
An original novel based upon the explosive new Star Trek TV series on CBS All Access! It is 2246 ten years prior to the Battle at the Binary Stars & an aggressive contagion is ravaging the food supplies of the remote Federation colony Tarsus IV & the eight thousand people who call it home Distress signals have been sent but any meaningful assistance is weeks away Lieutenant Commander Gabriel Lorca & a small team assigned to a Starfleet monitoring outpost are caught up in the escalating crisis & bear witness as the colony's governor Adrian Kodos employs an unimaginable solution in order to prevent mass starvation While awaiting transfer to her next assignment Commander Philippa Georgiou is tasked with leading to Tarsus IV a small hastily assembled group of first responders It's hoped this advance party can help stabilize the situation until more aid arrives but Georgiou & her team discover that theyre too late-Governor Kodos has already implemented his heinous strategy for extending the colony's besieged food stores & safeguarding the community's long-term survival In the midst of their rescue mission Georgiou & Lorca must now hunt for the architect of this horrific tragedy & the man whom history will one day brand " Kodos the Executioner"