Faces of Fire (Star Trek, Book 58)

by Michael Jan Friedman

1992

Status

Available

Publication

Pocket Books (1992), Edition: 1st, 307 pages

Description

En route to Alpha Malurian Six to settle a dispute between two religions, the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM first stops to do a routine check on the progress of a terraforming colony on Beta Canzandia Three, a colony whose inhabitants include Carol and David Marcus. Spock is left behind at the terraforming colony to continue his scientific studies and the rest of the crew heads to Alpha Malurian Six to find the dispute has turned to war. As Kirk, McCoy, and Scotty search for a solution to end the conflict, a ship piloted by a Klingon faction arrives at the terraforming colony to take control of the facility. When colonists are imprisoned, and Spock and David must defeat the Klingons or face certain death.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Karlstar
I picked this book up randomly at a book sale, and I was very surprised to discover that I actually could relate to some of the plot. I've read very few Star Trek novels that aren't directly related to a TV episode, however this one is practically a prequel to one of the movies. This is well
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written Star Trek fiction, which means that it is very limited. While they have warp drives and phasers, they don't have cell phones or GPS! Surprisingly, while the crew has communicators, ordinary citizens don't. I enjoyed this quite a bit, it was well done, but I have to admit I find the inconsistent technology to be amusing.

(To be fair, they actually have 'reverse GPS' - the ship can always find them, it just can't ever tell them where they are....)
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1992-03

Physical description

307 p.; 4.25 x 1 inches

ISBN

0671749927 / 9780671749927

Barcode

1601303
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