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Star Trek: The Lost Era is a series of novels published by Pocket Books. Originally a six-part series published between 2003 and 2004, a seventh novel was released in 2014. In addition, several other novels have been released as "tales [or sagas] of The Lost Era."
Novels[]
- The Sundered, featuring Hikaru Sulu on the USS Excelsior, 2298
- Serpents Among the Ruins, featuring USS Enterprise-B and the Tomed Incident, 2311
- The Art of the Impossible, covering the Betreka Nebula Incident, 2328–2346
- Well of Souls, featuring Rachel Garrett and the USS Enterprise-C, 2336
- Deny Thy Father, featuring William T. Riker on the USS Pegasus, 2355–2357
- Catalyst of Sorrows, featuring Nyota Uhura, Beverly Crusher, Benjamin Sisko, and Tuvok, 2360
- One Constant Star, featuring the Enterprise-B, 2303–2319
"Tales of The Lost Era"[]
- The Buried Age, featuring Picard between the loss of the USS Stargazer and the launch of the USS Enterprise-D, 2355–2363
- Star Trek: Terok Nor, a trilogy covering the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor, 2318–2369
Background information[]
- The "Lost Era" concept was developed by Pocket editor Marco Palmieri, who defined it as the period of history between the apparent death of James T. Kirk aboard the Enterprise-B in 2293 and the launch of the Enterprise-D in 2363. (The Star Trek: Terok Nor miniseries extend past that point, to just prior to the events of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 2369.)
- In looking back over the initial six-novel series, Palmieri considered that his only regrets were "that there was less thematic variety among the stories than I was hoping for.", noting that "most of the things that had been established about those years were military in nature – wars, battles, etc. We knew far less about discoveries, first contacts, scientific breakthroughs, etc." Although the final novels all ultimately featured some form of conflict – which led Palmieri to muse in retrospect whether he should have pushed back further – he still considered them to be "a strong set of novels with some really outstanding storytelling". (Voyages of Imagination, p. 456)
- A planned but unreleased novel would have featured Sisko on the USS Okinawa during the Tzenkethi War in the 2360s.
Works in the same timeframe[]
- 2289–2295 – Forged in Fire, featuring Hikaru Sulu and Curzon Dax
- 2290s – Cacophony and Envoy, featuring Hikaru Sulu
- 2294 – The Captain's Daughter, featuring Hikaru and Demora Sulu
- 2300 – Cast No Shadow, featuring Valeris and Spock
- 2314 – Transformations, featuring Hikaru Sulu
- 2315–2316 – Tales from the Captain's Table: "Iron and Sacrifice", featuring Demora Sulu
- 2333 – the Star Trek: Stargazer series, featuring Picard
- 2329–2344 – Vulcan's Heart, featuring Spock, Saavik, and Picard
- 2355 – Tales from the Captain's Table: "Darkness", featuring Picard
Characters[]
- Hikaru Sulu
- Pavel Chekov
- Janice Rand
- Christine Chapel
- Tuvok
- John Harriman
- Demora Sulu
- Colonel Worf
- Curzon Dax
- Rachel Garrett
- Kang
- Helena Rozhenko
- Sergey Rozhenko
- Sarek
- Enabran Tain
- K'mpec
- Kor
- Koval
- Ian Andrew Troi
- Lwaxana Troi
- Nyota Uhura
- Kyle Riker
- William T. Riker
- Beverly Crusher
- Benjamin Sisko
External link[]
- Star Trek: The Lost Era at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works