Template:Realworld Seven Deadly Sins is a forthcoming anthology work from Pocket Books. Scheduled for release in March 2010, the anthology will feature stories on seven of the Federation's enemies, with each one tying into one of the seven deadly sins.
The enemies included in the anthology, and the authors writing their stories, will be:
- Romulans (pride) - Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
- Cardassians (envy) - "The Slow Knife", by James Swallow
- Klingons (anger) - "The Unhappy Ones", by Keith R.A. DeCandido
- Pakleds (sloth) - Jimmy Diggs
- Ferengi (greed) - "Reservoir Ferengi", by David McIntee
- Borg (gluttony) - "Revenant" by Marc Giller
- The Mirror Universe (lust) - Britta Dennison
Summary
- Blurb
- Lust. Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Wrath. Envy. Pride. These are the seven deadly sins of humanity...but humans are not the only creatures in the universe to surrender to their baser instincts. In the world of Star Trek, entire civilizations are driven by avarice, or anger, or insatiable hunger, or one of the other fundamental urges that have come to define these fascinating species.
- Now, this edgy collection of original novellas explores these empires from the inside, delving into the qualities that shape their cultures and their worldviews, through characters as compelling as they are provocative. These surprising and engaging tales feature all of Star Trek's most prominent adversaries, including The Borg, The Klingons, The Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, the Pakleds, and the Mirror Universe.
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Background information
- This will be Giller's first published Star Trek work.
- Interestingly, Diggs wrote an article in Star Trek: Communicator issue 149 along similar lines to the premise of the anthology.
- The title and its contents were announced at the Shore Leave convention on 11 July 2008.
- Originally scheduled for release in August 2009, and solicited in Pocket Books catalogue for Summer 2009, the anthology was announced as being delayed to March 2010 on 31 December 2008.