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So now every TV series except Enterprise and Picard has a novel with the Section 31 banner on it.
Most certainly. Though I wonder if JJM might know some details about the Section 31 TV series and might slip an easter egg or two into the novel as foreshadowing.
Meanwhile, it looks like I was wrong when I shot down a suggestion that this would be an Ash Tyler novel and suggested it would instead focus on season 3's new setting.
Emperor. Exile. Secret agent. And… emperor again? Philippa Georgiou, once ruler of the Terran Empire, gets the chance to rebuild her regime in the Prime Universe in STAR TREK: DISCOVERY - DIE STANDING, my new novel from Gallery Books!
The book releases July 14. Solicitation copy is live now:
No one in the history of histories has lost more than Philippa Georgiou, ruler of the Terran Empire. Forced to take refuge in the Federation’s universe, she bides her time until Section 31, a rogue spy force within Starfleet, offers her a chance to work as their agent. She has no intention of serving under anyone else, of course; her only interest is escape.
But when a young Trill, Emony Dax, discovers a powerful interstellar menace, Georgiou recognizes it as a superweapon that escaped her grasp in her own universe. Escorted by a team sent by an untrusting Federation to watch over her, the emperor journeys to a region forbidden to travelers. But will what she finds there end the threat—or give “Agent Georgiou” the means to create her old empire anew?
My post, with order links, is at: http://bit.ly/STDieStanding
The book releases July 14. Solicitation copy is live now:
No one in the history of histories has lost more than Philippa Georgiou, ruler of the Terran Empire. Forced to take refuge in the Federation’s universe, she bides her time until Section 31, a rogue spy force within Starfleet, offers her a chance to work as their agent. She has no intention of serving under anyone else, of course; her only interest is escape.
But when a young Trill, Emony Dax, discovers a powerful interstellar menace, Georgiou recognizes it as a superweapon that escaped her grasp in her own universe. Escorted by a team sent by an untrusting Federation to watch over her, the emperor journeys to a region forbidden to travelers. But will what she finds there end the threat—or give “Agent Georgiou” the means to create her old empire anew?
My post, with order links, is at: http://bit.ly/STDieStanding
So, is this supposed to be set during (or before) season 2, or is this revealing Georgiou's stay in the 32nd century might not be as permanent as everyone else's and therefore lead into the Section 31 TV series?
Or is this too loaded a question to be asking at this stage?
Or is this too loaded a question to be asking at this stage?
^I'd assume it would fall during the period between the last time we saw Georgiou in "Will You Take My Hand?" and her return in "Point of Light." In my personal chronology, I've estimated that's a gap of about 7 weeks, but that's highly speculative.
I loved "The Enterprise War" so I'll be looking forward to this one. I wonder if it will carry a Section 31 banner at all under the Discovery banner like some of the older 31 novels.
I'm also still waiting for the price to drop a few more dollars on Dead Endless. It's still 15.99 on Amazon. Not that I don't think it will be worth it but I'm reluctant to pay more than $12 on a paperback (granted it's trade). I notice some of the older trades have dropped in price after a time so I'll just have to be patient. The same with Christopher's upcoming book. It looks like int he future I'll just have to be patient with my book purchases.
I'm also still waiting for the price to drop a few more dollars on Dead Endless. It's still 15.99 on Amazon. Not that I don't think it will be worth it but I'm reluctant to pay more than $12 on a paperback (granted it's trade). I notice some of the older trades have dropped in price after a time so I'll just have to be patient. The same with Christopher's upcoming book. It looks like int he future I'll just have to be patient with my book purchases.
We know from the DS9 ep Trials and Tribble-ations that Emony Dax met Dr. McCoy, so it has to be set during or before season 2 of Discovery.
Trek Collective has a blurb for Agents of Influence that I don't think anybody has posted here yet.
For years, Starfleet Intelligence agents have carried out undercover assignments deep within the Klingon Empire. Surgically altered and rigorously trained in Klingon culture, they operate in plain sight and without any direct support, while collecting information and infiltrating the highest levels of imperial power. Their actions have given Starfleet valuable insight into the inner workings of Klingon government and its relentless military apparatus.
After three of Starfleet’s longest serving agents fear exposure, they initiate emergency extraction procedures. Their planned rendezvous with the USS Endeavour goes awry, threatening to reveal their activities and the damaging intelligence they’ve collected during their mission. Tasked by Starfleet to salvage the botched rescue attempt, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise must discover the truth behind a secret weapons experiment while avoiding an interstellar incident with the potential to ignite a new war between the Federation and one of its oldest adversaries.
Sounds good to me.
For years, Starfleet Intelligence agents have carried out undercover assignments deep within the Klingon Empire. Surgically altered and rigorously trained in Klingon culture, they operate in plain sight and without any direct support, while collecting information and infiltrating the highest levels of imperial power. Their actions have given Starfleet valuable insight into the inner workings of Klingon government and its relentless military apparatus.
