John Jackson Miller: Die Standing. Philippa Georgiou, former Emperor of the Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe, has found herself in our universe and under the watchful eye of Section 31. Believing that she has knowledge and skills useful to the organization, she is recruited to take on a mission into a mysterious region of space known as the Troika. However, she has her own agenda. Will Georgiou make good on her desire to rebuild all she has lost in our universe?

In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson are joined once again by New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller to talk about his most recent Discovery novel, Die Standing. We talk about Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius, Section 31, a familiar face from The Original Series, a Trill gymnast named Emony Dax, a vampiric cloud creature, the mysterious Troika and the three species that comprise it, and wrap up with what John is working on now and where he can be found online.

At the top of the show, Dan and Bruce review issue #12 of Star Trek: Year Five, and respond to listener feedback from The Babel Conference for Literary Treks 306: There's Shag Carpet on This Ship Somewhere. News Star Trek Year Five #12 Review (00:03:05) Listener Feedback (00:18:04))

Feature: John Jackson Miller Emperor Philippa Georgiou (00:23:57) Section 31 (00:46:03) Finnegan (00:50:06) Emony Dax (00:54:55) Quintilian and the Cloud (01:00:57) Completely Alien Aliens (01:13:31) Captain Eagan (01:19:20) The Cascade (01:20:16) The Final Journey (01:24:30) Discovery Season 3 Trailer (01:31:51) The Book Title (01:36:36) Kenobi (01:39:44) Evolving Star Trek (01:42:54) More From JJM (01:45:45) Final Thoughts (01:50:24)

Hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson

Guest John Jackson Miller

Production Bruce Gibson (Editor and Producer) Dan Gunther (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Jeffery Harlan (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)