Vendetta (David novel)

Plot

The story follows Delcara, a member of a race assimilated by the Borg, who has gone to great lengths to exact revenge. She controls a Planet Killer, later revealed to be the completed version of the one encountered by the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine." The Planet Killer is inhabited by the psychic impressions of its creators, who share Delcara's hatred of the Borg. Both Planet Killers are said to have originated from just outside the galactic barrier. The Borg, having assimilated a Ferengi ship, invade the Planet Killer, forcing Delcara to attempt reaching Warp 10 to reach the heart of Borg space before she dies from severe phaser wounds.

Did You Know?

• The novel was subject to a dispute between Peter David and Richard Arnold, who wanted the Borg character Reannon removed because Borg could not be female, prior to the appearance of Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager.
• Because of the dispute, the novel was printed with a disclaimer making it explicitly apocryphal.
• Peter David wrote a sequel, Before Dishonor, published in 2007 by Pocket Books, featuring Kathryn Janeway, Seven of Nine, Spock, and The Next Generation crew.