After three of Starfleet’s longest serving agents fear exposure, they initiate emergency extraction procedures. Their planned rendezvous with the USS Endeavour goes awry, threatening to reveal their activities and the damaging intelligence they’ve collected during their mission. Tasked by Starfleet to salvage the botched rescue attempt, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise must discover the truth behind a secret weapons experiment while avoiding an interstellar incident with the potential to ignite a new war between the Federation and one of its oldest adversaries.
Sounds good to me.
Seems IDW will be releasing a collection of the three TNG comic books involving the Mirror Universe around november:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/...-tony-shasteen-angel-hernandez/9781684057641/
I hope they include the Origin of Data one shot in this (and if they don't, maybe include it in al trade collecting the Voyager one shot, the upcoming Khan one and the DS9 that was also mentioned last year as upcoming).
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/...-tony-shasteen-angel-hernandez/9781684057641/
I hope they include the Origin of Data one shot in this (and if they don't, maybe include it in al trade collecting the Voyager one shot, the upcoming Khan one and the DS9 that was also mentioned last year as upcoming).
I imagine it'll look weird in shelving anyway since it'll be a few inches taller than the previous no matter the branding.
No Section 31 branding, so no problem. Section 31 was a placeholder for identification purposes in-house (and evidently in whatever computer system temporarily served that title up), but I never considered it part of the title and it will not be.
Section 31 is definitely a major part, but it's a Georgiou novel first and foremost. You'll see when we get there!
Section 31 is definitely a major part, but it's a Georgiou novel first and foremost. You'll see when we get there!
I actually didn't keep all my Section 31 novels together. The ones that were part of the different series (TNG, Voyager, etc.) I just put in with the series book in release order along with all my other novels of those series.
Now I did have to make a decision on the later Section 31 novels by David Mack like "Control" because they had some crossover elements and didn't carry a series banner (though they used the "Star Trek" type used for TNG novels). I've put most of my crossover relaunch novels with TNG, like the Typhon Pact novels and the Fall (and even the DTI novels). But the later Section 31 novels I decided to put in with my DS9 novels because they focused more on Dr Bashir. I considered putting them with the TNG novels but decided they "felt" more like DS9 stories if that makes any sense.
It's amusing when I sit back and think about it. Where to arrange my novels is hardly a life or death decision. But I put an awful lot of thought into sometimes
Now with JJ Millers new novels I would have put it with my Discovery novels whether it carried a Section 31 banner or not. He said it will not so it's a moot issue. But even if it did, since it's a Discovery novel first it would definitely make sense for me to put it with my Discovery novels since it would play little, if any role in the later Section 31 novels like "Control"
I always figured "Die Standing" would carry the Star Trek: Discovery banner. I was just curious if it would carry a "Section 31" sub-banner like the early Section 31 novels did
Thinking about "Die Standing" in a way it wouldn't make sense to carry a Section 31 in the banner in any capacity anyway since the Section 31 stories focus on a storyline largely incompatible with Discovery.
The actual Section 31 novels involved Uraei and a different version of Control then what was featured in Discovery. To use a Section 31 banner on "Die Standing" might give the wrong impression to readers that it might tie into that series. I have to imagine "Die Standing" will be linked to the version of Section 31 we see in Discovery and not the version we see in the relaunches. So it wouldn't make sense for it to be "Star Trek: Discovery: Section 31".
So I'm doubtful it will have any significant links to David Mack's Section 31 novels or Christopher's Enterprise novels which depict the creation of Uraei.
Though on further reflection JJ Miller did manage to salvage at least some of "Desperate Hours" so who knows, maybe he'll find a way to salvage something of the Uraei storyline
The actual Section 31 novels involved Uraei and a different version of Control then what was featured in Discovery. To use a Section 31 banner on "Die Standing" might give the wrong impression to readers that it might tie into that series. I have to imagine "Die Standing" will be linked to the version of Section 31 we see in Discovery and not the version we see in the relaunches. So it wouldn't make sense for it to be "Star Trek: Discovery: Section 31".
So I'm doubtful it will have any significant links to David Mack's Section 31 novels or Christopher's Enterprise novels which depict the creation of Uraei.
Though on further reflection JJ Miller did manage to salvage at least some of "Desperate Hours" so who knows, maybe he'll find a way to salvage something of the Uraei storyline
So far I am not interested in the Trek novels.
I wait untill/if they continue the post-Nemesis Prime Timeline
I wait untill/if they continue the post-Nemesis Prime Timeline
Penguin/Random House? Do they release IDW's trade paperbacks?
I'm the same way, my biggest problem is I change my mind a lot, so I'm always reorganizing both my bookshelf and my Goodreads account.It's amusing when I sit back and think about it. Where to arrange my novels is hardly a life or death decision. But I put an awful lot of thought into sometimes
Oh, I was hoping for a Specific Penguin.
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