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  Two books in the so-called Star Trek Novel Verse. A collection of five inter-related stories that feature team-ups between each of the series' regular characters and a guest crew from the continuity. The name is taken from the DC comics series of the same name (which would also give its name to Batman the Brave And The Bold). The stories are linked through the device of Sealed Evil in a Can Malkus the Mighty, and the deadly artifacts created for him.
  Artifact of Doom: The four Malkus devices. One can be used to unleash a deadly disease, one is a Mind Control Device, the third is a giant Death Ray and the last controls the weather.
  Continuity Nod: Many. As an example, when preparing to leave for a conference on Khitomer, Ambassador Worf is looking over the latest reports from around the Klingon Empire. Among the items awaiting his oversight is a progress report from Emperor Vall on taD, a Continuity Nod to the earlier novel Diplomatic Implausibility. Also, Word of God has stated that Commander Joseph Shabalala is the father of Anthony Shabalala, from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers series.
  Similarly, the first time we see Commodore Matt Decker, he's seen talking to his son, then-Lieutenant Willard Decker of Star Trek the Motion Picture fame.[1]
  Mind Control Device: One of the four artifacts.
  The Mole: Tuvok among the Maquis, in the Third Artifact story (which takes place just prior to the pilot of Star Trek Voyager). Elios Phifer is another example.
  Smart People Play Go: Robert DeSoto is presented as a champion-level player. He teaches his first officer to play...and regrets it, as she goes from a handicap to whooping his tail inside of a month.
  You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Malkus was fond of this, too, though it's also a practical paranoia; why let those who had intimate knowledge of his capabilities (and helped design his superweapons) live?
  ↑ Despite there being no on-screen connection between Matt and Will, Word of God seems to suggest the familial connection.
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