[3] Michael Epstein, writing for Television Quarterly in 1996, said Star Trek was "by far the biggest series of fiction in the history of western literature".
[a] Bantam never applied an official series name to the novels, instead marketing each volume as a new or original "Star Trek Adventure".
Star Trek: The New Voyages collects fan-submitted fiction curated and edited by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath.
In 1991, Bantam collected The Original Series episode adaptations as a three volume omnibus edition organized by television season.
Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars miniseries explores the life of Khan Noonien Singh on Ceti Alpha V. The series was developed by Greg Cox and John J.
Star Trek: Errand of Vengeance miniseries is a retelling of Enterprise (NCC-1701)'s "Five Year" mission from an undercover Klingon agent's point of view.
Star Trek: Mere Anarchy miniseries explores the effects of an off-world disaster on the crew of the Enterprise over a thirty-year period.
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Cold Equations relaunch miniseries explores the effect artificial life has on Starfleet and the Federation.
The book line was relaunched with the publication of three thematically linked works: the short story collection Lives of Dax (1999), edited by Marco Palmieri; A Stitch in Time (2000), by Andrew J. Robinson; and the two-part novel Avatar (2001), by S. D. Perry.
Includes hardcover and paperback releases: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Millennium miniseries explores an alternate-timeline accidentally created by the crew of the Defiant.
The Lives of Dax (2001), a short story collection edited by Marco Palmieri, and A Stitch in Time (2000), by Andrew J. Robinson, are linked to the relaunch.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Mission Gamma relaunch miniseries follows the crew of the Defiant under the command of Elias Vaughn.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Gamma relaunch miniseries follows the crew of Robinson (NCC-71842) under the command of Benjamin Sisko.
Based on select episodes from the television series: Numbered paperback releases: Includes hardcover and paperback releases: Star Trek: Voyager – Starfleet Academy young adult miniseries explores the lives of the Voyager crew as Starfleet Academy cadets.
The novels included explanations for visual and narrative inconsistencies which developed during the televisions series run, as well as conclusions to unresolved plots.
Star Trek Log reprints of the novelizations based on The Animated Series originally published by Ballantine Books.
Honor Bound (1997), a Corps of Engineers novella by Diana G. Gallagher, and Michael Jan Friedman's novelization of the titular episode, tie into the series.
The cover art by Keith Birdsong was intended to form a polyptych; however, design and printing errors resulted in the six images not aligning.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a series of short story collections edited by Dean Wesley Smith.
[13] The Battle for Betazed (2002), by Charlotte Douglas and Susan Kearney, and Tales of the Dominion War (2004), a short story collection edited by Keith DeCandido, tie into the series.
The series was marketed as ebook exclusives on various platforms, which were later collected into print bind-ups with similar titles but a different numbering scheme.
Volumes released after 2005 were published in the larger trade paperback format, and included the updated Corps of Engineers logo.
Star Trek: Section 31 crossover miniseries was inspired by the clandestine, paramilitary organization introduced in the Deep Space Nine episode "Inquisition".
Star Trek: Gateways crossover miniseries explores various Starfleet crews' interactions with trans-dimensional "gates" left behind by the extinct Iconian civilization.
The novels are set aboard Starfleet Starbase 47 positioned on the edge of the Taurus Reach known as Vanguard to its residents and crew.
The Corps of Engineers novella Distant Early Warning (2006), by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore, is a prequel to Vanguard.
Star Trek: Academy was intended to be a new flagship series featuring a young Midshipman Jim Kirk.
Star Trek: Destiny crossover miniseries explores the origin of the Borg, and the Federation's response to a destructive invasion by them.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact series explores the political chaos following the destruction of the Borg in Destiny (2008).
Star Trek: Coda crossover series follows the crews of several starships attempting to prevent the destruction of the universe by the vampiric species encountered in The Next Generation two-part episode "Time's Arrow".