Ghost of a Chance is a VOY novel by Mark A. Garland and Charles G. McGraw.
Description
- Badly damaged by a close encounter with a dwarf star, the USS Voyager discovers a world being torn apart by awesome volcanic stresses. The primitive inhabitants of Drenar Four face extinction unless the starship Voyager intervenes—something the Prime Directive forbids.
- Captain Janeway's dilemma is complicated by the arrival of another starship. The Televek offer aid to both the Voyager and the endangered planet, but their offer may be too good to be true. Strange, ghostly visions trouble Janeway and her crew, warning them of danger to come.
- Caught between uncertain allies and the threat of a global catastrophe, Janeway learns that the spectral warnings are very real…
References
Characters
- Joseph Carey • Chakotay • Daket • The Doctor • Gantel • Kathryn Janeway • Jonal • Kes • Harry Kim • Mila (Drosary) • Neelix • Tom Paris • Rollins (Lieutenant) • Shaale • Stephens (Ensign) • Tassay • Tatel • B'Elanna Torres • Triness • Tuvok • USS Voyager personnel
- Referenced only
- Tolif
Locations
- Drenar IV, Drenar VI, unnamed moons (Drenar star system, the galaxy's Delta Quadrant)
Starships and vehicles
Races and cultures
- Drosary • Human • hologram • Klingon • Ocampa • Talaxian • Televek • Vulcan• Delta Quadrant races and cultures
States and organizations
Science and classification
- alien • astronomy • biology • cartography • communications • hologram • matter • measurement • technology • volcano
Astronomy
- dwarf star • galaxy • planet • quadrant • space • star • star system • time • universe
Biology
Anatomy and medicine
- Emergency Medical Hologram • psychology • tooth
Lifeforms
Cartography and measurement
Communications
Materials and substances
Technology and weapons
- Bussard ramscoop • combadge • Emergency Medical Hologram • hologram • intercom • keypad • magnetic constrictor coil • phaser • photon torpedo • starship • warp drive
Occupations and titles
- advocate • captain • command division • commander • crew • doctor • engineer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2360s-2370s) • first officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medic • merchant • physician • officer • rank • sciences division • Third Director
Other references
- boot • clothing • colony • contract • emotion • first contact • flag • genocide • ghost • government • hair • piracy • Prime Directive • prayer • races and cultures • science • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2366-2373) • state • title • uniform • war
Chronology
- 2372 (2370s chronology, Voyager's journey)
- Voyager is damaged.
Appendices
Related media
- VOY episode & novelization: Caretaker: The beginning of Voyager's arc in the Delta Quadrant.
- VOY episode & novelization: Endgame: The end of Voyager's arc in the Delta Quadrant.
Background
- Page 42 mentions that Voyager is seventy-five million light-years from the Federation, instead of seventy-five thousand light-years.
- This is the only numbered Voyager novel to not feature a tag line on the front cover.
Images
Cover image.
French language edition cover image.
German language edition cover image.
German language re-issue edition cover image.
Connections
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Murdered Sun |
Voyager numbered novels | Next novel: Cybersong |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Ones Left Behind second entry |
Next Adventure: The Visitor | |
| Previous Adventure: Non Sequitur |
Journey of the USS Voyager | Next Adventure: Parturition |
Translations
- 1997
- German : Geisterhafte Visionen, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)
- 2000
- French : L'Ombre d'une chance, translated by Christian Hallé. (Ada)
External link
- Ghost of a Chance article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.