We’ve been playing this one close our chests over the past few months, so now it gives me great pleasure to reveal I’m returning to the Final Frontier with a new book…
Coming in January 2021, in hardcover, eBook and audio editions, The Dark Veil is a tie-in to the new television series Star Trek: Picard, and the storyline centres on the characters of Will Riker and Deanna Troi in an adventure aboard the Starship Titan.
The Alpha Quadrant is mired in crisis.
Within the United Federation of Planets, a terrorist strike on the shipyards of Mars has led to the shutdown of all relief efforts for millions of Romulans facing certain doom from an impending supernova.
But when the USS Titan is drawn into a catastrophic incident on the Romulan-Federation border, Captain William Riker, his family, and his crew find themselves caught between the shocking secrets of an enigmatic alien species and the deadly agenda of a ruthless Tal Shiar operative.
Forced into a wary alliance with a Romulan starship commander, Riker and the Titan crew must uncover the truth to stop a devastating attack—but one wrong move could plunge the entire sector into open conflict!
The Dark Veil is set a year after Jean-Luc Picard’s resignation from Starfleet (as seen in flashback in the episode “The End is the Beginning”) and several years before Will and Deanna retire from the service (as mentioned in the episode “Nepenthe”). I have to give a big Vulcan salute to Jim Salvati, the amazing artist who created the cover – you can see more of his work here.
It was a thrill for me to revisit the Titan once again – I’ve previously written about the ship and its crew in my novels Synthesis, The Poisoned Chalice and Sight Unseen – and a unique challenge to write in the ‘new’ continuity set up by Star Trek: Picard. Long-time fans of the Titan series will notice some differences, but also some familar faces too…!
Star Trek: Picard – The Dark Veil is available for pre-order now right Here or via your favourite bookstore or on-line service, and will release on January 5th 2021.
