Unofficial fan-used name for the 21st century Star Trek novels with a shared continuity, part of the Star Trek Expanded Universe. While there is never any official canon status to Trek books (unlike the Star Wars counterparts), the modern line of Star Trek novels from Pocket Books tends to make an effort to be consistent in regards to continuity, with most novels from the year 2000 on generally set within the same reality. References to other books and series, crossovers, shared characters and story arcs between novels are the norm rather than the exception, although each series still aims to be accessible on its own. There is certainly no obligation to keep to a shared continuity - but most authors do, out of choice. Broad Strokes is common, but the majority of 21st century Trek books hav