The astonishing sequel to the New York Times bestseller Chain of Attack!—The Final Nexus is a 1988 Star Trek: The Original Series novel by Gene DeWeese. It was the 43rd novel in Pocket Books' TOS numbered novel line, and was a sequel to DeWeese's previous novel.

Description[]

Uncounted centuries ago, an unknown race from beyond our galaxy created a series of interstellar gates—shortcuts across our universe—and then disappeared, leaving behind no clues to their fate, or the operation of their system. Twice before, the Enterprise has used the system to traverse the galaxy, and returned each time no wiser to the gates' operation.

Now it is imperative that they find out. For the gates are breaking down, taking the very stars in the sky with them. The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of the Enterprise crew, and their ability to communicate not only with creatures from another world—but from another universe as well.

References[]

Characters[]

Aldrich • Claudette Ansfield • Esther Ansfield • Paul Ansfield • Vernon Ansfield • Jeremiah Chandler • Pavel Chekov • Crider • Grayson • James T. Kirk • Kremastor • Kronin • Karen Laszlo • Leonard McCoy • Nkrumah • Ortiz • Richards • Kevin Riley • Rinaldi • Montgomery Scott • Sherbourne • Spock • Andros Stepanovich • Hikaru Sulu • Ingrit Tomson • Nyota Uhura • Wellons

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Cochise (Saladin-class destroyer) • USS Devlin • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)

Referenced only

USS Eddington • Klingon battle cruiser (battle cruiser) • scout • tug

Locations[]

Planetary locations[]

Georgia • Gibraltar • North America • Rock of Gibraltar

Planets and planetoids[]

Aragos planet • Earth

Shipboard locations[]

bridge • briefing room • engineering • quarters • sickbay

Stations and outposts[]

Starbase 1 • Starbase 14 • Starfleet Headquarters

Stellar locations[]

Sagittarius Arm • Shapley Center • Sol • Treaty Exploration Territory

Races and cultures[]

Aragos • Human • Klingon • Kremastor's species • Risori • Romulan • Vulcan

States and organizations[]

Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets

Science[]

Technology and weapons[]

AU • blood • cloaking device • communicator • deflector • gate • gravitational turbulence • gravity • hypospray • impulse engine • intercom • kilometer • light year • matter-antimatter reactor • paralytic agent • parsec • phaser • probe • sensor • star • starbase • transporter • turbolift • viewscreen • warp drive

Ranks and titles[]

captain • engineer • ensign • lieutenant

Other references[]

blowfish • captain's log • distress call • literature • piano wire • security • snake • spider • Starfleet regulations • technology • uniform • yellow alert

Appendices[]

Background[]

• Author Gene DeWeese said, "It's a sequel (to Chain of Attack), and I hadn't intended to write a sequel. If I had known there was going to be a sequel, I would have been a little more careful about some of the details in the first one ... to take care of the things that had to be explained to some extent in the sequel. It took a little bit of manipulation to make things work out. I think there are still a few things that are a little inconsistent." (The Official Fan Club Magazine Issue 65: "Where No Man...: The Final Nexus")
• This novel is the third novel in a trilogy with The Abode of Life and Chain of Attack.

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Connections[]

Timeline[]

published order
Previous story: Memory Prime	TOS numbered novels	Next story: Vulcan's Glory
Previous story: Chain of Attack	Stories by: Gene DeWeese	Next story: The Peacekeepers
chronological order
Previous adventure: Bloodthirst	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: The Entropy Effect
Previous adventure: Bloodthirst	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Working Miracles

Translations[]

1993

German : Nexus, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)

External links[]

• The Final Nexus article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.