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"These are the voyages" – as you've never seen them before!

Past Prologue is a Pocket TOS novel – the third and final novel in The Janus Gate series – written by L.A. Graf. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in July 2002.

Summary

From the book jacket: Thanks to the accidental triggering of alien technology, Captain Kirk has been banished to his own past. During a brutal massacre on Tarsus IV, Kodos the Executioner entered the history books as one of the most genocidal tyrants of the twenty-third century. As a boy, Kirk barely survived. Can he stand by now and let it happen again?

Lt. Kevin Riley is the only other survivor of Tarsus IV serving aboard the USS Enterprise. His traumatic memories provide Spock's best hope of finding their time-lost captain — before Kirk alters their timeline forever!

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Background information

The title references a quote from The Tempest by William Shakespeare: "What's past is prologue."

External link

Past Prologue at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

Previous novel:	Series	Next novel:
Future Imperfect	Pocket TOS Unnumbered novels	The Last Roundup
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-| Author            = [[L.A. Graf]]
+|image        = Past Prologue Novel.jpg
-| Publisher         = [[Pocket Books]]
+|author       = [[L.A. Graf]]
-| Series            = [[Pocket TOS]]<br />[[The Janus Gate]] #3
+|publisher    = [[Pocket Books]]
+|series       = [[Pocket TOS]]<br />[[The Janus Gate]] #3
-| Published         = {{m|July|2002}}
+|published    = {{m|July|2002}}
-| Pages             = 252
-| Year              = [[2266]]
+|pages        = 252
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+|year         = [[2266]]
+|stardate     =
-| ISBN              = 0743445961 (paperback)<br />{{ASIN|B000FC0SOG}} (Kindle)
+|ISBN         = {{ISBN|0743445961}} (paperback)<br />{{ASIN|B000FC0SOG}} (Kindle)
 }}
-''"These are the voyages" &mdash; as you've never seen them before!''
+''"These are the voyages" &ndash; as you've never seen them before!''
-==Summary==
+'''''Past Prologue''''' is a [[Pocket TOS]] novel &ndash; the third and final novel in ''[[The Janus Gate]]'' series &ndash; written by [[L.A. Graf]]. Published by [[Pocket Books]], it was first released in {{m|July|2002}}.
+== Summary ==
 ;From the book jacket:
-:''Thanks to the accidental triggering of [[alien]] [[technology]], [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] has been banished to his own past.  During a brutal massacre on [[Tarsus IV]], [[Kodos the Executioner]] entered the [[history]] [[book]]s as one of the most [[genocide|genocidal]] tyrants of the [[23rd century|twenty-third century]].  As a boy, Kirk barely survived.  Can he stand by now and let it happen again?''
+:''Thanks to the accidental triggering of [[alien]] [[technology]], [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] has been banished to his own past. During a brutal massacre on [[Tarsus IV]], [[Kodos the Executioner]] entered the [[history]] [[book]]s as one of the most [[genocide|genocidal]] tyrants of the [[23rd century|twenty-third century]]. As a boy, Kirk barely survived. Can he stand by now and let it happen again?''
-:''[[Lieutenant|Lt.]] [[Kevin Riley]] is the only other survivor of Tarsus IV serving aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}.  His traumatic memories provide [[Spock]]'s best hope of finding their time-lost captain &mdash; before Kirk alters their [[timeline]] forever!''
+:''[[Lieutenant|Lt.]] [[Kevin Riley]] is the only other survivor of Tarsus IV serving aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}. His traumatic memories provide [[Spock]]'s best hope of finding their time-lost captain &mdash; before Kirk alters their [[timeline]] forever!''
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-==Background Information==
+== Background information ==
-===Memorable Quotes===
+* The title references a quote from ''[[The Tempest]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]]: ''"What's past is prologue."''
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-==Characters==
-;CANON CHARACTER : Brief description of character's role in novel.
-''Background information on subject's novel appearances, if any''.
-;NON-CANON CHARACTER (unlinked) : Same type of brief description,
-do not link non-[[canon]] terms, link only canon terms cross
-referenced in a''Star Trek'' episode or movie.
-==References==
-;CANON REFERENCE : Description of mention from novel.
-;NON-CANON REFERENCE : Description, no non-canon links.
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+* {{mbeta-title||Past Prologue}}
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 |series      = [[Pocket TOS]]<br />Unnumbered novels
-|prev        = ''[[Future Imperfect]]''
+|prev        = ''{{dis|Future Imperfect|novel}}''
 |next        = ''[[The Last Roundup]]''
 |series2     = [[The Janus Gate]]
 |next2       = {{final|novel}}
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