It has been at least 13 years since I’ve dipped my toe in to the expanded universe that are Star Trek novels.  Recently, the Kindle store had the Destiny trilogy on sale for a good price, so I figured I would try and jump back in and see how things were going.  This trilogy takes place after the events of Star Trek: Insurrection and the end of Star Trek: Voyager.  The Borg have declared war on the Federation, and its up to the Captains Picard, Riker, and Dax to figure out a way to stop them.

Author David Mack (no, not that David Mack) has put together a tale that covers 4 ships over hundreds of years and the mystery of how the NX Columbia, thought lost in the 22nd century, was found marooned on a planet well beyond its reach in the 24th century.  While Erzai Dax and the crew of the USS Aventine try to discover the secrets held within the old craft, William Riker leads the USS Titan to a mysterious world that may just tie in to that mystery.  Meanwhile, the Enterprise tries to keep ahead of the latest Borg invasion while trying to find out how they are getting to Federation space without being discovered.

One of the benefits of the Star Trek reboot is that the novels covering the Next Generation timeline are able to make permanent changes without worrying about the latest film and without hitting the giant reset button at the end of the novel.  So, Riker has his own command, Worf is back on the Enterprise as first officer, Data has been destroyed, and Picard and Dr. Crusher are married.  Similar to the Buffy novels I’ve read over the past few years, it is nice to slip back in to a universe that I enjoyed during my younger days.  This was a good re-introduction and I’m certainly looking forward to the rest of the trilogy to see where things go.