Introduction (blurb)[]
It's been said that for any event, there is an infinite number of possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow, and therefore all possibilities that could happen do happen across countless alternate realities. In these divergent realms, known history is bent, like white light through a prism-broken into a boundless spectrum of what-might-have-beens. But in those myriad universes, what might have been . . . is what actually happened.
THE CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT by Geoff Trowbridge: In a continuum where Spock died during childhood, an Andorian named Thelin became Captain Kirk's stalwart friend and first officer. But at the moment of Khan's final defeat, history takes an even stranger turn, and the emerging potential of Project Genesis is revealed as the galaxy's greatest hope . . . and its most ominous threat.
A GUTTED WORLD by Keith R. A. DeCandido: Terrorist Kira Nerys - from a Bajor that was never liberated - may hold the key to winning a war that has engulfed half the galaxy. But with the Romulans and the Klingons at each other's throats, and the Federation pulled into the conflict, even victory may not bring salvation.
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Chris Roberson: Dr. Noonien Soong's dream has been realized: androids are now woven inextricably into the fabric of the Federation, revolutionizing Starfleet and transforming the quality of humanoid life. But when Soong's long-missing breakthrough creation, Data, mysteriously resurfaces, civilization reaches a crossroads that could lead to a bright new future, or to ruin.
Contents[]
Three short novels:
- The Chimes at Midnight, by Geoff Trowbridge
- A Gutted World, by Keith R.A. DeCandido
- Brave New World, by Chris Roberson
Appendices[]
The stand-in cover
- The cover for the book features images of various characters from the stories it contains: Thelin, Kira Nerys, David Marcus, Jean-Luc Picard and Data.
- For some time the book was promoted with a stand-in cover featuring Data.
Related stories[]
| Myriad Universes publications and stories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Prose | Infinity's Prism | "A Less Perfect Union" • "Places of Exile" • "Seeds of Dissent" |
| Echoes and Refractions | "The Chimes at Midnight" • "A Gutted World" • "Brave New World" | |
| Shattered Light | "The Embrace of Cold Architects" • "The Tears of Eridanus" • "Honor in the Night" | |
| Comics | The Last Generation | "Do Not Close Your Eyes" • "No Cure For That" • "What Happens Now" • "Inevitability" • "The End of History" |
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous book: Infinity's Prism |
Star Trek: Myriad Universes | Next book: Latest in the series |
| Previous story: Infinity's Prism |
Star Trek anthologies | Next story: Shards and Shadows |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: See individual stories |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: See individual stories |
External link[]
- Echoes and Refractions article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.