It is with a great sigh of relief (and exhaustion) that I can now declare I have finished the first-draft manuscript for Star Trek Vanguard: Precipice, the fifth book in the original-series-era saga I developed with editor Marco Palmieri, and on which I share alternating writing duties with Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore.

The new book is the shortest tome so far in the Vanguard series — only 87,000 words. But it feels as if it is light and fast and fun. I’ll know more on Sunday night when I start my read-through and polishing pass. The ms. is due to my esteemed editor by Wednesday morning.

Now to take forty-odd hours away from this manuscript and let my brain rest for a spell…