The Art of the Impossible

"The Art of the Impossible", the third novel in a six-part series collectively entitled "Star Trek: The Lost Era" tells the story of the Betreka Nebula Incident.

Summary

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To the Cardassians, it is a point of pride. To the Klingons, a matter of honor. But the eighteen-year cold war between these two empires -- euphemistically remembered in later years as the Betreka Nebula "Incident" -- creates a vortex of politics, diplomacy, and counterintelligence that will define an age, and shape the future.

What begins as a discovery that would enable the Klingon Empire to reclaim a lost piece of its past becomes a prolonged struggle with the rapidly expanding Cardassian Union, which has claimed dominion over a region of space that the Klingons hold sacred. Enter the Federation, whose desire to preserve interstellar stability leads Ambassador Curzon Dax to broker a controversial and tenuous peace -- one that is not without opponents, including Lieutenant Elias Vaughn of Starfleet special ops.

But there are wheels within wheels to the drama unfolding in the Betreka Nebula. Within the shadowy rooms of the Cardassian Obsidian Order, Klingon Intelligence, and even the Romulan Tal Shiar, secret scales are being balanced -- and for every gain made for the sake of peace, there will come a loss.

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Other Books in Series

Previous novel:
Serpents Among the Ruins

Novels
Star Trek: The Lost Era

Next novel:
Well of Souls


Author:	Keith R.A. DeCandido
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	The Lost Era #3
Published:	November 2003
Pages:	320
Years:	2328 to 2346
Stardate:	Unknown
Reference #:	ISBN 0743464052