Series
The ancient Thallonian Empire has collapsed, throwing an entire sector of the galaxy into chaos and unrest. Starfleet assembles a new, handpicked crew to help where it can and report what it finds. Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, recommended by Jean-Luc Picard himself, takes command of the U.S.S. Excalibur.
As the Thallonian Empire succumbs to violence and insurrection, the USS Excalibur prepares to launch on her humanitarian mission of mercy. But her departure is destined to be a memorable one, as Calhoun contends with an unexpected stowaway and frightened refugees aboard a dying ship.
Two mysteries vie for the attention of the crew of the Excalibur: Is the hospitality of the people of Nelkar too good to be true? And does a stranded spaceship truly hold the object of Si Cwan's quest... or is it instead an all-too-deadly trap?
In the face of catastrophe on the Thallonian homeworld, Captain Calhoun confronts his own bloody past, and when the planet's ultimate secret is revealed, the crew of the Excalibur faces the empire's total destruction.
Civil war threatens the planet of Zondar. The arrival of the USS Excalibur is greeted with relief and celebration by the anxious populace, but when Captain Calhoun is captured, Lieutenant Commander Burgoyne must find him before an alien fleet launches a holy war against the Federation!
Lieutenant Lefler's mother died in a shuttle explosion ten years ago, so is the woman being held prisoner in Thallonian space really her? With the lives of billions at stake, the crew of the USS Excalibur must find answers before time runs out for the struggling remnants of the once-great Thallonian Empire.
On the planet Montos, a mysterious young woman finds herself pursued by both the fanatical Redeemers and a vicious race of feral predators. All are in search of information regarding the true nature and location of the Quiet Place, a mystical realm celebrated in myth and legend.
Many years ago, a bizarre alien life-form known as the Black Mass consumed and destroyed an entire solar system in what was then the Thallonion Empire. Now the Black Mass has returned and its target is Tulan IV, homeworld of the fearsome Redeemers.
When the USS Excalibur was suddenly and mercilessly destroyed, Starfleet lost one of its finest starships. But the crew members of the Excalibur lost their captain and their home. Going their separate ways throughout the Alpha Quadrant, the Excalibur's survivors must face diverse challenges and dangers on their own.
Following the birth of her child, Dr. Selar returned to her homeworld, determined to raise the child exclusively in the way of logic. But the child's father has his own views regarding their offspring's future. Elsewhere in the Alpha Quadrant, Lieutenant Lefler and her enigmatic mother travel to Risa.
Shelby has been granted a command of her own, the USS Exeter. Unbeknownst to Starfleet, Calhoun escaped the cataclysmic demise of the Excalibur. Trapped on a hostile world, unable to contact Starfleet or even let Shelby and the others know he is still alive, Calhoun is drawn into a life-or-death struggle against relentless foes.
When the inhabitants of an innocent solar system are confronted by a menace linked to the source of the USS Excalibur's navigator Mark McHenry's powers, his true heritage is revealed at last. Meanwhile, Zak Kebron is going through a startling change that will leave him both more and less than he was.
Calhoun has encountered beings of unnatural power and abilities verging on godhood. With a wounded ship and an injured crew, Captain Calhoun and the crew of the Trident, must face these god-like beings once again, with the fate of galactic civilization at stake.
A troubling murder mystery escalates into a full-fledged diplomatic crisis that threatens to pit Calhoun and Shelby against the entire United Federation of Planets, and the Starship Enterprise.
MacKenzie Calhoun, captain of the USS Excalibur, finds himself reporting to Elizabeth Shelby while Burgoyne and Selar confront their son's deadly genetic illness and Si Cwan and his wife face new challenges as the newly elected president and first lady of the Thallonian Republic.
Lost in the farthest reaches of space after being catapulted into the distant Andromeda galaxy, Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the USS Excalibur find themselves caught in the middle of a genocidal interstellar war as they desperately seek a way to get home.
An enigmatic alien race is determined to seize the infant Cwan for its own mysterious purposes, but nothing could possibly prepare Calhoun for the shocking betrayal from within - an act of treachery to aid and abet this alien race - forever altering the lives of the Excalibur crew
Captain MacKenzie Calhoun is facing simultaneous threats from two of the most destructive forces he’s ever encountered: the D’myurj, a mysterious and powerful alien race, and Morgan Primus, an incredibly sophisticated computer simulation taking up residence within the very core of the USS Excalibur
Calhoun's search of Xenex has failed to find any survivors and now he is bound and determined to track down the race that killed them - the D'myurj and their associates, the Brethren - and exact vengeance upon them.
Calhoun's search of Xenex has failed to find any survivors and now he is bound and determined to track down the race that killed them - the D'myurj and their associates, the Brethren - and exact vengeance upon them.
Calhoun's search of Xenex has failed to find any survivors and now he is bound and determined to track down the race that killed them - the D'myurj and their associates, the Brethren - and exact vengeance upon them.
Six years ago, a young Starfleet officer named Mackenzie Calhoun served as first officer aboard the USS Grissom. Then disaster struck, and Calhoun took the blame. A court-martial led to his own angry resignation from Starfleet ... or so it appeared. At long last Captain Calhoun reveals the true story behind the greatest tragedy of his life.
Picard joins forces with Captain Mackenzie Calhoun of the Starship Excalibur to track down and confront the hidden architects who unleashed a string of deadly biological weapons throughout the Alpha Quadrant.
A century ago, the imperial Thallonians separated two feuding alien races, depositing each of them on a new world safely distant from that of their ancestral enemies. Now, the Gateways have made it possible for the long dormant blood feud to begin anew.
The threat of the Gateways - portals that allow for travel to other times and places - is finally destroyed, in this explosive conclusion to the Gateways series, in which Captains Kirk, Picard and Janeway, Colonel Kira Nerys, and the crews confront untold perils in the distant reaches of space.
Peter David has gathered some of the finest Star Trek authors to tell new tales of the Excalibur crew.