[Discovery 01] • Discovery - Desperate Hours

_An all-original novel based upon the explosive new series on CBS All Access_

Aboard the Starship Shenzhou, Lieutenant Michael Burnham, a human woman raised

and educated among Vulcans, is promoted to acting first officer. But if she

wants to keep the job, she must prove to Captain Philippa Georgiou that she

deserves to have it.

She gets her chance when the Shenzhou must protect a Federation colony that is

under attack by an ancient alien vessel that has surfaced from the deepest

fathoms of the planet’s dark, uncharted sea.

As the menace from this mysterious vessel grows stronger, Starfleet declares

the colony expendable in the name of halting the threat. To save thousands of

innocent lives, Burnham must infiltrate the alien ship. But to do so, she

needs to face the truth of her troubled past, and seek the aid of a man she

has tried to avoid her entire life—until now.