Shore Leave 42 Guest: David Mack
David Mack is the award-winning and The New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty-six novels and numerous short works of science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies.
Mack's writing credits span television (for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, and comic books. He also has worked as a consultant on the animated television series Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy. In June 2022, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers honored him as a Grandmaster with its Faust Award.
His most recent publications include the short story "Fiasco" in the pulp-homage anthology Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2021, and a novel, Star Trek: Coda, Book III: Oblivion's Gate. His upcoming works include Harm's Way, a Star Trek: Vanguard / Star Trek: The Original Series crossover novel scheduled for release on December 13, 2022.
Mack resides in New York City with his wife, Kara.
Books by David Mack:
| Title | ISBN | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Trek: Coda – Oblivion's Gate | 978-198215-967-2 | 11/2021 | Pocket Books |
| More Beautiful than Death (Star Trek: Kelvin Universe) | 978-198214-062-5 | 8/2020 | Pocket Books |
| The Shadow Commission (Dark Arts, Book 3) | 978-076538-323-5 | 8/2020 | Tor Books |
| Collateral Damage | 978-198211-358-2 | 10/2019 | Pocket Books |
| The Iron Codex: A Dark Arts Novel | 978-076538-321-1 | 1/2019 | Tor Books |
| They Keep Killing Glenn | 978-098368-778-8 | 7/2018 | Crazy 8 Press |
| The Midnight Front: A Dark Arts Novel | 978-076538-320-4 | 1/2018 | Tor Books |
| Star Trek Titan: Fortune of War | 978-150115-200-9 | 12/2017 | Pocket Books |
| Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours | 978-150116-457-6 | 9/2017 | Pocket Books |
| Star Trek: Section 31 - Control | 978-150115-170-5 | 3/2017 | Pocket Books |
| Star Trek Legacies, Book II: Best Defense | 978-147675-310-2 | 7/2016 | Pocket Books/Star Trek |
| Star Trek Legacies, Book II: Best Defense | 7/2016 | Pocket Books/Star Trek | |
| 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush (Audio CD) | 978-152264-243-5 | 7/2016 | Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio; MP3 Una |
| Out of Tune, Book 2 | 978-194271-275-6 | 5/2016 | JournalStone |
| 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush | 978-177041-292-7 | 4/2016 | ECW Press |
| 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush | 4/2016 | ECW Press | |
| 24: Rogue (24 Series) | 978-076537-792-0 | 9/2015 | Forge Books |
| Seekers: Long Shot (Star Trek) | 978-147675-309-6 | 7/2015 | Pocket Books/Star Trek |
| Apollo's Daughters | 978-194165-036-3 | 1/2015 | Silence in the Library, LLC |
| Star Trek: Section 31: Disavowed | 978-147675-308-9 | 10/2014 | Pocket Books/Star Trek |
| Star Trek: Seekers #1 - Second Nature | 1-47675-307-5 | 7/2014 | |
| Star Trek: The Fall, Book III - A Ceremony of Losses | 1-47672-224-2 | 10/2013 | |
| ST:TNG Cold Equations, Book III: The Body Electric | 1-45165-074-4 | 12/2012 | |
| ST:TNG Cold Equations, Book II: Silent Weapons | 1-45165-073-6 | 11/2012 | |
| ST:TNG Cold Equations, Book I: The Persistence of Memory | 1-45165-072-8 | 10/2012 | |
| Vanguard: Storming Heaven | 1-45165-070-1 | 3/2012 | |
| Destiny (omnibus edition) | 1-45165-724-2 | 3/2012 | |
| Vanguard: Declassified | 1-45160-691-5 | 2011 | |
| Zero Sum Game (Typhon Pact) | 1-43916-079-1 | 10/2010 | |
| Mirror Universe: The Sorrows of Empire | 978-143915-516-5 | 12/2009 | |
| Vanguard: Precipice | 1-43913-011-6 | 11/2009 | |
| Promises Broken (The 4400 | 1-41654-323-6 | 10/2009 | |
| The Calling | 1-41657-992-3 | 7/2009 | |
| Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows | 1-41655-850-0 | 1/2009 | |
| Destiny 3: Lost Souls | 1-41655-175-1 | 11/2008 | |
| Destiny 1: Gods of Night | 1-41655-171-9 | 9/2008 | |
| Destiny 2: Mere Mortals | 1-41655-172-7 | 2008 | |
| Creative Couplings (SCE#10) | 978-141654-898-0 | 12/2007 | |
| Grand Designs (SCE#9) | 1-41654-489-5 | 7/2007 | |
| Vanguard: Reap the Whirlwind | 1-41653-414-8 | 5/2007 | |
| Mirror Universe: Glass Empires | 1-41652-459-2 | 2/2007 | |
| Warpath | 1-41650-775-2 | 4/2006 | |
| Road of Bones (Wolverine) | 1-41651-069-9 | 2006 | |
| Small World (SCE#49) (e-book) | 0-74349-690-6 | 3/2005 | |
| Vanguard: Harbinger | 1-41650-774-4 | 2005 | |
| Wildfire | 0-74349-661-2 | 10/2004 | |
| The Starfleet Survival Guide | 0-74349-171-8 | 8/2004 | |
| A Time to Kill | 0-74349-177-7 | 8/2004 | |
| Failsafe (SCE#40) (e-book) | 0-74348-087-2 | 5/2004 | |
| A Time to Heal | 0-74349-178-5 | 2004 | |
| Tales of the Dominion War | 0-74349-178-5 | 2004 | |
| The New Frontier Minipedia | 0-74347-707-3 | 10/2003 | |
| Wildfire #1 (SCE#23) (e-book) | 0-74345-678-5 | 1/2003 | |
| Wildfire #2 (SCE#24) (e-book) | 0-74345-679-3 | 1/2003 | |
| No Limits | 0-74341-842-5 | 9/2002 | |
| Invincible #2 (SCE#8) (e-book) | 0-74342-873-0 | 10/2001 | |
| Invincible #1 (SCE#7) (e-book) | 0-74342-872-2 | 8/2001 | |
| Miracle Workers | 0-67101-978-3 | 2/1998 |