TOS: Mere Anarchy

Originally published as a series of e-books, this story arc takes the crew of Kirk's Enterprise from his earliest days of command to the time after his death. The action takes place on the planet Mestiko, which had just achieved warp drive when a rogue pulsar wreaks devastation on the planet. The Federations valiant attempts to shield the planet from the pulsar's effects, and the populace must deal with the knowledge that they are not alone in the Universe along with the planet wide disaster. Minor politician Raya elMora suddenly finds herself in command of the population of Mestiko, by dint of being the highest ranking official to survive. This anthology contains stories by Mike W. Barr, Christopher L. Bennett, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Dave Galantar, Daytone Ward and Kevin Dilmore, and Howard Weinstein.

ST A Singular Destiny by Keith RA DeCandido

The followup to the Destiny Trilogy, "A Singular Destiny" mainly follows the crew of the Aventine,the hard work placed before Federation President Nan Bacco, and history Professor Sonek Pran. In the wake of devastation by the Borg, the Federation, along with other Alpha and Beta Quadrant races, must rebuild. The fleets are stretched as they attempt to ferry refugees and supplies. The Klingons face an old threat, and the Federation faces a potential new threat. Everyone must grieve.
One amusing thing I must note is DeCandido's obvious nod the The Venture Brothers. Quite amusing. Be warned that this book does have a few moments of "Wow, did he really just kill that character off?"

God Bless JJ Abrams

Spoilerific sneak preview review:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40683 (language advisory)

Now, this sums up why I love Star Trek:
There’s some powerful thoughts about the future of our people in STAR TREK. That we as a people could be those people in a hundred, two hundred, three hundred years. If we can put away childish notions of borders and differences. If we can culturally keep our differences and celebrate our commonalities. At our best, STAR TREK is our future. Not BLADE RUNNER. Not TERMINATOR. Not any other Science fiction that I’ve seen, but STAR TREK. It’s where I HOPE we’re headed.
It’s the world where we didn’t blow ourselves up, where we didn’t fall prey to the worst of our nature. It’s the part of me that loves reading science journals and reading about the best inventions of any given year.