Picard’s old Stargazer crew are on board the Enterprise. The mission changes dramatically when someone is murdered.

In this special bonus episode, the most prolific Star Trek novelist alive today joins Jon and Blaine to discuss his latest release, Echoes in Eternity.

Spock is duplicated in a transporter accident, and one insists the other must die. There are no indications of a puppy doing cosplay, though.

After that original novel, Jon and Blaine look at the next three collections of episodes adapted into short stories by James Blish.

Jon and Blaine look at an episode that connects the TOS adventure “The Doomsday Machine” to the Borg of TNG using the TNG era crew.

Jon and Blaine discuss four different books in this episode. First up, it’s Mission to Horatius, the first original Star Trek story to appear in print, aimed at readers who have recently learned how to print. Then we cover the first three collections of episode adaptations by James Blish, simply titled Star Trek 1-3.

Watch for our introductory episode and our coverage of Vendetta on this same day. As an odd numbered episode of the podcast, we are looking at books in publication order.

Jon and Blaine talk about why we are doing this podcast and what listeners can expect.

The trailer for our podcast which launches on September 8, 2026.

A trailer for our upcoming show, launching on September 8, 2026.