Races and cultures
- Referenced only
- Andiluvian • Borg • Borlath Clan • Caeliar • Children of the Storm • Devore • distortion ring being • Krenim • Malon • Q (species) • Rhaandarite • Rilnar • Seriareen • Soong-type android • Species 001 • Species 116 • Species 419 • Species 8472 • Tee-ich-esth • Turei • Vaadwaur • Vhnori • Vidiian • Voth • Zahl
States and organizations
- Federation Department of Temporal Investigations • Project Full Circle • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- The Beatles • Borg Collective • Caeliar gestalt • Confederacy of the Worlds of the First Quadrant • Devore Imperium • Krenim Imperium • Omega Continuum • Oxford University • Q Continuum • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • Starfleet Medical • Zahl Regnancy
Ranks and titles
- advisor • agent • aide • architect • artist • assistant director • athlete • best man • biologist • bride • builder • bureaucrat • cadet • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet • commanding officer • composer • counselor • crewman • denzit • designated navigator • doctor • engineer • ensign • first officer • fleet admiral • fleet chief engineer • fleet commander • flower girl • genetic botanist • groom • groomsman • helmsman • holographer • instructor • junior officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • light farmer • mathlete • medic • mission specialist • musician • officiant • operations officer • physician • pilot • poet • rank • science officer • scientist • security chief • security officer • skier • slipstream specialist • sociopath • stellar cartographer • superior officer • surgeon • tactical officer • teacher • temporal bureaucrat • vice admiral • XO • zealot
Science and classification
- 16-beta-4 head • airlock • algorithm • alloy • alpha wave • amputation • android • animal • anti-intoxicant • antigrav • antigrav lift • antimatter pod • antiproton therapy • anti-tetryonic algorithm • architecture • artificial gravity • assimilation • asteroid • astrometric display • battery • benamite recrystallization matrix • beta wave • binary star • binary translation matrix • biobed • biodome • biological life • biology • blindness • Borg drone • calculus • carbon-based • carbon dioxide • carbon dioxide filter • cell • cellular metabolism • Celsius • centimeter • chemical explosive • chemistry • chronometer • circuit • circuit breaker • circuit-breaking pool • cold-start • coma • combadge • communications array • communication buoy • communication satellite • communications • communications array • communications relay • computer • computer language • computer processing • concussion • conduit • containment pod • containment system • coordinates • cortical inhibitor • cosmozoan • crater • crustacean • data packet • data storage device • decompression • decoupler • deflector array • deflector beam • dehydraytion • dermal regenerator • diagnostic panel • dimension • DNA base pair • DNA damage repair syndrome • DNA repair • door sensor • engrammatic buffer • electromagnetic pulse • electromagnetic wave • em spectrum • embryo • Emergency Engineering Hologram • emergency holographic personnel • Emergency Medical Hologram • Emergency Security Hologram • emotion • empathic metamorph • empathy • energy wave • engine • engineering glove • engrammatic pattern • environmental system • equation • EV suit • evolution • exaquad • force field • frequency • fusion reactor • G type • galactic barrier • genetic analysis • genetic manipulation • genetic sequence • genetics • gestational incubator • gravimetric sheer • gravity • gravity well • heater • holodeck • holoemitter • hologram • holographic generator • holographic interface • holographic projector • hologrid • holomatrix • holo-processor • homeostasis • hormonal injection • humanoid • hyper-evolution • hypospray • impulse drive • inertial damper • infection • interface • interlocutor • intravenous • jamming signal • kaleidescope • kilometer • life-form • life support • light • light-year • mag panel • magnet • magnetic boot • main power • manual release • mathematics • medical tool • medical tricorder • memory • metabolism • metal • metallurgy • meter • microfracture • microsecond • microspectral scan • microspectrometer • mobile emitter • moon • nebula • neural link • neuroleptic • nuclear reactor • organism • oxygen generator • oxygen tank • padd • phaser • photonic emission • photonic wave • photosynthesis powerhouse • plant • planetoid • portable reactor • positronic matrix • post-traumatic stress • power cell • power conduit • power regulation • power relay • power system • primary system • processor • propulsion system • prosthesis • protein sequence • psi-scale • psychiatric evaluation • quantifiable reality • quantum code • quantum-entangled communications • quantum entanglement • quantum fluctuation • quantum scale • quantum nature • quantum sensor • quantum slipstream drive • quantum state • quantum synchronization • quantum variance • regulation system • relay junction • replicator • rogue star • running light • science project • sensor • shield • SIMs beacon • slipstream corridor • slipstream tunnel • sound-buffering program • space • spacewalk • star • stellar formation • stellar nursery • stem-cell therapy • subatomic transformation • subspace • subspace vacuole • supernova • surgery • surgical arch • survey • switch plate • synthetic fiber • technology • temperature • temperature optimization • temporal chess • temporal equilibrium • temporal incursion • temporal manipulation • temporal mechanics • temporal shielding • theta band • time-delayed detonator • translation algorithm • translation matrix • transporter • transwarp network • trauma • tricorder • turbolift • tubule • universal translator • universe • van der Waals interaction • Vega Nine • vegetation • viewscreen • virus • warp drive • warp factor • warp trail • water-generating technology • xenocommunucations • zero-g
Materials and substances
- adenine • adrenaline • anti-particle • antimatter • atom • benamite • bio-matter • blood • carbon • cortisol • cytosine • dilithium • DNA • Edrehmaia substance • energy • gene • genome • guamine • hydrogen • hyronalin • iron • isotope • matter • mineral • molecular compound • molecule • nickel • nitrogen • omega molecule • osmium • oxygen • palladium • plasma • psionics • radiant energy • radiation • sedative • Sevenofninonium • silicate • silicon • stimulant • tetryonic particle • theoretical particle • thymine • tritanium
Anatomy and physiology
- alveoli • arm • artery • autonomic nervous system • blood cell • brain (amygdala • cerebrum • temporal lobe) • bronchial passage • ear • exoskeleton • eye • finger • hand • heart • hormone • hemorrhage • immune system • inflammation • knee • leg • metamorphic cell • miscarriage • nasal passage • nausea • neurological cell • neuron • pregnancy • pulse • redundant cell • respiratory system • sepsis • skin • spine • stem cell • stomach • stress • sweat • telepathy • tendril • tentacle • torso • umbilical cord • vein • warp plasma
Other references
- 2418 BCE • 2348 • 2360 • 2368 • 2374 • 2377 • 19th century • 23rd century • 29th century • access panel • alcohol • alpha shift • arranged marriage • art • astrometrics • away team • bassinet • bio-station • bird • blanket • boot • Borg Invasion of 2381 • Borg language • boroque • briefing • brochure • bulkhead • cabinet • caffeine • camouflage • candle • captain's chair • cavern • century • cheese • cheeseburger • chicken • Clair de lune • clarinet • coffee • coffee klatch • colony • container • dabo • dahlia • data storage and retrieval station • decade • decoder ring • defensive flight pattern • diagnostic station • dog • dress • exam • fail-safe • Federation standard • finiis'ral • first contact • flagship • flight control station • flight pattern • flower • food • fountain of youth • fruit • gamma shift • geneaological record • god • grapefruit • grave marker • graveyard • hiking • holographic lab • holoprogram • hymn • impressionism • incursion team • jar • Jefferies tube • joke • Jot Mott • lab • language • leedi • library • lily • lullaby • medical staff • meditation • memoir • memorial service • monkey • mountain • mug • music • musical instrument • mutiny • next emanation • offensive flight pattern • opera • operations • performance report • Personal log, Harry Kim • petri dish • photography • piano • poker • political alliance • pool • prayer • prison • proximity alert • racism • raktajino • ration • record • rice • romantic poetry • rucksack • salamander • salmon • salsa • sandwich • scaffold • security override code • sensor log • serial number • singing • ski • skirt • sling • slipstream operations panel • small talk • snow • spiced tree bark • Starfleet dress uniform • status report • subroutine • Suite Bergamasque • sunflower • Tamarian language • tea • tether • Timmy and the Targ • tomato • tree • triage • vial • visual subroutine • water • waterfall • wedding • workstation • writing • xylophone • yellow alert • Yellow Submarine • yoga • zombie
Appendices
Images
Cover image.
Rear cover image.
USS Galen, front cover.
Galen, back cover.
German cover, Book 1.
German cover, Book 2.
German covers without titles.
USS Galen.
USS Voyager.
Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres.
B'Elanna Torres.
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Architects of Infinity |
Voyager novels | Next novel: none announced |
| Previous novel: Architects of Infinity |
Novels by: Kirsten Beyer |
Next novel: none announced |
| chronological order | ||
External link
- To Lose the Earth article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
