For the DC comic of the same title, see The Worst of Both Worlds (comic)

NOVEL
The Worst of Both Worlds
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation
Miniseries:	Mirror Universe
Author(s):	Greg Cox
Publication information
Printed:	Glass Empires
Chronology
Date:	September 28, 2371

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships 2.3 Locations 2.4 Species 2.5 States and Organisations 2.6 Other 3 Information 4 Related Stories 5 Connections

Introduction (blurb)Edit

Humanity is a pitiful collection of enslaved, indentured, and abused peoples. No one dares to question the order, except at peril of their lives. One man survives by blinding himself to the misery around him. However, Jean-Luc Picard resists, just once. And in that one instant he unlocks a horror beyond the tyranny of the Alliance. Can a man so beaten down by a lifetime of oppression stop the destruction?

From The Pocket Books Spring 2007 Catalogue: In The Worst of Both Worlds, after a hundred years of domination by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance, humans struggle to survive. A man known as Jean-Luc Picard agrees to take an elderly, doddering scientist, Noonien Soong, to a planet where he's heard there is a machine-human hybrid.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Jean-Luc Picard • Katherine Pulaski • Noonien Soong • Wesley • Bagro • Gwarz • K'muc • Kang • Khone • Locutus of Borg • Madred • Nu'Daq • Selar • Sovak • Tebok • Telle • Trepar • Vash

Referenced only 

Unnamed mirror universe characters • Akorem • Jonathan Archer • Zefram Cochrane • Beverly Crusher • Jack Crusher • Daystrom • Richard Galen • Victor Hugo • Kahless • Khan Noonien Singh • James T. Kirk • Odan • Jil Orra • Robert Picard • Hoshi Sato • Arik Soong • Spock

StarshipsEdit

Stargazer (runabout) • Mek'leth

LocationsEdit

Calder II • Carraya IV • Celtris III • Iconia • Nequencia • New T'Karath • Qo'noS • Rura Penthe

Referenced only 

Camus II • Ceti Alpha V • Decius III • Exo III • Ktaria VII • P'Jem • Penthara IV • Vulcan's Forge • Yadalla Prime

SpeciesEdit

Borg • Cardassian • Klingon • Tellarite • Terran • Vulcan

Referenced only 

El-Aurian • Iconian • Taguan

States and OrganisationsEdit

Borg Collective • Klingon-Cardassian Alliance • Sakethan • Terran Rebellion

Referenced only 

Terran Empire

OtherEdit

agonizer • anesthezine • Becky Thatcher • bloodwine • Brer Rabbit • Celtran bat • Cerenkov radiation • Ceti eel • disruptor • Earther • fish juice • gagh • Injun Joe • graviton • graviton inverter • Iconian computer virus • incense • inertial damper • Jean Valjean • katra • katric ark • kelbonite • lek • limestone • lirpa • metagenic weapon • Les Misérables • mummy • nerve pinch • Orb of Prophecy • phaser • photon torpedo • Sakethan burial mound • sarcophagus • sehlat • shield • solar sail • Stone of Gol • Sword of Kahless • Tal-shaya • targ • taspar egg • theta radiation • thermoconcrete • Time of Awakening • Tox Uthat • tractor beam • tri-ox compound • tricorder • Veltan sex idol • warp core • warp drive • wine

InformationEdit

Related StoriesEdit

Stories featuring the mirror universe
Enterprise	episode: "In a Mirror, Darkly" • prose: Age of the Empress • "Nobunaga"
The Original Series	episode: "Mirror, Mirror" • comics: The Mirror Universe Saga ("... Promises to Keep" • "Double Image" • "Deadly Reflection!" • "The Tantalus Trap!" • "Masquerade!" • "Behind Enemy Lines!" • "The Beginning of the End..." • "Homecoming...") • Fragile Glass • Mirror Images ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 4" • "Issue 5") • prose: Spectre • Dark Victory • Preserver • The Sorrows of Empire • "Ill Winds" • "The Greater Good" • video game: Shattered Universe
The Next Generation	comic: "Mirror Images, Issue 3" • prose: Dark Mirror • Three • The Worst of Both Worlds • "The Traitor" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "For Want of a Nail" • Rise Like Lions
Deep Space Nine	episodes: "Crossover" • "Through the Looking Glass" • "Shattered Mirror" • "Resurrection" • "The Emperor's New Cloak" • comic: "Enemies & Allies" • prose: Dark Passions • Warpath • Saturn's Children • Fearful Symmetry • "A Terrible Beauty" • The Soul Key • "Freedom Angst"
Voyager	prose: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent • "Bitter Fruit"
New Frontier	comics: Turnaround ("Part I" • "Part II" • "Part III" • "Part IV" • "Part V") • prose: Cutting Ties • "Homecoming"
Klingon Empire	prose: "Family Matters"	Titan	prose: "Empathy"	Vanguard	prose: "The Black Flag"
Miniseries and anthologies	RPG sourcebook: Through a Glass, Darkly • comics: The Mirror Universe Saga • Turnaround • Mirror Images • prose: Mirror Universe Trilogy • Mirror Universe (Glass Empires • Obsidian Alliances • Shards and Shadows)

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous novel: Death in Winter	TNG novels	Next novel: The Buried Age
Previous story: The Sorrows of the Empire	Glass Empires	Next story: '
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Die is Cast	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: The Best and the Brightest Year Four