We’re just two weeks away from the arrival of The Enterprise War, the Captain Pike tale and next entry in the Star Trek: Discovery novel line, but news today out of the Maryland-based Shore Leave Convention has given us an idea of what to expect next in the series!

Coming on December 17 is Star Trek: Discovery — Dead Endless, the sixth novel in the tie-in line, from author Dave Galanter… and this time around, it’s Discovery‘s resident astromycologist Paul Stamets who leads the story.

First reported by fan podcast account E.I. Star Trek Cast from the convention’s Star Trek novelists panel — where Galanter was a participant — the Stamets story will be set in early days aboard the Crossfield-class ship, where “the Discovery is sent on a mission using it’s spore drive. Complications leave [the ship] stranded, out of spores, in a bleak region of space.”

Shortly after the panel, the author weighed in on the news on Twitter:

We’ll bring you more information on Dead Endless as it becomes available — including cover art and preorder links — but for now, Star Trek: Discovery fans can look forward to this book to help bridge the gap between now and the far-away launch of Season 3 on television.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for the latest in Star Trek book news, including our review of The Enterprise War and all the reveals sure to come at the Star Trek Las Vegas convention at the end of the month!

Novel #4: "The Way to the Stars"

Novel #5: "The Enterprise War"

Novel #6: "Dead Endless"