Precipice

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NOVEL
Precipice
Cover by Doug Drexler
Attribution
Series:	Vanguard
Author(s):	David Mack
Publication information
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Published:	paperback - December 2009
Pages:	400
ISBN:	ISBN 1439130116

Contents 1 Publisher's description 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other 4 Appendices 4.1 Related stories 4.2 Timeline 4.3 External links

[edit] Publisher's description

Operation Vanguard is in chaos.

On a post-apocalyptic world in the Taurus Reach, undercover Starfleet Intelligence agent Cervantes Quinn finds an ancient Shedai conduit. Unfortunately, the Klingons have found it first and sent an army to claim it.

Light-years away on Vulcan, reporter Tim Pennington answers a cryptic call for help and ends up stalking interstellar criminals with an unlikely partner: T’Prynn, the woman who sabotaged his career and is now a fugitive from justice.

Meanwhile, Diego Reyes, former commander of Starbase 47, lives as a prisoner aboard a Klingon starship. But his former enemies aren’t seeking revenge. In fact, the only man who knows why Reyes is still alive is the one who arranged his kidnapping and faked his death—the enigmatic Councilor Gorkon.

All their fates, as well as the futures of three great powers, are linked by one thing: the mysterious Mirdonyae Artifact. And unless Doctor. Carol Marcus and Ming Xiong can unlock its secrets in time, it might destroy them all.

[edit] Summary

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[edit] References

[edit] Characters

Rana Desai • Ganz • Gorkon, son of Toq • Jetanien • Lugok • Carol Marcus • Bridget McLellan (aka "Bridy Mac") • Zett Nilric • Heihachiro Nogura • Tim Pennington • Cervantes Quinn • Diego Reyes • Scalzer • Sturka • T'Prynn • Ming Xiong • Hofstadter • Wolowitz • Koothrappali

[edit] Starships and vehicles

IKS Chech'Iw • USS Dauntless • Dulcinea • USS Endeavour • USS Nowlan • Rocinante • IKS Rojaq • IKS Zin'za

[edit] Locations

Ajilon • Golmira • Khomir Pass • Kren'than • ShiKahr • Starbase 47 • Toth'Sen • Vulcan

[edit] Races and cultures

Bolian • Chelon • Human • Klingon • Nalori • Organian • Shedai • Tholian • Tiburonian • Vulcan

[edit] States and organizations

Klingon Empire • United Federation of Planets

[edit] Other

Project Vanguard

[edit] Appendices

• The working title for this book was Flashpoint, however editor Marco Palmieri suggested it take a different title as "Flash Point" was already the title of a Star Trek short story. ^[1]

[edit] Related stories

Star Trek: Vanguard novels

Harbinger • Summon the Thunder • Reap the Whirlwind • Open Secrets • Precipice

[edit] Timeline

Published Order
Previous novel: Open Secrets	Vanguard novels	Next novel: TBA
Previous story: For Want of a Nail	Stories by: David Mack	Next story: The Sorrows of Empire
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: Not yet placed	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Not yet placed

[edit] External links

• Precipice article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.