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From the Universe of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
A NEW SHIP...
A NEW CREW...
A NEW MISSION!

Sector 221-G: For the whole of Federation history, this large area of space has been controlled by the Thallonians, a cruel, militaristic race of which little is known except that they rule the other races with a vicious iron hand.

Now the Thallonian Empire has collapsed and the systems it once ruled are in chaos. Old hatreds are surfacing. Petty tyrants control deadly weapons. World after world is descending into disorder and self-destruction. The Federation must send a starship to help where it can and report what it finds.

That ship is the U.S.S. Excalibur, a newly refit Ambassador-class staship commanded by Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and manned by Starfleet's best and brightest, including some old friends from Star Trek: The Next Generation and some of the most dynamic new characters ever to crew a Federation starship.

Join Captain Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S.Excalibur as they explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before!

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From the Universe of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
A NEW SHIP...
A NEW CREW...
A NEW MISSION!

Roll Call: The Crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur:

Captain Mackenzie Calhoun: An unorthodox, decisive young Captain who loves his crew and his ship, and loves testing the limits even more.

Commander Shelby: A woman of strong opinions and strong values, Shelby never hesitated to tell her captains when she thought they were wrong, and Mackenzie Calhoun won't be any exception.

Burgoyne 172: The chief engineer of the Excalibur, with the decisiveness of Calhoun, the strength of Shelby and the gender of both. Burgoyne is a Hermat, and when s/he set his/her sights on you, s/he isn't an easy...person...to refuse.

As the Thallonian Empire succumbs to violence and insurrection, the U.S.S. Excalibur prepares to launch on her humanitarian mission of mercy. But her departure is destined to be a memorable one, as Calhoun contends with an unexpected stowaway, a stormy relationship with his crew, and — light-years away — frightened refugees aboard a dying ship.

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From the Universe of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
A NEW SHIP...
A NEW CREW...
A NEW MISSION!

Roll Call: The Crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur:

Dr. Selar: The Excalibur's Vulcan doctor is all business. If you want to know what's wrong with you, she's the one to go to, but not if you're expecting someone to hold your hand. As calm and logical as the rest of her people, Dr. Selar has a secret as shocking to her as it will be to the rest of the crew.

Si Cwan: A prince exiled from the Thallonian Empire, he is beloved by some and targeted for death by others. But Si Cwan has his own agenda: a search for one woman who means the world to him.

Zak Kebron: The bronze-skinned Brikar is the security chief of the Excalbur. When he walks, the deck shakes, and if he's coming your way, you'd better pray that you're on his good sie.

Two mysteries vie for the attention of the crew of the Excalibur. Is the hospitatility of the people of Nelkor too good to be true? And does a stranded spaceship truly hold the object of Si Cwan's quest...or is it instead an all-too-deadly trap?

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From the Universe of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
A NEW SHIP...
A NEW CREW...
A NEW MISSION!

Roll Call: The Crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur:

Captain Mackenzie Calhoun: Wearing a veneer of civilization as others would a cloak, Calhoun finds himself facing a scheme for revenge that may unleash the savage warrior he keeps locked within himself.

Lieutenant Robin Lefler: An eternal optimist, Lefler occasionally asks the wrong question at the wrong time...and yet this time it may lead the Excalibur crew to unexpectedly shocking answers.

Commander Elizabeth Shelby: Walking the fine line between duty and conscience, Shelby may find that she must decide between the life she loves and the man she once loved.

As the Thallonian homeworld faces catastrophe, Captain Calhoun must conront his own bloody past in a life-or-death struggle for survival and honor. But when the planet's ultimate secret is revealed, only Captain Calhoun and the U.S.S. Excalibur can save the last remnanats of the empire from total destruction!

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With the fall of the ancient Thallonian Empire, civil war threatens the planet Zondor. The arrival of the U.S.S. Excalibur is greeted with relief and celebration by the anxious populace, and Captain Mackenxie Calhoun, fresh from his cataclysmic escape from the Thallonian homeworld, is acclaimed as their prophesied savior. But one believer's messiah, is another's blasphemer — and a prime cadidate for martyrdom.

When Captain Calhoun is captured, Lieutenant Command Burgoyne must find him before an alien fleet launches a holy war against the Federation!

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On the planet Armista sits a nameless woman. High upon a mountain she is cradling a weapon unlike anything the Armistans have ever seen. She rocks back and forth on her haunches, singing softly to herself. The weapon is her only company on the planet, since everyone else is little piles of ash. A weapon that could destroy life on one planet could do so again.

Lieutenant Robin Lefler's mother died in a shuttle explosion ten years ago. So is the woman being held prisoner in Thallonian space really Robin's mother? If so, what is her connection to the mysterious woman holding a weapon that could doom entire worlds? With the lives of billions at stake, Robin Lefler, Captain Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S.Excalibur must find the answers before time runs out for them...and for the struggling remnants of the once-great Thallonian Empire.

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It is a time of political upheaval and uncertainty in the New Thallonian Protectorate. Following the brutal assassination of her husband, Si Cwan, former Starfleet officer-turned-newly-appointed-Prime Minister Robin Lefler must now face the growing danger and intrigue surrounding her newborn son and heir to the noble line of Cwan. Following a harrowing assassination attempt, Robin has no choice but to flee New Thallon with her child...seeking refuge with Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur and creating a major diplomatic crisis in Sector 221-G.

The political fallout between the Federation and the New Thallonian Protectorate pales, however, in comparison to the threat of an enigmatic alien race determined to seize the infant Cwan for its own mysterious purposes. But nothing could possibly prepare Calhoun for the shocking betrayal from within — an act of treachery to aid and abet this alien race — forever altering the lives of the Excalibur crew...