The Art of the Impossible
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| Author(s): | Keith R.A. DeCandido |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | The Lost Era #3 |
| Published: | 1 October 2003 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (2328-2346) |
| Reference: | ISBN 0743464052 |
Tells the story of the Betreka Nebula Incident.
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[edit] Summary
- From the book jacket
- To the Cardassians, it is a point of pride. To the Klingons, a matter of honor. But the eighteen-year cold war between these two empires – euphemistically remembered in later years as the Betreka Nebula "Incident" – creates a vortex of politics, diplomacy, and counterintelligence that will define an age, and shape the future.
- What begins as a discovery that would enable the Klingon Empire to reclaim a lost piece of its past becomes a prolonged struggle with the rapidly expanding Cardassian Union, which has claimed dominion over a region of space that the Klingons hold sacred. Enter the Federation, whose desire to preserve interstellar stability leads Ambassador Curzon Dax to broker a controversial and tenuous peace – one that is not without opponents, including Lieutenant Elias Vaughn of Starfleet special ops.
- But there are wheels within wheels to the drama unfolding in the Betreka Nebula. Within the shadowy rooms of the Cardassian Obsidian Order, Klingon Intelligence, and even the Romulan Tal Shiar, secret scales are being balanced – and for every gain made for the sake of peace, there will come a loss.
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[edit] Memorable Quotes
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[edit] Background Information
- This is the third of six novels in The Lost Era series.
- Raknal V, the disputed planet in this novel, is listed on the title page as the location of one of Pocket Books' offices.
[edit] Characters
- Corbin Entek
- Rachel Garrett
- Commander.
- Gi'ral
- Vance Haden
- Captain.
- Kahlest
- Kang
- Kell
- Cardassian Legate.
- K'mpec
- Kor
- Koval
- K'Tal
- L'Kor
- Helena Rozhenko
- Sergey Rozhenko
- Sarek
- Enabran Tain
- Tokath
- Ian Andrew Troi
- Lieutenant
- Lwaxana Troi
- Capt. Uhura
- Worf
- General. Ancestor of Worf.
- Mogh
- Elias Vaughn
- Lorgh
- Kravokh
- Ekron
- Monor
- Qaolin
[edit] References
Betreka Nebula Incident; Galor-class; Narendra III; USS Enterprise-C
[edit] External link
- The Art of the Impossible at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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