Star Trek: Roc’s Egg isn’t a title you’d expect Timothy Zahn to be associated with, but one of Star Wars literature’s most popular and famous names is switching galaxy’s with an IDW Publishing release that involves Deep Space 9. With Grand Admiral Thrawn returning in the second season of Ahsoka, and possibly beyond that, it’s not only fascinating to see Zahn make the switch (one fellow Star Wars authors including John Jackson Miller, Christie Golden, Greg Bear, Kevin J. Anderson and more have made) but also to consider that within a year he’s prominently helping to celebrate six decades of Star Trek and five decades of Star Wars.
Something is rotten on Deep Space 9.
When a mysterious artifact known as a Roc’s Egg arrives on the station—and is seemingly destroyed in transit—a Federation JAG investigation is called in to uncover what really happened. But the deeper the team digs, the stranger the mystery becomes: a secret auction, a station full of wealthy collectors and dangerous criminals, a priceless artifact that may not be what it seems, and a murder waiting to happen.“My association with Star Trek goes all the way back to 1966 and the original TV series. Now, after sixty years, I’ve been given the chance to add my own small grace note to that rich and vibrant symphony. This is a huge honor and privilege, and one which I will always cherish.”