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James Swallow: The\\nPoisoned Chalice.

Over the past decade the prime universe has grown richly complex\\nas print adventures have taken over where television left off. Now,\\nin a new five-book series titled "The Fall," some of Star Trek\'s\\ngreatest authors are going to rock the Federation to its core with\\nan adventure that takes place over a period of sixty days and\\ninvolves TNG, DS9, and Titan.

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and\\nChristopher Jones continue our series of interviews with the\\nauthors of The Fall as James Swallow joins us to discuss the fourth\\nbook in the series, The Poisoned Chalice. James is returning to the\\nworld of Titan for the first time since Synthesis to get Riker and\\nhis crew out of their comfort zone. We learn about the real-world\\npolitics behind The Poisoned Chalice, how the world view of\\nFederation citizens and leaders has changed in the aftermath of\\nwar, and what it was like to write the first ever meeting between\\ntwo onscreen favorites\\u2014Tuvok and Nog. We also find out what James\\nhas in store for us on the Star Trek front in 2014.

In our news segment we get a first look at the cover art for\\nGreg Cox\\u2019s No Time Like the Past, find out more about David R.\\nGeorge III\\u2019s John Harriman-Demora Sulu novel One Constant Star, and\\nalso check in on Jeffrey Lang\\u2019s Light Fantastic. In comics we take\\na peek at IDW\\u2019s early-2014 slate, which includes Ongoing #31\\u2014the\\nfirst part of I, Enterprise\\u2014and a reissue of the first six classic\\nGold Key comics. And to top it all off, we close out the year with\\na review of Ongoing #28, the final chapter of The Khitomer\\nConflict.