title: The Garden (Star Trek Voyager, No 11)
author:  Melissa Scott 
description: Desperately in need of vital nutritional supplies, the crew of the <i>USS Voyager</i><font size="-1"><sup>TM</sup> must risk dealing with an enigmatic race known as the Kirse, legendary for the bountiful crops of their world - and for their secretive ways. Despite Neelix's warnings, Captain Janeway leads an Away Team to the Kirse homeworld. But when the hostile Andirrim attack the Kirse, Janeway finds herself caught in a deadly situation. Forced to fight alongside the Kirse, Janeway and her crew can only hope that their strange, new allies are not more dangerous than their common foe.
  						    	
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zlib_text: Star Trek - Voy - Mosaic
  
  By JERI TAYLOR
  
  CHAPTER 1
  
  FOR A FEW, MAGICAL MOMENTS, KATHRYN JANEWAY FELT AS IF she were back home in
  Indiana. The air was warm and slightly humid; there was a scent of something
  that was almost like newly mown grass; and a gentle insect hum lulled the
  senses. She could almost forget that she was on an unknown, unnamed planet in
  the Delta Quadrant and pretend that she was hiking in the rolling hills of her
  home state. Her eye fell on a bank of billowing white bushes-a fluffy mass of
  fronds that looked almost like pillows. It was tempting to lie down for a few
  moments, savoring the warm afternoon. She reached out and lightly touched one
  of the thick fronds; it yielded gently, promising a soft cushion. Janeway
  glanced around at the rest of her away team, busy scanning for edible
  foodstuffs: Chakotay, the darkly handsome first officer, led a group of young
  ensigns who were clearly enjoying their first time on land in over a month;
  the sound of their laughter ra