“Well,” said Gold, “hope is a pretty powerful force in the universe—maybe even as powerful as ‘Big Business.’”
After watching Vemlar shrink away on the main viewscreen as the da Vinci began its cruise out of the “Corporate Corridor,” Gold looked around at his bridge and his crew. He smiled. There was no question in his mind: This is exactly where he was meant to be. On this ship. With these people. Doing this work. He knew that this was reality as it should be.
Taru Bolivar.
About the Author
GLENN GREENBERG is an award-winning editor and writer whose work has appeared in numerous fiction anthologies, comic books, lifestyle and news magazines, and on several websites. The Art of the Deal marks his return to the Star Trek universe—he previously developed and wrote the five-issue Star Trek: Untold Voyages limited series for Marvel Comics, which chronicled adventures from the second five-year mission of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Glenn’s writing work for Marvel also included stints on such world-famous characters as Spider-Man, the Hulk, Dracula, and the Silver Surfer. As a Marvel editor, he is proudest of having developed the Starlord limited series written by bestselling science fiction author Timothy Zahn, as well as the inter-company crossover project, The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman, which made Glenn one of the very few Marvel editors in history to edit a project featuring DC Comics’ flagship character, Superman. For the GrayHaven Magazine website (www.ghmonline.com), Glenn was cowriter of the much-acclaimed, thirty-five-part Internet column “The Life of Reilly,” in which he chronicled his rather reluctant role in the making of the infamous “Clone Saga” that ran through the Spider-Man titles in the mid-1990s. Glenn has written various articles for magazines such as Smoke and Time Out New York, and currently serves as editor and head writer for Scholastic News, a weekly newsmagazine for kids. In 2002, his work on that magazine earned him the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers. Glenn also writes regularly for the Scholastic News Online website (www. Scholastic.com/news), for which he provided all-day coverage of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.
Coming Next Month:
Star Trek™: S.C.E. #46
SPIN
by J. Steven York
& Christina F. York
The S.C.E. thought it would be a simple task: A derelict vessel heading straight for an inhabited world needs to be diverted to avoid catastrophe. But the derelict isn’t as easy to deflect as it would seem—the S.C.E. team must figure out how to operate the vessel before it crashes and destroys the native Lokra civilization.
But the derelict isn’t the only thing on this mission with a secret, and even as Commander Sonya Gomez and her crack team try to unlock the secrets of the ship, Captain David Gold must find out what the Lokra are hiding….
COMING IN NOVEMBER 2004
FROM POCKET BOOKS!
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