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Fractured history. Broken lives. Splintered souls. Since the alternate universe was first glimpsed in the classic episode "Mirror, Mirror," something about Star Trek's dark side has beckoned us, called to us, tempted us -- like forbidden fruit on the Tree of Knowledge. To taste it is to lose oneself in a world of startling familiarity and terrifying contradictions, where everything and everyone we knew is somehow disturbingly different, and where shocking secrets await their revelation.

What began in 2007 with Glass Empires and Obsidian Alliances -- the first truly in-depth foray into the turbulent history of this other continuum -- now continues in twelve new short tales that revisit and expand upon that so-called "Mirror Universe," spanning all five of the core incarnations of Star Trek, as well as their literary offshoots, across more than two hundred years of divergent history, as chronicled by...

Contents:

• 1 - Nobunaga - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Dave Stern [as by David Stern]
• 33 - Ill Winds - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
• 71 - The Greater Good - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Margaret Wander Bonanno
• 105 - The Black Flag - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by James Swallow
• 145 - The Traitor - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Michael Jan Friedman
• 179 - The Sacred Chalice - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Rudy Josephs
• 215 - Bitter Fruit - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Susan Wright
• 247 - Family Matters - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Keith R. A. DeCandido
• 271 - Homecoming - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Peter David
• 311 - A Terrible Beauty - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Jim Johnson
• 359 - Empathy - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by Christopher L. Bennett
• 393 - For Want of a Nail - [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] - novelette by David Mack

PRIDE. GREED. ENVY. WRATH. LUST. GLUTTONY. SLOTH.

The Seven Deadly Sins delineate the path to a person's downfall, the surest way to achieve eternal damnation. But there is a way out, a way to reclaim salvation: blame it on the demons--taunting you, daring you to embrace these sins--and you shall be free. The painful truth is that these impulses live inside all ofus, inside all sentient beings. But alas, one person's sin may be anotherbeing's virtue.

The pride of the Romulan Empire is laid bare in "The First Peer," by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.

A Ferengi is measured by his acquisition of profit. "Reservoir Ferengi," by David A. McIntee, depicts the greed that drives that need.

The Cardassians live in a resource-poor system, surrounded by neighbors whohave much more. The envy at the heart of Cardassian drive is "The Slow Knife,"by James Swallow.

The Klingons have tried since the time of Kahless to harness their wrath withan honor code, but they haven't done so, as evidenced in "The Unhappy Ones,"by Keith R.A. DeCandido.

Humans' darkest impulses run free in the Mirror Universe. "Freedom Angst," by Britta Burdett Dennison, illustrates the lust that drives many there.

The Borg's desire to add to their perfection is gluttonous and deadly in "Revenant," by Marc D. Giller.

To be a Pakled is to live to up to the ideal of sloth in "Work Is Hard," by Greg Cox.