Kira reached Shakaar as the transporter beam took hold of them both. But she already knew beyond doubt that the wounds were mortal.
Shakaar Edon was dead.
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MISSION: GAMMA, BOOK FOUR
LESSER EVIL
About the Authors
Michael A. Martin, whose short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, is co-author of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Section 31—Rogue and Roswell: Skeletons in the Closet (both with Andy Mangels). Martin was the regular co-writer (also with Andy Mangels) of Marvel Comics’ monthly Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comic-book series, and has generated heaps of copy for Atlas Editions’ Star Trek Universe subscription card series. He has written for Star Trek Monthly, Dreamwatch, Grolier Books, Wildstorm, Platinum Studios, and Gareth Stevens, Inc., for whom he has penned several Almanac of the States nonfiction books. Cathedral is the second Star Trek novel to bear his name. Martin and Mangels currently have several other collaborative projects in the works, including two Star Trek novels involving the crew of the U.S.S. Excelsior and a Starfleet Corps of Engineers e-book. When not hunkered over a keyboard in his windowless basement, Martin reads voraciously, plots the revolution, and plays with his two wee bairns, James and William; he lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Jennifer J. Dottery, their aforementioned children, and a mortgage of galactic proportions.
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Andy Mangels is the co-author of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Section 31—Rogue, the upcoming Roswell: Skeletons in the Closet, and several future Star Trek book projects. Flying solo, he is the author of the upcoming Animation on DVD: The Ultimate Guide, as well as the best-selling book Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters, plus Beyond Mulder & Scully: The Mysterious Characters of The X-Files and From Scream to Dawson’s Creek: The Phenomenal Career of Kevin Williamson.
Mangels has written for The Hollywood Reporter, The Advocate, Just Out, Cinescape, Gauntlet, Dreamwatch, Sci-Fi Universe, SFX, Anime Invasion, Outweek, Frontiers, Portland Mercury, Comics Buyer's Guide, and scores of other entertainment and lifestyle magazines. He has also written licensed material based on properties by Lucasfilm, Paramount, New Line Cinema, Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Microsoft, Abrams-Gentile, and Platinum Studios. His comic-book work has been seen from DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, Wild-storm, Image, Innovation, WaRP Graphics, Topps, and others, and he was the editor of the award-winning Gay Comics anthology for eight years.
In what little spare time he has, he likes to country dance and collect uniforms and Wonder Woman memorabilia. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his longtime partner, Don Hood.
Visit his website at www.andymangels.com
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Shadows on the Sun • Michael Jan Friedman
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The Last Round-Up • Christie Golden
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Star Trek Generations • J.M. Dillard
Starfleet Academy • Diane Carey
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Preserver
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