Brinkmanship. The Cold War between the Khitomer Alliance and the Typhon Pact is heating up to the point that it just may become another all-out war for the Alpha and Beta quadrant powers with seemingly little to prevent it. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Bruce Gibson are joined once again by Casey Pettitt to talk about Brinkmanship. We discuss the Cold War, trust, the Tzenkethi, recovering identity, leading ladies, last things, our ratings and final thoughts. In the news we discuss the announcement of an upcoming book for 2022 from David Mack as well as the fourth issue of Mirror War. News New TOS Book Coming (00:03:21) Mirror War #4 (00:09:20) Feature: Brinkmanship The Cold War (00:17:53) Trust (00:21:50) The Tzenkethi (00:33:58) Recovering Identity (00:45:26) Leading Ladies (00:52:30) Last Things (00:56:49) Ratings (01:04:40) Final Thoughts (01:08:30) Hosts Matthew Rushing and Bruce Gibson Guest Casey Pettitt Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)

Una McCormack: The Missing. The end of "The Fall" left the Star Trek universe in a little more hopeful place than it was when the series began. There is a new focus on exploration in the Federation and even with all that the characters have experienced there is still the drive to boldly go. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther are joined by author Una McCormack to talk about her lastest book The Missing. She talks about following up The Fall, writing a "day in the life" of DS9, the fun of exploring the new station, writing the character of Pulaski, as well as featuring the women of Star Trek, deepening the Tzenkethi, the themes of preconceived notions about people and atonement, all while remaining us that DS9 is truly a home for the homeless.  In the news segment we discuss Mike Johnson's interview on what coming up for the Star Trek Ongoing comic as well as some well known villains that may make an appearance soon.    Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther   Guest Una McCormack   Editor and Producer  Matthew Rushing  Richard Marquez   Associate Producers Will Nguyen Lisa Stevens Kenneth Trip   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Coordinator Will Nguyen   News Mike Johnson Talks Star Trek Ongoing (00:02:24)   Feature Ideas for following up The Fall (00:11:05) Day in the Life of DS9 (00:12:51) Exploring the New DS9 (00:14:49) Writing Pulaski (00:19:19) The Women of Star Trek (00:24:07) Marriage Advice (00:27:39) Deepening the Tzenkethi (00:30:06) Judging People by Their Cover (00:40:29) Atonement (00:43:35) The War Generation (00:46:07) The Missing (00:50:17) Picard's Logs (00:52:54) Struggles to Understand (00:56:53) DS9 - A Home for the Homeless (01:02:01) Una's Upcoming Work (01:03:36) One Last Question (01:05:02) Una Online (01:08:10) Closing (01:09:28)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network!   Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm