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ⓘ About David Mack
Author David Mack is a science fiction, fantasy, and adventure author, and known for writing freelance “Star Trek” novels. His work spans different media; which include: film, comics, and television. Mack has also written some short stories as well. He went to Tisch School of the Arts, which is at New York University, where he did his undergraduate work from the year 1987 until 1991. It was here that he majored in screenwriting, film and television production; he also wrote for The Plague, which is a comedy magazine that the students put together. He lives in New York City with his wife, who is named Kara. He sent in spec scripts for “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”, and the early ones got rejected.
All Book Series by David Mack
Point of Divergence
Book 2 of 4 · published 2014 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
All That's Left
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2015 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
Moments Asunder
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2021 Anthology · Dayton Ward
The Ferengi: Rules of Acquisition
Book 14 of 54 · published 1995 Anthology · Ira Steven Behr
The Heart of the Warrior
Book 20 of 54 · published 1996 Anthology · John Gregory Betancourt
Trials and Tribble-ations
Book 22 of 54 · published 1996 Anthology · Diane Carey
Wrath of the Prophets
Book 24 of 54 · published 1997 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman
Legends of the Ferengi
Book 25 of 54 · published 1997 Anthology · Ira Steven Behr,Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Far Beyond the Stars
Book 28 of 54 · published 1998 Anthology · Steven Barnes,Hans Beimler
Tunnel Through the Stars
Book 31 of 54 · published 1999 Anthology · Esther M. Friesner
A Stitch in Time
Book 33 of 54 · published 2000 Anthology · Andrew Jordt Robinson
Section 31: Abyss
Book 34 of 54 · published 2001 Anthology · Jeffrey Lang,David Weddle
Prophecy and Change
Book 36 of 54 · published 2003 Anthology · Marco Palmieri,Keith R.A. DeCandido,Kevin G. Summers,Una McCormack,Andy Mangels,Terri Osborne,Heather Jarman,Geoffrey Thorne,Christopher L. Bennett,Andrew Jordt Robinson,Michael A. Martin
These Haunted Seas
Book 41 of 54 · published 2008 Anthology · Heather Jarman,David R. George III
The Never Ending Sacrifice
Book 44 of 54 · published 2009 Anthology · Una McCormack
Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found)
Book 45 of 54 · published 2014 Anthology · Paula M. Block,Terry J. Erdmann
Sacraments of Fire
Book 46 of 54 · published 2015 Anthology · David R. George III
Rules of Accusation
Book 49 of 54 · published 2016 Anthology · Paula M. Block,Terry J. Erdmann
I, The Constable
Book 53 of 54 · published 2017 Anthology · Paula M. Block,Terry J. Erdmann
The Peacemakers
Latest in the series · book 54 of 54 · published 2026 Anthology · Una McCormack
Somewhere to Belong
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2023 Anthology · Dayton Ward
Rogue
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2001 Anthology · Andy Mangels,Michael A. Martin
The Belly of the Beast
Series opener · book 1 of 75 · published 2000 Anthology · Dean Wesley Smith
Interphase, Part 1
Book 4 of 75 · published 2001 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
Interphase, Part 2
Book 5 of 75 · published 2001 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
Invincible, Part 1
Book 7 of 75 · published 2001 Co-authored · Keith R.A. DeCandido
Invincible, Part 2
Book 8 of 75 · published 2001 Co-authored · Keith R.A. DeCandido
Here There Be Monsters
Book 10 of 75 · published 2001 Anthology · Keith R.A. DeCandido
Some Assembly Required
Book 12 of 75 · published 2002 Anthology · Jeffrey Mariotte,Keith R.A. DeCandido,Aaron Rosenberg,Dan Jolley,Troy Denning,Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur
Caveat Emptor
Book 14 of 75 · published 2002 Anthology · Mike Collins,Ian Edginton
Foundations, Book 1
Book 17 of 75 · published 2002 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
Foundations, Book 2
Book 18 of 75 · published 2002 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
Foundations, Book 3
Book 19 of 75 · published 2002 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
War Stories, Book 1
Book 21 of 75 · published 2002 Anthology · Keith R.A. DeCandido
War Stories Book 2
Book 22 of 75 · published 2002 Anthology · Keith R.A. DeCandido
Home Fires
Book 25 of 75 · published 2003 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
Breakdowns
Book 28 of 75 · published 2003 Anthology · Keith R.A. DeCandido,Kevin Dilmore,Scott Ciencin
Aftermath
Book 29 of 75 · published 2003 Anthology · Loren L. Coleman,Randall N. Bills,Keith R.A. DeCandido,Aaron Rosenberg,Andy Mangels,Robert Greenberger,Christopher L. Bennett,Michael A. Martin
