New Frontier

Star Trek

Hardcover, 184 pages

English language

Published June 14, 1998 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:
978-0-671-01978-5
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OCLC Number:
38214119

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The ancient Thallonian Empire has collapsed, throwing an entire sector of the galaxy into chaos and unrest. Billions of sentient beings are faced with starvation, warfare, and worse. Faced with a tragedy of interstellar proportions, Starfleet assembles a new, handpicked crew to help where it can and report what it finds. Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, recommended by Jean-Luc Picard himself, takes command of the USS Excalibur, which is manned by Starfleet's best and brightest, including some old friends from Star Trek: The Next Generation and some of the most dynamic new characters ever to boldly go where no one has gone before! This special hardcover edition contains the first thrilling adventure that launched Star Trek into a new frontier. It also contains a pull-out full-color print of all of the characters and a special "minipedia" guide to the people, places, and things that make up the New Frontier universe!

2 editions

reviewed New Frontier by Peter David (Star trek, new frontier)

Star Trek: New Frontier 1-4

This book (which I read as the singular 4 books) is very easy and quick to read. All the books are unambiguously part of the first story. Much time is spent on introducing the characters which for the most part are interesting. Of course there are some famous favourite characters to introduce this 'new' series. The ending really sold me. Without spoiling the content I can confidently tell you that it's silly Sci-Fi bullshit of the highest caliber (a very good thing).

Here are some things I didn't like: -Personally I don't need that much sex in my stories. -M'k'n'zy is very unsympathetic to me and the first book, which is all about him, made me reconsider reading it a bit but i pushed through. He stays unlikable (to me) throughout the 4 parts but experiences first signs of character growth at the end, to introduce his main Thing basically.

reviewed New Frontier by Peter David (Star trek, new frontier)

Review of 'New Frontier' on 'Storygraph'

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as evidenced by the fact that I tore through the entire omnibus in 4 days. David's writing is concise and engaging, and his characters have a diversity of backgrounds and personalities that Hollywood would do well to learn from. Though several of the plot points are rather predictable, the turnaround on them is relatively quick, and they never seem to bog down the plot for long. I was also pleasantly surprised to find a number of protagonists who aren't hilariously dysfunctional (not yet, at least) which makes for a very refreshing change from a lot of modern pop culture.

It was an entertaining and engaging read, and I'm looking forward to picking up more in the series.

Subjects

  • Science fiction
  • Fiction
  • Interplanetary voyages
  • Star Trek fiction