Questions about Michael Martin's The Needs of The Many

[Paris]

I recently heard about this book in another thread, and I was curious about it. From what i've heard, it's supposed to come out in March 2010 as will be a tie-in for the upcoming Star Trek Online game.

Does anyone know if the book will the first of a planned line or if the book will just be a one-off?

Does anyone know when it will take place? I know that the STO post-Nemesis timeline diverges from the Pocket post-Nemesis timeline...Will this book cover the whole period from 2379-2409 or just a portion of it?

 

[Defcon]

We had a thread on this a month or so ago, and the end result was, that nobody really knows anything about it, other than that it is listed by online retailers.

 

[Christopher]

Does anyone know if the book will the first of a planned line or if the book will just be a one-off?

I expect that the answer to that question will depend on how well it sells.

Does anyone know when it will take place? I know that the STO post-Nemesis timeline diverges from the Pocket post-Nemesis timeline...Will this book cover the whole period from 2379-2409 or just a portion of it?

Nobody knows yet, but I'd guess it will be set in the game's timeframe. The whole "Path to 2409" stuff online strikes me as just a supplementary promotional thing to hold people's attention while the game is being developed; I don't expect it to be all that important to the actual game. Since this book is the first prose tie-in to the game, I would expect it to focus on the milieu of the game itself. Though of course I'm just guessing.