Lost to Eternity

English language

Published 2024 by Gallery Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-6680-5006-4

(2 reviews)

A thrilling new Star Trek “movie era” novel from New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox!

Three Eras. Three Mysteries. One Ancient Enemy?

2024: Almost forty years ago, marine biologist Gillian Taylor stormed away from her dream job at Sausalito’s Cetacean Institute—and was never seen or heard from again. Now a new true crime podcast has reopened that cold case, but investigator Melinda Silver has no idea that her search for the truth about Gillian’s disappearance will ultimately stretch across time and space—and attract the attention of a ruthless obsessive with his own secret agenda.

2268:The U.S.S. Enterprise’s five-year mission is interrupted when Captain James T. Kirk and his crew set out to recover an abducted Federation scientist whose classified secrets are being sought by the Klingons as well. The trail leads to a barbaric world off limits to both Starfleet and the Klingon Empire—and an ageless mastermind on a …

A thrilling new Star Trek “movie era” novel from New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox!

Three Eras. Three Mysteries. One Ancient Enemy?

2024: Almost forty years ago, marine biologist Gillian Taylor stormed away from her dream job at Sausalito’s Cetacean Institute—and was never seen or heard from again. Now a new true crime podcast has reopened that cold case, but investigator Melinda Silver has no idea that her search for the truth about Gillian’s disappearance will ultimately stretch across time and space—and attract the attention of a ruthless obsessive with his own secret agenda.

2268:The U.S.S. Enterprise’s five-year mission is interrupted when Captain James T. Kirk and his crew set out to recover an abducted Federation scientist whose classified secrets are being sought by the Klingons as well. The trail leads to a barbaric world off limits to both Starfleet and the Klingon Empire—and an ageless mastermind on a quest for eternity.

2292: The Osori, an ancient alien species, has finally agreed to establish relations with its much younger neighbors: the Federation, the Klingons, and the Romulans. A joint mission involving ships from all three powers, including the Enterprise-A, turns explosive when one of the Osori envoys is apparently killed. Each side blames the others, but the truth lies buried deep, nearly three hundred years in the past…

2 editions

Lois reviewed Lost to Eternity by Greg Cox

5 stars

I've certainly liked and not liked plenty of Trek novels over the years, but this one is the first one I could think of that I was excited over as I kept going in a really long time. First, while I've grown tired of the revisiting something from a previous mission, this one was at least something we have never revisited before - Gillian Taylor from ST4. Plus those events were introduced in a totally new way - a modern day podcaster! And all that was done great - bringing in the events we saw, the people from 1986 San Francisco that say them to show us how they affected those left behind, plus introducing us to the main story, which was totally new - no other major Easter eggs or revisits to the past. Not sure if I'm really explaining it well, but in short, this story was familiar, …

I've certainly liked and not liked plenty of Trek novels over the years, but this one is the first one I could think of that I was excited over as I kept going in a really long time. First, while I've grown tired of the revisiting something from a previous mission, this one was at least something we have never revisited before - Gillian Taylor from ST4. Plus those events were introduced in a totally new way - a modern day podcaster! And all that was done great - bringing in the events we saw, the people from 1986 San Francisco that say them to show us how they affected those left behind, plus introducing us to the main story, which was totally new - no other major Easter eggs or revisits to the past. Not sure if I'm really explaining it well, but in short, this story was familiar, but brand new - and I loved that!

Lois

rated it

Aug 14