Star Trek: Destiny #2: Mere Mortals

David Mack

Oct 2008 · Star Trek: Destiny Book 2 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The second novel in an epic crossover trilogy uniting characters from every corner of the Star Trek universe, revealing the shocking origin and final fate of the Federation's most dangerous enemy—the Borg.

On Earth, Federation President Nanietta Bacco gathers allies and adversaries to form a desperate last line of defense against an impending Borg invasion. In deep space, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Captain Ezri Dax join together to cut off the Collective’s route to the Alpha Quadrant.

Half a galaxy away, Captain William Riker and the crew of the Starship Titan have made contact with the reclusive Caeliar—survivors of a stellar cataclysm that, two hundred years ago, drove fissures through the structure of space and time, creating a loop of inevitability and consigning another captain and crew to a purgatory from which they could never escape.

Now the supremely advanced Caeliar will brook no further intrusion upon their isolation, or against the sanctity of their Great Work. For the small, finite lives of mere mortals carry little weight in the calculations of gods.

But even gods may come to understand that they underestimate humans at their peril.

Ratings and reviews

This is one of the worst Trek books/trilogies to date. The author fails to capture true characters, they are our heros only in name. The story could have been fantastic! But it's just not. The finale is a deflating letdown. Top it off with bad editing and proofing and you've got a steaming waste of your money and time.

David Mack continues his unprovoked assault on the defenseless Star Trek setting with another dreadful tome of cliches, badly written nonsense, and flanderization in some sort of Voyager-inspired attempt to turn the most feared antagonist in Star Trek into an obnoxious Mary Sue.

This book was awesome! The Destiny series is my favorite Star Trek Arc. Why does Mike Bilger even read Star Trek books? Hes rated every single one of them 1 star.

About the author

David Mack is the multi-award-winning and the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-eight novels of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies. His extensive writing credits include episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and he worked as a consultant on season one of the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. Honored in 2022 as a Grand Master by the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, Mack resides in New York City.