In the fourth year of its ongoing mission, the Strange New Worlds writing competition has once again sought out exciting new voices and imaginations among Star Trek's vast galaxy of fans. After scanning countless submissions for signs of style and originality, the judges are proud to report that the universe of amazing Star Trek writers just keeps expanding. Strange New Worlds IV features more than a dozen never-before-published stories spanning the twenty-third and twenty-fourth centuries, from the early days of James T. Kirk and his crew to the later generations of Captains Picard, Sisko, and Janeway. These memorable new tales explore and examine the past and future of Star Trek from many different perspectives. Join Strange New Worlds in its thrilling quest to uncover the most compelling Star Trek Þction this side of the Galactic Barrier!

All-new adventures by some of Star Trek's most talented fans! In the fourth year of its ongoing mission, the Strange New Worlds writing competition has once again sought out exciting new voices and imaginations among Star Trek's vast galaxy of fans. After scanning countless submissions for signs of style and originality, the judges are proud to report that the universe of amazing Star Trek writers just keeps expanding. Strange New Worlds IV features more than a dozen never-before-published stories spanning the twenty-third and twenty-fourth centuries, from the early days of James T. Kirk and his crew to the later generations of Captains Picard, Sisko, and Janeway. These memorable new tales explore and examine the past and future of Star Trek from many different perspectives. Join Strange New Worlds in its thrilling quest to uncover the most compelling Star Trek action this side of the Galactic Barrier!

As the Enterprise blitzes into the last leg of Zephyx’s space race from hell, the crew is confronted with a betrayal from within! The ship’s controls have been locked, and with Spock still separated from the crew, the crushing pressure of nearby stars, and Zephyx’s efforts to throw the ship off course, can Captain Pike ignore visions of impending doom long enough to see his crew to the finish line?

The stories featured in Strange New Worlds VI rocket readers across the length and breadth of Federation space, from the earliest days of deep space exploration with Captain Jonathan Archer and the first USS Enterprise, to the epic journey of Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager. All five television series are represented: Enterprise, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. Several previous Strange New Worlds winners have gone on to be Star Trek novelists with official tie-ins published by Pocket Books. See what it takes to be a published Star Trek writer, and discover the novelists of the future in Strange New Worlds VI.

Pocket Books' two Strange New Worlds competitions have drawn thousand of entries from aspiring Star Trek writers. From the mountain of submissions received, editor and established Star Trek author Dean Wesley Smith has selected eighteen winning stories, each one chosen for their combination of originality and style. These tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk first went 'where no man has gone before', to Captain Picard's exploration in the USS Enterprise D, to Captain Sisko's command of space station Deep Space Nine, to Captain Katherine Janeway's epic journey in the USS Voyager. There are no limits to the Star Trek universe when the fans are allowed to let their imagination take the helm!