Trek Off!


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Captain Picard, Commander Riker, and Lieutenant Data made history on the bridge of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation...but what about the crewmen of the lower decks? Captain Sisko, Commander Worf, and the crew of Deep Space Nine were posted on a space station...so how did time travel become such a big part of their greatest adventures? What was the key to the Starship Voyager getting home safe and sound from the Delta Quadrant? Is Captain Kathryn Janeway the greatest of all Star Trek captains because of her decisive command style? Find the answers to these questions and more in Trek Off! In this collection of short essays, award-winning Star Trek writer Robert T. Jeschonek explores the worlds of Trek, from The Next Generation to Voyager. Join him on a journey through time and space in a search for the secrets of the Trek universe. This volume, a tribute to the greatest science fiction epic of our age, includes four essays: "Lower Decks," "Past Tense," "Final Authority," and "To Boldly Go Where No Comic Book Has Gone Before: 10 Star Trek Comic Book Lost Treasures." These essays are collected here for the first time. Robert T. Jeschonek knows his Trek. He won the national grand prize in the Strange New Worlds writing contest. He is one of a handful of authors chosen to write stories in the Star Trek: New Frontier universe. His latest Trek fiction appears in Star Trek Corps of Engineers: Out of the Cocoon. Now he invites you to ponder some of the cool questions of Trek, explore some exciting lost comic book treasures, and boldly follow in the footsteps of the legion of Trek fans who have gone before.




Beaming Up and Getting Off


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Trek You!


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Once upon a galaxy, a spaced-out writer launched an online fiction serial celebrating the fortieth birthday of a starry saga much like a certain trek we know and love. Here, for the first time, you can experience the lost chapters of this deep space voyage, "Forty Days and Forty Nights." The names are new, but you might recognize the drama and excitement of an epic encounter aboard the star cruiser Infinitude as it pioneers humanity's great mission among the stars. Plus, enjoy two lost trek stories that started life as entries in a legendary nationwide contest. In "When Harvey Met Zeppy," an interstellar con man extraordinaire matches wits with a freebooting ship captain from the greediest species in the cosmos. In "Ilyra's Gift," the doomed heroes of a sequel TV series that never was fight a secret war to save time and space. Will it take the ultimate sacrifice to stop these temporal marauders from destroying every past and future trek? Don't miss these exciting lost voyages by award-winning Star Trek author Robert T. Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected science fiction that really packs a punch. He won the Grand Prize in the nationwide Star Trek: Strange New Worlds competition and has written official Star Trek fiction in the realms of the original series, The Next Generation, Voyager, and even New Frontier. He also writes for Star Trek Magazine.




Gateway


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Trek This!


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A twisted Trek-stravaganza from an award-winning Star Trek author! Seven stars of a science fiction universe warp through twisted changes on the final frontier. Driven by forces they can't understand, the magnificent spacefaring Seven charge through bizarre transformations and battles beyond imagining. Each victory leads to fresh conflict, but the truth remains out of reach. With no memories of the past, how can the Seven recall their true identities? Only a mischievous, all-powerful being from beyond the stars seems to hold the answers. But will his amazing revelations open the gateway to illumination...or death? The power of the Seven may hold the ultimate key to an uncharted destiny that lies beyond the bounds of space, time, and reality itself. Within this destiny waits a tribute to all generations of treks past and future and the dreamers who bring them to life in our imaginations. Don't miss this Trek tribute from award-winning Star Trek author Robert T. Jeschonek, a master of science fiction and fantasy from the outer reaches of the imagination.




Trek Tales


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Trek Tales will inspire your love for adventure, nature, and llamas. The author describes her longing to be in the wild places and to spend more time in nature. On this journey she adopts two amazing llamas and trains them for backpacking. She also meets a friend on a similar journey with her llamas. Together, for many years, they provide friends and family many wonderful backcountry experiences in the California wilderness. The food, scenery and comradery of these adventures draws people together in community with one another. Some trek tales are harrowing and others humorous, but all of them are true.




Trekking in Nepal


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Sends trekkers to Nepal equipped with comprehensive information on the country's most rewarding routes, what to bring, what to expect, and the people and history behind it all. Covers 21 major areas of Nepal, over all types of terrain, plus alternatives and side trips. Provides visitors with the information and inspiration to be culturally appropriate and environmentally sensitive guests.