Moments Asunder is the first novel in the Star Trek: Coda trilogy by author Dayton Ward, released on 28 September 2021.
Description
- Starfleet's finest faces a challenge unlike any other.
- Tomorrow is doomed.
- Time is coming apart. Countless alternate and parallel realities are under attack, weakening and collapsing from relentless onslaught. If left unchecked, the universe faces an unstoppable descent toward entropy.
- Wanderer, oracle, ally.
- Scarred and broken after decades spent tracking this escalating temporal disaster while battling the nameless enemy responsible for it, an old friend seeks assistance from Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the starship Enterprise. The apocalypse may originate from their future, but might the cause lie in their past?
- Everything that will be.
- Identifying their adversary is but the first step toward defeating them, but early triumphs come with dreadful costs. What will the price be to achieve final victory, and how will that success be measured in futures as yet undefined?
Solicitation
- The crews of Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Ezri Dax, and William Riker unite to prevent a cosmic-level apocalypse—only to find that some fates really are inevitable.
- Reality itself is under attack.
- The epic Star Trek: Coda trilogy begins when the unexpected arrival of an old friend triggers a desperate mission to avert a fast-spreading temporal disaster.
Summary
- Part I: Time's Scythe
- Part II: Crossed With Adversity
- Part III: Our Revels Now Are Ended
References
Characters
USS Aventine personnel
- Samaritan Bowers • Ezri Dax • Gruhn Helkara • Talia Kandel • Lonnoc Kedair • Mikaela Leishman • Oliana Mirren • Simon Tarses • Tharp • USS Aventine personnel (unnamed USS Aventine personnel)
USS Enterprise-D (alternate universe) personnel
- Data (alternates) • Geordi La Forge (alternates) • Sariel Rager • William T. Riker (alternates) • Ronlav • Deanna Troi (alternates) • Christine Vale • Worf, son of Mogh (alternates) • Natasha Yar
- Referenced only
- Jean-Luc Picard
USS Enterprise-E personnel
- Abby Balidemaj • Hailan Casmir • T'Ryssa Chen • Beverly Crusher • Kirsten Cruzen • Dina Elfiki • Joanna Faur • Tamala Harstad • Hegol Den • Rennan Konya • Geordi La Forge • Antoinette Mimouni • Jean-Luc Picard • Bryan Regnis • Aneta Šmrhová • Taurik • Oliver Trimble • Tropp • Worf • USS Enterprise-E personnel
USS Relativity personnel
- Ailur • David Cambria • Juel Ducane • Faroti • Jeva Myras • Rabal
USS Titan personnel
- Referenced only
- Pral glasch Haaj • Huilan Sen'kara • Shenti Yisec Eres Ree
Other Starfleet personnel
- Leonard James Akaar • Jenishan zh'Crivash • Tom Paris • B'Elanna Torres • Starfleet personnel (24th century Starfleet personnel; 29th century Starfleet personnel)
- Referenced only
- Richard Adams • Zhoreń Cygmunt • Katherine Pulaski • Roaas
Other characters
- Laarin Andos • Wesley Crusher • Teresa Garcia • Guardian of Forever • Rene Jacques Robert Francois Picard • Meyo Ranjea
- Referenced only
- Kahless the Unforgettable • Marie Picard • Rene Picard • Robert Picard • The Traveler
Starships and vehicles
- USS Aventine (Vesta-class multi-mission explorer) • USS Enterprise-E (Sovereign-class explorer) • USS Titan (Luna-class cruiser)
- alternate reality 2373 starships
- USS da Vinci (alternate timeline Saber-class cruiser) • USS Enterprise-D (alternate timeline Galaxy-class explorer) • USS Excalibur (alternate timeline Galaxy-class explorer) • USS São Paulo (alternate timeline Defiant-class escort)
- Referenced only
- USS Defiant (Defiant-class escort prototype) • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class cruiser)
Locations
- Devidia II (Devidian system, Marrab sector, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant) • Earth (Sol star system, sector 001, quadrant 0, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant) • Gateway (coordinates 4.05N 6.68E, UFC 465537 star system, sector 90.4, the galaxy's Beta Quadrant) • Starbase 11 (Planet Yko, coordinates 0.93S 3.18W, the galaxy's Beta Quadrant)
Planetary locales
Starfleet Headquarters surroundings in San Francisco.
- Earth
- San Francisco
- Yko
- Starbase 11
Races and cultures
- Andorian • android • Argelian • Bajoran • Betazoid • Bolian • Capellan • Deltan • Denobulan • Devidian • Human • Klingon • Rhaandarite • Romulan • Saurian • Takaran • Tellarite • Trill • Vulcan • Zakdorn
States and organizations
- Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Research Division
Science and classification
The Guardian of Forever.
- dimension • lifeform • matter • planet • space • star • star system • technology • time • timeline • universe • weapon
Lifeforms
Materials and substances
- atmosphere • beverage • blood • food • transparasteel
Food and drink
Technology and weapons
- computer • disruptor • intercom • phaser • power cell • scythe • starbase • starship • temporal warp core • transphasic disruptor • transphasic torpedo
Ranks and titles
- captain • chief engineer • commander • doctor
Other references
- decade • ghost • government • minute • nation-state • races and cultures • science • Sunrise on Zeta Minor • year
Appendices
Images
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: first in series |
Star Trek Coda novels | Next novel: The Ashes of Tomorrow |
| Previous story: Agents of Influence |
Stories by: Dayton Ward |
Next story: Somewhere to Belong |
| Previous story: Rogue Elements |
Star Trek novels | Next story: The Ashes of Tomorrow |
Publication history
Translations
- 2022
- German language: Zeit in Scherben, translated by Katrin Aust (Cross Cult).
External link
- Moments Asunder article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.