What lay beyond. - Read Jim Fulner

mass market paperback, 488 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2002 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-7434-5683-8

Created by the incalculably ancient Iconians, whose transcendent technology is quantum levels beyond that of the Federation and its allies, the Gateways offer instantaneous transport across unimaginable distances. Throughout the known galaxy, from Deep Space Nine to the New Frontier, from the Delta Quadrant to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, the sudden reactivation of the Gateways has destabilized interstellar relations between planets and cultures previously separated by countless light-years. Starfleet's finest have coped with the crisis as best they can, but circumstances have forced several valiant commanders to leap through separate Gateways into the unknown.

Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise

Captain Jean-Luc Picard of The Next Generation

Colonel Kira Nerys of Deep Space Nine

Captain Kathryn Janeway of the USS Voyager

Captains Calhoun and Shelby of New Frontier

Commander Nick Keller of the USS Challenger

All of these heroes, …

Created by the incalculably ancient Iconians, whose transcendent technology is quantum levels beyond that of the Federation and its allies, the Gateways offer instantaneous transport across unimaginable distances. Throughout the known galaxy, from Deep Space Nine to the New Frontier, from the Delta Quadrant to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, the sudden reactivation of the Gateways has destabilized interstellar relations between planets and cultures previously separated by countless light-years. Starfleet's finest have coped with the crisis as best they can, but circumstances have forced several valiant commanders to leap through separate Gateways into the unknown.

Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise

Captain Jean-Luc Picard of The Next Generation

Colonel Kira Nerys of Deep Space Nine

Captain Kathryn Janeway of the USS Voyager

Captains Calhoun and Shelby of New Frontier

Commander Nick Keller of the USS Challenger

All of these heroes, for their own reasons, have taken the ultimate gamble: hurling themselves personally through a Gateway without any knowledge or forewarning of what lay beyond. Each must face their own unique challenge, struggling to find a way back to the ships and homes they left behind.

And waiting behind at least one of the Gateways are the ageless Iconians themselves, the primordial architects of the mysterious portals causing chaos throughout the Milky Way galaxy.

Where did they disappear to, many long eons ago, and what do they want now? The answer lies on the other side....

What Lay Beyond brings the Gateways saga to a spectacular finish, in an all-star collaboration by six popular, bestselling Star Trek authors.

Among them, Diane Carey, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Christie Golden, Robert Greenberger, and Susan Wright have written dozens of Star Trek novels. This is their first mega-collaboration.

2 editions

JIm FUlner reviewed What lay beyond. by Peter David

3 stars

This book is a collection of short stories about the Icononclasts Gateways, i.e. someon's attempt to write anichients and StarGates into the Star Trek world. returnreturnThe Gateways "series" is actually an interesting idea of a collection of themes which lie into other series. Reading the whole series is not necessary, but reading the portion that is the sequal of the first book from "TOS" word makes me want to circle back and read the rest. This book is the "climax" of the others. Each other book in this series is one story that ends with a "to be continued" like context, adn then finishes in this book. However the stories don't intermingle even in this book so you can just pick and choose what you like. returnreturnI am currently reading the DS9 relaunch, and as such had read "Demons of Air and Darkness" and only had the back story to …

This book is a collection of short stories about the Icononclasts Gateways, i.e. someon's attempt to write anichients and StarGates into the Star Trek world. returnreturnThe Gateways "series" is actually an interesting idea of a collection of themes which lie into other series. Reading the whole series is not necessary, but reading the portion that is the sequal of the first book from "TOS" word makes me want to circle back and read the rest. This book is the "climax" of the others. Each other book in this series is one story that ends with a "to be continued" like context, adn then finishes in this book. However the stories don't intermingle even in this book so you can just pick and choose what you like. returnreturnI am currently reading the DS9 relaunch, and as such had read "Demons of Air and Darkness" and only had the back story to read DeCandido's DS9 story completely. I felt that his story was too short and fast paste to fit where it did. He should have taken at least one whole book to finish the story. It starts with Kira in the ancient world of Bajor (before it was called bajor, likely equal to about 1200 A.D on Earth) and she included a great line about wanting a new tense of language to refer to items that happened in her personal past but where yet to happen in relation to the time/place which they are currently in. that transition was fast, but likely acceptable, the transition from there back to "modern" times at DS9 was ridiculous. The story failed to explain how it happened, why it happened, or anything else, then it just ended. returnreturnI do recommend the book and story line as a whole, but of the story which I was most interested in I was disappointed.

Subjects

Star Trek fiction.
Science fiction, American.