Description: Captain Michael Burnham and the crew of the USS Discovery are finding that each day is a critical adjustment to their new lives and new missions in an Alpha Quadrant more than nine hundred years in the future. Discovery is reconnecting with various worlds where the cataclysmic event known as "the Burn" has decimated Starfleet and, with it, the United Federation of Planets. As the crew struggles to come to terms with their present reality, their devotion to duty hides the emotional stress that could impact their effectiveness-- and even threaten themselves or others. Then Discovery picks up a distress signal located in a nearby star: a plea that harbors roots from their past lives in the 23rd century. The signal leads to an entirely new crisis, plunging them all into mortal danger. -- adapted from back cover
Brief description: Dayton Ward is a New York Times bestselling author or coauthor of more than forty novels and novellas, often with his best friend, Kevin Dilmore. His short fiction has appeared in more than thirty anthologies, and he's written for magazines such as the NCO Journal, Kansas City Voices, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Star Trek magazine, and Star Trek: Communicator, as well as the websites Tor.com, StarTrek.com, and Syfy.com. A native of Tampa, Florida, he currently lives with his family in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit him on the web at DaytonWard.com.