What amounts to “additional scenes” for the third-season Star Trekepisode “The Tholian Web” are contained in these pages, and I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that episode’s writers, Judy Burns and Chet Richards, for their inspiration. Thanks to you both for crafting one of my all-time favorite episodes.
And one final thanks to the readers and fans of Star Trek: Vanguard: we couldn’t have done it without you, and I hope you enjoyed the ride at least as much as I did.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DAYTON WARD. Author. Trekkie. Writing his goofy little stories and searching for a way to tap into the hidden nerdity that all humans have. Then, an accidental overdose of Mountain Dew altered his body chemistry. Now, when Dayton Ward grows excited or just downright geeky, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
Driven by outlandish ideas and a pronounced lack of sleep, he is pursued by fans and editors as well as funny men in bright uniforms wielding stun guns, straitjackets, and medication. In addition to the numerous credits he shares with friend and cowriter Kevin Dilmore, Dayton is the author of the science fiction novels The Last World War, Counterstrike: The Last World War—Book II, and The Genesis Protocol; the Star Treknovels In the Name of Honor, Open Secrets, Paths of Disharmony, and That Which Divides; as well as short stories in various anthologies and Web-based publications. For Flying Pen Press, he was the editor of the science-fiction anthology Full-Throttle Space Tales #3: Space Grunts.
Dayton is believed to be working on his next novel, and he must let the world think that he is working on it, until he can find a way to earn back the advance check he blew on strippers and booze. Though he lives in Kansas City with his wife and daughters, Dayton is a Florida native and maintains a torrid long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Visit him at www.daytonward.com.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Historian’s Note
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright