The Good That Men Do

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The main events in this book take place early in 2155, just after the crew of the Enterprisestops the xenophobic group Terra Prime from destroying Starfleet Command (“Demons” and “Terra Prime”).

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

—George Orwell (1903–1950)

“He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.”

—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

“All war is deception.

”—Sun Tzu (5th century B.C.)

“The future is up for grabs. It belongs to any and all who will take the risk.”

—Robert Anton Wilson (1932– )

“The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interrèd with their bones.”

—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

Prologue

The early twenty-fifth century

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

ALTHOUGH LIGHT-YEARS SEPARATED HIM from his homeworld, the cool rain falling through the moss-covered trees reminded Nog of Ferenginar. The smell was different here, of course; the Louisiana swamps were redolent with decay and rot, and the lukewarm rain—falling at not quite a glebbeninglevel yet, but close—added a dampness that made the humid air almost palpably pungent.

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