Ishtar Rising, Part 1
Book 30 of 75 · published 2003 Anthology · Andy Mangels,Michael A. Martin
Ishtar Rising, Part 2
Book 31 of 75 · published 2003 Anthology · Andy Mangels,Michael A. Martin
Collective Hindsight, Book 1
Book 33 of 75 · published 2003 Anthology · Aaron Rosenberg
Collective Hindsight, Book 2
Book 34 of 75 · published 2003 Anthology · Aaron Rosenberg
The Demon, Book 1
Book 35 of 75 · published 2003 Anthology · Loren L. Coleman,Randall N. Bills
The Demon, Book 2
Book 36 of 75 · published 2004 Anthology · Loren L. Coleman,Randall N. Bills
Grand Designs
Book 39 of 75 · published 2004 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward,Dave Galanter
Spin
Book 46 of 75 · published 2004 Anthology · J. Steven York,Christina F. York
Creative Couplings, Book 1
Book 47 of 75 · published 2004 Anthology · Aaron Rosenberg,Glenn Hauman
Creative Couplings, Book 2
Book 48 of 75 · published 2005 Anthology · Aaron Rosenberg,Glenn Hauman
Fables of the Prime Directive
Book 53 of 75 · published 2005 Anthology · Cory Rushton
The Art of the Comeback
Book 68 of 75 · published 2007 Anthology · Glenn Greenberg
Remembrance of Things Past, Book I
Book 71 of 75 · published 2007 Anthology · Terri Osborne
Remembrance of Things Past, Book II
Book 72 of 75 · published 2007 Anthology · Terri Osborne
Star Trek Corps of Engineers: What's Past
Book 74 of 75 · published 2010 Anthology · Terri Osborne
No Surrender: Star Trek S.C.E.
Latest in the series · book 75 of 75 · published 2012 Anthology · Robert Greenberger
A Time to Be Born
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2004 Anthology · John Vornholt
A Time for War, A Time for Peace
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2004 Anthology · Keith R.A. DeCandido
Taking Wing
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2005 Anthology · Andy Mangels,Michael A. Martin
The Red King
Book 2 of 10 · published 2005 Anthology · Andy Mangels,Michael A. Martin
Over a Torrent Sea
Book 5 of 10 · published 2009 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
Captain to Captain
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2016 Anthology · Greg Cox
Purgatory's Key
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2016 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
Rough Beasts of Empire
Book 3 of 13 · published 2011 Anthology · David R. George III
The Struggle Within
Book 5 of 13 · published 2011 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
Revelation and Dust
Book 9 of 13 · published 2013 Anthology · David R. George III
The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2014 Anthology · Dayton Ward
Summon the Thunder
Book 2 of 9 · published 2006 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
Declassified
Book 6 of 9 · published 2011 Co-authored · Marco Palmieri,Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
What Judgments Come
Book 7 of 9 · published 2011 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
In Tempest's Wake
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2012 Anthology · Dayton Ward
The Vesuvius Prophecy
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2008 Anthology · Greg Cox
Death in Winter
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2005 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman
Indistinguishable from Magic
Book 6 of 12 · published 2011 Anthology · David A. McIntee
Q are Cordially Uninvited...
Book 8 of 12 · published 2014 Anthology · Rudy Josephs
Shadows Have Offended
Book 11 of 12 · published 2021 Anthology · Cassandra Rose Clarke
Pliable Truths
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2024 Anthology · Dayton Ward
The Last Best Hope
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2020 Anthology · Una McCormack
To Defy Fate
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2026 Anthology · Dayton Ward
The Klingon Gambit
Series opener · book 1 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Robert Vardeman
Entropy Effect
Book 2 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Vonda N. McIntyre,Leonard Nimoy,George Takei
The Covenant of the Crown
Book 3 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Howard Weinstein
Mutiny on the Enterprise
Book 8 of 113 · published 1983 Anthology · Robert Vardeman
The Trellisane Confrontation
Book 10 of 113 · published 1984 Anthology · David Dvorkin
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Book 12 of 113 · published 1984 Anthology · Vonda N. McIntyre,Harve Bennett
The Vulcan Academy Murders
Book 14 of 113 · published 1984 Anthology · Jean Lorrah
Enterprise: The First Adventure
Book 25 of 113 · published 1986 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy
Strangers from the Sky
Book 27 of 113 · published 1987 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy,Margaret Wander Bonanno
How Much for Just the Planet?
