In today’s episode, Mackenzie Calhoun’s new captain gets rave reviews from everyone who serves under him. But when a couple of the captain’s relatives get delivered back to the ship extra well-done, Calhoun learns it’s the nice ones you have to watch out for. Is a nice guy who facilitates the destruction of an entire civilization actually nice? Does Starfleet need a touch of Chigurh? And did Calhoun cheat at the Captain’s Table? All this and more in Once Burned, the book that needs Robin Williams to tell him “It’s not your fault.”
In today’s episode, while Captain Calhoun fears he might be getting soft, Zak Kebron remains solid as a rock. But a new challenger might hatch a plan of its own before the captain can dispense old-school justice. Who’s the least developed Excalibur crew member so far? Can New Frontier fix the Prime Directive? And when does Star Trek get human nature wrong? All this and more in End Game, the book blessed by the Great Bird of the Galaxy 
In today’s episode, Calhoun smells a rat in the Thallonian refugees’ new digs, but without a reg to stand on, he goes against his better judgment. Meanwhile, Zak Kebron has to babysit a panicky doofus and Dr. Selar needs help getting mentally unconstipated. Can a bad lounge nickname hurt crew morale? Would anyone know if a Vulcan just made a ritual up? And is there such a thing as a conern lay? All this and more in The Two-Front War, the New Frontier book with the highest Peter David Quotient yet.
Today’s Star Trek is rated TV-MA for blood, gore, violence, language, self-performed face surgery, nudity, sexual situations, and Jellico.