Part of the Star Trek Novel Verse. With the end of Star Trek Voyager in 2001 and the flop of Star Trek Nemesis in 2002, the canonical Star Trek franchise changed its focus from the 24th century back to the 22nd and, ultimately, 23rd centuries. The upshot was that the bleeding edge of the Star Trek mythos was completely abandoned...with, for the first time in decades, absolutely no new developments planned on the horizon. The story is spread out over three novels (Gods of Night, Mere Mortals and Lost Souls). It fundamentally changes the Star Trek universe, and is well worth the read.