The Latter Fire: James Swallow. Star Trek has always featured outlandish ideas such as huge space creatures and other pretty out-there science fiction concepts. However, at its core, Star Trek is really about the struggles that we all face in overcoming negative forces such as violence and fear to come together to build a better world. No one understands that basic idea more than renowned Trek author James Swallow! In this episode off Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther are joined by James Swallow to talk about his latest book The Latter Fire. We discuss the genesis of the story, world-building, fear, prejudice and preconceptions, a romantic foil, stretching the Prime Directive, a cosmozoan, everyone has something to do, what’s next for James and where to find him. News Welcome (00:01:34) Feature: James Swallow James First Time in TOS (00:04:40) Genesis of the Story (00:05:26) Wonderful World-building (00:11:30) Fear (00:17:47) Prejudice and Preconceptions (00:24:05) Romantic Foil (00:27:27) Stretching the Prime Directive (00:30:00) The Idea for the Cosmozoan (00:37:00) Everyone Has Something to Do (00:42:45) What’s Next for James (00:54:18) Finding James Online (00:57:32) Final Thoughts (00:59:22) Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther Guest James Swallow Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Will Nguyen (Content Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Will Nguyen (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)