Author(s):	Christie Golden
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket VOY #21 Dark Matters #3
Published:	December 2000
Pages:	288
Stardate:	Unknown (2376)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671035843 (paperback) ISBN 0743422376 (eBook) ASIN B000FC0U4Y (Kindle)

A race against time to save two universes - in the astounding conclusion of Janeway's most fateful quest!

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

An imbalance of dark matter has placed two realities in jeopardy, causing the separate universes to merge and threatening the stability of both realms. To preserve reality as it is known, the crew of the USS Voyager must defy a cosmic conspiracy and wrestle with shadows of the darkest degree!

"Rescued" by strangers who may prove to be more dangerous than his original captors, Chakotay struggles to convince his new hosts of the danger posed by the mutated dark matter – and the killer, or killers, still hunting the villages where Tom Paris has been left behind. In their own reality, as Harry Kim loses his heart to an enigmatic visitor from the shadow universe, Captain Janeway and the rest of her crew continue their search for the hidden dark matter that could cause the entire cosmos to contract in a fatal convulsion. But whose side are the Romulans really on? And what surprising figure from Voyager's past holds the ultimate key to the fate of both universes?

FURTHER SUMMARY

Memorable QuotesEdit

QUOTES

Background InformationEdit

• This book depicts Chakotay eating meat, despite being shown to be a vegetarian in various episodes.

CharactersEdit

Kathryn Janeway

Chakotay

Tuvok

Tom Paris

B'Elanna Torres

Harry Kim

The Doctor

Seven of Nine

Neelix

Jekri Kaleh 

Head of the Tal Shiar, and opponent of Lhiau, her name means "Little Dagger"

Verrak 

Jekri's first officer

Lhiau 

A rouge Shepheard

Telek R'Mor

ReferencesEdit

Romulan Star Empire

Talvath 

R'Mor's Romulan science vessel

Q 

Omnipotent species. When Paris comments that without the Shepherds, the universe will end, Janeway reminds him of the Q