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Rise of the Federation:\\nTower of Babel.

The premature cancellation of Enterprise left fans in the dark\\nabout two key events in Star Trek history. The first was the\\nRomulan War, which has since had light shone upon it by Michael A.\\nMartin. The second is the founding of the Federation, a pivotal\\ntime that we still know almost nothing about. Until now that is.\\nChristopher L. Bennett\'s Rise of the Federation series tells the\\nstory of those early years of unity\\u2014or semi-unity\\u2014and the first\\nbook, A Choice of Futures, explored the struggles faced by the\\nHumans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites as they began to work\\ntogether.

In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Matthew Rushing and\\nChristopher Jones are joined by Dan Gunther or Trek Lit Reviews to\\ndiscuss the second book in the series, Tower of Babel. We explore\\nthe internal debate over what form the Federation should take, as\\nwell as the external challenges that threaten to destroy the young\\nunion before it can spread its wings. We also find out what course\\nBennett has charted for familiar faces from Enterprise\'s television\\nrun, especially for Archer.

In our news segment we judge The Light Fantastic by its cover,\\nfind out what new stories may be set for Seekers, and drool over\\nsome very pricey, but very beautiful limited edition Star Trek /\\nDoctor Who crossover sets from IDW.\\xa0