# Star Trek: Klingon Empire

Star Trek: Klingon Empire is series of interlinked Klingon-centric Star Trek novels written by Keith DeCandido. The series was published by Pocket Books from 2003 to 2008.
Originally published as Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon.

## Production

Following positive reaction to his novel Diplomatic Implausibility (2001), DeCandido was curious if there was sufficient interest in a Klingon-centric series. In Voyages of Imagination (2009) by Jeff Ayers, DeCandido said "Pocket Books … was willing to take a chance." He had "already set it up" in Diplomatic Implausibility and The Brave and the Bold, Book 2 (2002), so he "took it forward" with two novels. A third novel followed in 2005.
In 2008, the series was relaunched as Klingon Empire. The scope of A Burning House was expanded beyond the crew aboard the Gorkon. The series ended with A Burning House.
Members of Gorkon crew appear in the Destiny (2008) miniseries, by David Mack, and in A Singular Destiny (2008), by DeCandido.

## Flagship

The IKS Gorkon is a Qang-class, or Chancellor-class, war cruiser named for Chancellor Gorkon first introduced in The Undiscovered Country (1991). The cruiser is 500 m (1,600 ft) in length, and carries a complement of over 2,000 crew. When launched, the Gorkon, was among the first of the Qang-class cruisers in service.
A Good Day to Die (2003) begins sometime after Chancellor Martok ordered the Gorkon to the Kavrot Sector—an unexplored region of space—with the objective of finding new planets to conquer for the glory of the Empire.
Captain Klag, captain of the Gorkon, was introduced in The Next Generation episode "A Matter of Honor".

## Novels

All novels written by Keith DeCandido.

### I.K.S. Gorkon (2003–2005)

| No. | Title | Date | ISBN |
| 1 | A Good Day to Die | October 28, 2003 | 0-7434-5714-5 |
| 2 | Honor Bound | November 25, 2003 | 0-7434-5716-1 |
| 3 | Enemy Territory | March 1, 2005 | 1-4165-0014-6 |

### Klingon Empire (2008)

| Title | Date | ISBN |
| A Burning House | January 29, 2008 | 978-1-4165-5647-3 |

## Short fiction

Captain Klag's history was the subject of three short stories, with one set in the Mirror Universe. All were written by Keith DeCandido.
| Work | Collection | Editor(s) | Date | ISBN |
| "A Song Well Sung" | Tales of the Dominion War | Keith DeCandido | August 3, 2004 | 0-7434-9171-8 |
| "loDnI‘pu‘ vavpu‘ je" | Tales from the Captain's Table | Keith DeCandido | June 14, 2005 | 1-4165-0520-2 |
| "Family Maters" | Shards and Shadows (Mirror Universe) | Marco Palmieri and Margaret Clark | January 6, 2009 | 978-1-4165-5850-7 |

## Related novels

Novels that contain links to the series. The Gorkon and her crew were introduced in Diplomatic Implausibility (2003).
| Title | Author | Date | ISBN |
| Diplomatic Implausibility (The Next Generation, Book 61) | Keith DeCandido | January 30, 2001 | 0-671-78554-0 |
| The Brave and the Bold, Book 2 | Keith DeCandido | November 26, 2002 | 0-7434-1923-5 |
| Articles of the Federation | Keith DeCandido | May 24, 2005 | 1-4165-0015-4 |
| Gods of Night (Destiny, Book 1) | David Mack | September 30, 2008 | 978-1-4165-5171-3 |
| Mere Mortals (Destiny, Book 2) | David Mack | October 28, 2008 | 978-1-4165-5172-0 |
| Lost Souls (Destiny, Book 3) | David Mack | November 25, 2008 | 978-1-4165-5175-1 |
| A Singular Destiny | Keith DeCandido | January 27, 2009 | 978-1-4165-9495-6 |