Places of Exile by Christopher L Bennett is the middle novella in Infinity's Prism. There are a lot of great things about alternate universe stories, as I have mentioned before. Of course there is a down side ( there is always a downside). Working in an alternate reality give the mad shippers room to let loose, and outside of fanfiction.net or livejournal. This can be wonderful or infuriating depending on you feelings on the matter- if you're a Janeway/Chakotay or Harry/7 shipper, you'll love this story.
Places of Exile starts during the episode "Scorpion"- but diverges. Species 8472 disables Voyager, forcing Janeway to make compromises and alliances. Alomg the way, she and the other surviving crew members change from the goal of getting home to one of making home. Sometimes I had to raise an eyebrow at how some of the characters act- especially the "alternate" Annika/7. No woman would have written her that way.
Seeds of Dissent by James Swallow follows the classic "What if Hitler had won" with Hitler being Khan-premise. This is a fairly well written look at how the world might have looked if the Augments had won. Swallow does try to jam too many characters from too many series into the story, and it seems a bit contrived.
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