Its been said that for any event, there are an infinite number of possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow, and therefore all possibilities that could happen do happen across alternate realities. In these divergent realms, known history is bent, like white light through a shattered prismbroken into a boundless spectrum of what-might-have-beens. But in those myriad universes, what might have been . . . is what actually occurred. THE EMBRACE OF COLD ARCHITECTS. Mister Worffire. With thosewords, William T. Riker defeated the Borgand destroyed Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Now, a heartsore Captain Riker must carry on the legacy of thecommanding officer and friend whose death he ordered. But crises face himat every turn, from Cardassian aggression to the return of Datas creator,Noonien Soong. But it is Datas creation of a daughter, Lal, that may prove to beeveryones undoing. . . . THE TEARS OF ERIDANUS. Commander Hikaru Sulu of the Kumarifinest ship of the Interstellar Guard, the military arm of the Interstellar Union that includes Andor, Earth, and Tellaris sent to rescue an observation team on a primitive desert planet. The world has many names40 Eridani A-II, Minshara, TKhasi, Vulcanand its savage natives have taken the team hostage, including Sulus daughter, Demora. Even as Captain Sulu negotiates with the fierce TPau, Demora meets the elderly Soval, and with him the only hope for the planets future. . . . HONOR IN THE NIGHT. Former Federation president Nilz Baris has died. After losing Shermans Planet to the Klingons thanks to poisoned quadrotriticale, the agriculture undersecretary parlayed that defeat into years of political battles with the Klingon Empire, and eventually the Federations highest office. Now, the Federation News Service wants the story of his life, a quest that digs up many secretsincluding the mystery of why his final words were Arne Darvin.