Take Back the Night is a novel by the pseudonymous jespah.
The story is told from the perspective of Malcolm Reed, after his service on the Enterprise (NX-01).
On April 19, 2165, Reed is a First Officer, under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer. After the events of In Between Days: The Cure is Worse Than the Disease, the Daranaeans come to the nascent United Federation of Planets in order to request assistance in repelling incursions by the Klingon Empire.