Book 30 of 113 · published 1987 Anthology · John M. Ford
Final Frontier
Book 32 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy,Diane Carey
The Three-Minute Universe
Book 34 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Barbara Paul
Memory Prime
Book 36 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens,Judith Reeves-Stevens
Prime Directive
Book 39 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens,Judith Reeves-Stevens
The Pandora Principle
Book 42 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Carolyn Clowes
Home Is the Hunter
Book 44 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Dana Kramer-Rolls
Windows on a Lost World
Book 50 of 113 · published 1993 Anthology · V.E. Mitchell
Shadows on the Sun
Book 51 of 113 · published 1993 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek Phase II
Book 58 of 113 · published 1996 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Vulcan's Forge
Book 60 of 113 · published 1997 Anthology · Josepha Sherman,Susan Shwartz
Heart of the Sun
Book 61 of 113 · published 1997 Anthology · George Zebrowski,Pamela Sargent
The Flaming Arrow
Book 65 of 113 · published 2000 Anthology · Jerry Oltion,Kathy Oltion
The Last Roundup
Book 70 of 113 · published 2002 Anthology · Christie Golden,Dayton Ward
Garth of Izar
Book 72 of 113 · published 2003 Anthology · George Zebrowski,Pamela Sargent
The Case of the Colonist's Corpse
Book 74 of 113 · published 2004 Anthology · Tony Isabella,Bob Ingersoll
Burning Dreams
Book 75 of 113 · published 2006 Anthology · Margaret Wander Bonanno
Unspoken Truth
Book 79 of 113 · published 2010 Anthology · Margaret Wander Bonanno
A Choice of Catastrophes
Book 80 of 113 · published 2011 Anthology · Steve Mollmann,Michael Schuster
The Shocks of Adversity
Book 87 of 113 · published 2013 Anthology · William Leisner
Seasons of Light and Darkness
Book 90 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael A. Martin
Serpents in the Garden
Book 91 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Jeffrey Mariotte
The More Things Change
Book 92 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Scott Pearson
Shadow of the Machine
Book 93 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Dayton Ward,Scott V. Harrison
Crisis of Consciousness
Book 96 of 113 · published 2015 Anthology · Dave Galanter
All That's Left
Book 98 of 113 · published 2015 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
The Latter Fire
Book 101 of 113 · published 2016 Anthology · James Swallow,Dayton Ward
The Face of the Unknown
Book 103 of 113 · published 2016 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
The Captain's Oath
Book 104 of 113 · published 2019 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
The Higher Frontier
Book 106 of 113 · published 2020 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
Living Memory
Book 109 of 113 · published 2021 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
The High Country
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2023 Anthology · John Jackson Miller
Glass Empires
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2007 Co-authored · Greg Cox,Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward,Margaret Clark,Mike Sussman
Obsidian Alliances
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2007 Anthology · Keith R.A. DeCandido
Star Trek Explorer: A Year to the Day That I Saw Myself Die and Other Stories
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2024
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is David Mack?
Author David Mack is a science fiction, fantasy, and adventure author, and known for writing freelance “Star Trek” novels. His work spans different media; which include: film, comics, and television. Mack has also written some short stories as well.
Which David Mack series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps Of Engineers series, the earliest of David Mack's multi-book series: it opens with The Belly of the Beast (2000) and runs to 75 books across 2000–2012, ending with No Surrender: Star Trek S.C.E. (2012). David Mack's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has David Mack written?
David Mack has 359 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2026. 353 of them belong to 22 named series — the largest being the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps Of Engineers series with 75 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should David Mack's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. David Mack's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Star Trek: Starfleet Corps Of Engineers (2000–2012, 75 books), Star Trek: Section 31 (2001–2017, 6 books) and Star Trek: Mirror Universe (Relaunch Continuity) (2002–2020, 5 books), plus 17 more.
How are David Mack's books organised into series?
This guide splits David Mack's 359 books into 22 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Star Trek: Starfleet Corps Of Engineers (75 books, 2000–2012); Star Trek: Typhon Pact (13 books, 2010–2014); Star Trek: The Next Generation (Relaunch) (12 books, 2005–2024); Star Trek: Titan (10 books, 2005–2017); Star Trek: Discovery (9 books, 2017–2023), plus 17 further series.