title: Star Trek: Myriad Universes #3: Shattered Light
author:  David R. George III 
description: David R. George III has written more than a dozen <i>Star Trek </i>novels, including <i>Ascendance, The Lost Era: One Constant Star</i>, <i>The Fall: Revelation and Dust</i>, <i>Allegiance in Exile</i>, the <i>Typhon Pact </i>novels<i> Raise the Dawn</i>, <i>Plagues of Night</i>, and<i> Rough Beasts of Empire</i>, as well as the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The Lost Era: Serpents Among the Ruins</i>. He also cowrote the television story for the first-season <i>Star Trek:</i> <i>Voyager </i>episode Prime Factors. Additionally, David has written nearly twenty articles for <i>Star Trek </i>magazine<i>. </i>His work has appeared on both the <i>New York Times </i>and <i>USA TODAY </i>bestseller lists, and his television episode was nominated for a <i>Sci-Fi Universe </i>magazine award. You can chat with David about his writing at Facebook.com/DRGIII.
zlib_text: Veridian III: A world has been saved, the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D lies in
  ruins, and one of the galaxy’s greatest heroes rests beneath a simple cairn of
  rocks on a lonely hillside. But as a legendary Vulcan ambassador comes at last
  to the grave of his best and dearest friend, the adventure is only beginning.
  
  
  The Borg and the Romulan Empire have joined forces against the Federation, and
  their ultimate weapon is none other than James T. Kirk, resurrected by alien
  science to destroy the Borg’s most formidable enemy: JeanLuc Picard.
  
  
  ## PROLOGUE
  
  
  He fell …. Alone.
  
  
  Twisting through the air of Veridian III. The shriek of the metal bridge
  echoing in his ears. Spinning. The sun flashing into his eyes. The shadows
  engulfing him. One following the other, over and over as he fell. Light.
  Shadow. Light. Shadow. Like the beating of wings. Like all the days of his
  life. Intersecting…
  
  
  In an Iowa cornfield—he sees the stars. A boy of five in his father’s arms. I
  have to go there, he says. And