Book description
The Shape of Things to Come
The cataclysmic events of Star Trek: Destiny have devastated
known space. Worlds have fallen. Lives have been destroyed. And in the
uneasy weeks that follow, the survivors of the holocaust continue to
be tested to the limits of their endurance.
But strange and mysterious occurrences are destabilizing the
galaxy's battle-weary Allies even further. In the Federation, efforts
to replenish diminished resources and give succor to millions of
evacuees are thwarted at every turn. On the borders of the battered
Klingon Empire, the devious Kinshaya sense weakness -- and
opportunity. In Romulan space, the already-fractured empire is
dangerously close to civil war.
As events undermining the quadrant's attempts to heal itself become
increasingly widespread, one man begins to understand what is truly
unfolding. Sonek Pran -- teacher, diplomat, and sometime adviser to
the Federation President -- perceives a pattern in the seeming
randomness. And as each new piece of evidence falls into place, a
disturbing picture encompassing half the galaxy begins to take
shape...revealing a challenge to the Federation and its allies utterly
unlike anything they have faced before.
Keith R. A. DeCandido was born and raised in New
York City to a family of librarians. He has written over two dozen
novels, as well as short stories, nonfiction, eBooks, and comic books,
most of them in various media universes, among them Star Trek,
World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Marvel Comics, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Serenity, Resident Evil, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda,
Farscape, Xena, and Doctor Who. His original novel
Dragon Precinct was published in 2004, and he's also edited
several anthologies, among them the award-nominated Imaginings
and two Star Trek anthologies. Keith is also a musician, having
played percussion for the bands the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players,
the Boogie Knights, and the Randy Bandits, as well as several solo
acts. In what he laughingly calls his spare time, Keith follows the
New York Yankees and practices kenshikai karate. He still lives
in New York City with his girlfriend and two insane cats.
