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NOVEL
Harbinger
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Introduction (blurb)

Returning from its historic first voyage to the edge of the galaxy, the damaged U.S.S. Enterprise journeys through the Taurus Reach, a vast and little-known region of space in which a new starbase has been unexpectedly established. Puzzled by the Federation's interest in an area so far from its borders and so near the xenophobic Tholian Assembly, Captain James T. Kirk orders the Enterprise to put in for repairs at the new space station: Starbase 47, also known as Vanguard.

As Kirk ponders the mystery of the enormous base, he begins to suspect that there is much more to Vanguard than meets the eye. It's a suspicion shared by the Tholians, the Orions, and the Klingon Empire, each of whom believes that there are less than benign motives behind the Federation's sudden and unexplained desire to explore and colonize the Taurus Reach.

But when a calamity deep within the Reach threatens to compromise Starfleet's continued presence in the region, Kirk, Spock, and several key specialists from the Enterprise must assist Vanguard's crew in investigating the cause of the disaster and containing the damage. In the process, they learn the true purpose behind the creation of Vanguard, and what the outcome of its mission may mean for life throughout that part of the galaxy.

Summary

References

Characters

Alakon • Alden • al-Jazaar • Brett Anderson • Argashek • Azrene • Lisa Babitz • Daniel Berry • Broon • Lora Brummer • Raymond Cannella • Tory Castellano • Charles • Jen Cooper • Jake Cooper • Jon Cooper • Oriana D'Amato • Robert D'Amato • Scott Danes • Matthew Decker • Rana Desai • Destrene • Judy Dunbar • Duras • Eskrene • Falstrene • Isaiah Farber • Suzie Finneran • Ezekiel Fisher • Donna Ford • Geller • Hallie Gannon • Ganz • Glazya • Gorkon • Toby Greenfield • Stewart Greisman • Grozik • Jean Guerin • Guthrie • Hayes • Mike Ilucci • Imelio • Indizar • Haniff Jackson • Jetanien • Kevin Judge • Akeylah Karumé • Steve Kashuk • James T. Kirk • Atish Khatami • Kenji Khatami • Parveen Khatami • Steven John Klisiewicz • Kulok • Kulor • Elizabeth Langlois • Larskene • Jeanne La Sala • Lawford • Hua Sun Lee • Anthony Leone • Leslie • Peter Liverakos • Nem chim Loak • Lugok • Varsha Mahtani • K. Malik • Bonnie Malmat • Manón • Guillermo Masada • Jabilo M'Benga • McCarthy • Paul McGibbon • McKee • Roderigo Medeira • Israel Medina • Rory Meeker • Dietrich Meyer • Aole Miller • Vondas Milonakis • Gom glasch Moar • Bersh glov Mog • Molok • Morikmol • Holly Moyer • Narskene • Narvak • Adelard Nassir • Susan Nave • John Ott • Luke Patterson • Lisa Pawlikowski • Tim Pennington • Christopher Pike • Mark Piper • Ponor • Pozrene • Pyzstrene • Qoheela • Cervantes Quinn • Radkene • Reke • Diego Reyes • Donna Robertson • Anna Sandesjo (aka Lurqal) • Montgomery Scott • Friedl Segfrundsdóttir • Sesrene • Shal • Zhao Sheng • Sihanouk • Dean Singer • Sovik • Sozlok • Spock • Sten • Adam Stotsky • Sturka • Walter Stutzman • Hikaru Sulu • T'Hana • T'Prynn • Hiromi Takeshewada • Tashrene • Clark Terrell • Thelex • Vanessa Theriault • Tolrene • Torr • Turag • Nyota Uhura • Unez • Vanderhoven • Miguel Velez • Velrene • Veselka • Jeanne Vinueza • Ivan Vumelko • Wallingford • Arlys Warfield • Ming Xiong • Yazkene • Zett Nilric • Zharran sh'Rassa • zh'Shalas • Zulo

Referenced only 

Elizabeth Dehner • Hannah Fisher • Noah Fisher • Lee Kelso • L'Nel • Gary Mitchell • Sivok

Starships

USS Bombay (Miranda-class) • SS Chichén Itzá • USS Constellation (Constitution-class) • USS Dauntless • USS Endeavour (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Epimetheus • USS Exeter (Constitution-class) • Kil'j Tholis • Meriden • Nov'k Tholis • Omari-Ekon • Rocinante (Mancharan starhopper) • USS Sagittarius (Archer-class) • Sek't Tholis • Tas'v Tholis

Locations

Anzarosh • Barolia • Cait • Deep Space Station K-7 • Delta Vega • Erilon • Gallonik III • Gariman sector • Getheon • Hall of Ancient Thought • Jemonon • Kalandra sector • Kessik IV • Kilosa • Korinar • Martian Colonies • Mount Seleya • New Berlin • New Jersey • Ravanar IV • Talagos Prime • Tamaros III • Taurus Reach • Trinay III • Vanguard • Vulcana Regar

Races and cultures

Bolian • Chelon • Deltan • Human • Klingon • Nalori • Orion • Scoridian • Silgov • Tarascan • Tarmelite • Tellarite • Tholian • Vulcan

States and organizations

Federation News Service • First Assembly • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Political Castemoot • Ruling Conclave • Starfleet • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • Starfleet Research and Development • Tholian Assembly • United Federation of Planets

Other

Brie • Café Romano • chom • cigar • coffee • Denevan dogwood • dilithium • d'k tahg • duranium • eresh'tha • Feinberger • Fontana Meadow • ghewpu'tIn • gravitic caliper • green tea • jasmine • kata • Kaferian apple • katra • koon-ut-kal-if-fee • log buoy • Manón's • Meenok's disease • peppermint • piano • Pon farr • rugby • Shedai conduit • mandisa • scrambled eggs • sensor screen • sodium • sodium lamp • sonic screwdriver • Stars Landing • sultritium • tandoori chicken • Taurus meta-genome • tequila • thracium • throg • Tom Walker's • triceron • tuQloS • ultritium • val'reth • V'Shan • whiskey • yosa

Information

• Book includes a four-page color fold-out with diagrams of Vanguard Station.
• An appendix provides brief character sketches of several series characters introduced in this novel.
• The title page lists Stars Landing, Vanguard's civilian and commercial district, as a location of one of Pocket Books' offices.

Translations

German:

• Title: Der Vorbote
• Publisher: Cross Cult
• ISBN: ISBN 978-3-936480-91-7
• Translator: Mike Hillenbrand
• Published: 2008

Related Stories

• "Where No Man Has Gone Before" - the novel begins shortly after the events of this episode, and references those events.

Connections

• David Mack's annotations for Harbinger.
• Harbinger (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.