Since this is the last time I’m going to write one of these for a while, I am a little overwhelmed by the gratitude I feel for the people in my life who loved and supported me long before I was a professional writer (Fred, Patricia, Matthew, Paul, David, and Heather); the people who have given me the opportunity to write these novels (Marco, Margaret, and Ed) and by so doing, gave me the experience I would need to pursue dreams beyond these novels; the people whose work on these books makes them better (Scott and John); the people whose work inspires me daily and pushes me to always try and do better (David, Dayton, Kevin, Christopher, Una, Dave, DRG, James, and Mike); the people who make sure I behave myself (Maura and Cheryl); the people whose love for Trek and these stories and whose thoughtful reading always gives me a lot to think about (Malcolm and Matt); and the people who are my lifeline as I do this work (David and Anorah).
Then there are the people I have been blessed to work with over the last few years as writing television became my primary focus and writing novels became my secret, solitary joy (Heather, Alex, Aaron, Akiva, Michael, Joe, Craig, Boey, Erika, Jenny, Jonathan, and, most recently, Ken, Terry, and Henry).
A few things you should know about this book. I would never have attempted it without Malcolm’s help with the language of math. I would never have finished it without Ed insisting that I should and Margaret believing that I would. And John, to whom this book is dedicated and who has probably forgotten more about Star Trek than I will ever know, has always kept me on the straight and narrow, and I hope will always know how very dear he is to me and how much I appreciate everything he does.
I have never before thanked those actors who played the characters that have occupied an inordinate amount of space in my mind for the last fifteen years (Kate, Robert, Robbie, Bob, Roxann, Jeri, Tim, Garret, Ethan, and Jennifer), nor have I mentioned the writers and producers who created them (Rick, Michael, Jeri, Branon, Joe, Ken, Bryan, Ron, Lisa, and Mike). I owe the greatest imaginable debt to all of you.
But finally, it comes down to you. The people who have read these books since the beginning, waited patiently for me to finish the next one, argued with me on the TrekBBS, and kept me honest throughout. To each and every one of you, I can only say thank you for sharing this journey with me. Despite the fact that this was by far the most difficult novel I have ever written because it had to be written off and on over the course of two years (which is ridiculous, I know), at the end of the day I needed to finish my part of this story as much for you as for myself. I hope it was worth the wait.
Until we meet again.…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KIRSTEN BEYER is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven Star Trek: Voyager novels: String Theory: Fusion, Full Circle, Unworthy, Children of the Storm, The Eternal Tide, Protectors, Acts of Contrition, Atonement, A Pocket Full of Lies, Architects of Infinity, and To Lose the Earth. She wrote the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel One Thing or Your Mother and the Alias APO novel Once Lost. She contributed the short story “Isabo’s Shirt” to the Star Trek: Distant Shores anthology as well as the short story “Widow’s Weeds” to Space Grunts. She has also written several articles for Star Trek magazine.
In 2016, she joined the writing staff of CBS All Access’s Star Trek: Discovery series. She has worked on three seasons of Discovery as a staff writer, executive story editor, and co-producer. In 2017, she pitched a premise for a new series centered around one of Star Trek’s most beloved captains, Jean-Luc Picard, and became one of that series’ co-creators along with Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, and Michael Chabon. She served as supervising producer on the first season of Picard and is returning for the second season as a co-executive producer. A Star Trek: Short Treks work, “Children of Mars,” which she co-wrote with Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, was released in January 2020.
In addition to her writing and producing responsibilities, Kirsten also serves as the resident Star Trek canon resource for the writers’ rooms and production departments, as well as the liaison between the series and the tie-in licensors. In that capacity, she has overseen the creation of six Discovery novels and co-written numerous Discovery comic books with Mike Johnson, including the acclaimed Light of Kahless, Succession, and Aftermath. She continues to oversee the creation of new ancillary stories for Star Trek: Picard, including the release of its bestselling first novel, The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack.
Kirsten received undergraduate degrees in English literature and theater arts, and an MFA degree from UCLA. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their daughter.
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