Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds: The Excessive Nation by John Jackson Miller arrives on February 21st, 2023 from Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books. When it does, it’ll embody in-world maps that may enable readers to observe alongside as Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise navigate a planet the place they discover themselves unable to entry know-how.
Cartographic Journey
Miller announced the maps on Twitter, the place he defined that they occurred partly on account of provide chain-related printing delays. Now that’s what I name a latinum lining!
The Excessive Nation will embody maps in three completely different kinds, “reflective of how the locals see their world; and a triptych follows the motion.” Miller subsequently clarified that the maps will likely be printed at related factors within the story, and won’t be fold-out pages.
Because of a suggestion by narrators Robert Petkoff and January LaVoy, the maps will likely be included as a PDF with audiobook purchases. First drawn by Miller through the writing of the novel, the maps had been then refined with assist from his good friend, sport designer James Mishler.
In line with the excerpt included on the again cowl, the novel will likely be set throughout SNW’s first season, which means Chief Engineer Hemmer (performed by Bruce Horak on the Paramount+ collection) will likely be included on the crew manifest.
Whereas The Excessive Nation is the primary prose novel to be based mostly on Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds, it isn’t the primary Trek novel to incorporate maps. A map included within the cult traditional 2000 epistolary novel Deep House 9: A Sew in Time by Andrew J. Robinson (Garak, only a easy tailor) featured Cardassia Prime’s capital metropolis.
The Excessive Nation
In case you’re fascinated with buying a signed copy of The Excessive Nation, particulars are presently accessible on the Faraway Press webpage.
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