Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours

Star Trek: Discovery — Desperate Hours, the first novel in the Discovery tie-in series, is set before the series' events, exploring a crisis that forces Michael Burnham aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise under Christopher Pike — and into contact with the officer who will eventually destroy her career. David Mack uses the novel to develop Burnham's pre-series character in depth, drawing on the show's established history to add layers the television format couldn't accommodate. The conflict with an ancient alien vessel gives the character work its necessary urgency.

Susan Eisenberg narrates with the clear authority the Star Trek franchise's audio productions have traditionally maintained. At just under ten hours the audiobook fills in backstory with the craft of a novelist who knows both Star Trek history and the character dynamics the Discovery audience brings to the material.