Final Frontier Gst

by Diane Carey

Book Overview

Commander George Samuel Kirk was aboard the Enterprise under the command of Captain Robert April before his famous son was born. Starfleet has just been founded and the Enterprise has just been built,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671647520
• ISBN13: 9780671647520
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

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An excellent prequel to much of the Star Trek original series storyline

This book is the prequel to the Star Trek saga, the career of James Tiberius Kirk, Star Fleet, the United Federation of Planets as it existed in the original series, the battles with the Romulans and the magnificent starship known as the Enterprise. James Kirk is on shore leave in Iowa and questioning whether he should go back into space. He is reading some letters written to him by his father George Kirk, who was a military man in space. Those letters express regret for not spending enough time with Jimmy and his brother and it appears that George may be about to give up the life of the space adventurer. The story then moves to the adventures of George Kirk. A ship has become disabled and given the distance and the ion storms in the area, there seems to be no hope of rescue. However, the Federation has been working on a new class of ships, the mighty starship, and the prototype is ready for action. Kirk and his friend Drake are kidnapped and taken aboard the new and unnamed ship. The current captain is Robert April, a good man but probably not an effective prototype for a star ship captain. The new ship moves out and immediately fails. Kirk is suspicious and suspects sabotage. Suddenly the warp drive malfunctions and they find themselves in the middle of Romulan space very close to the Romulan home world. There is a Romulan ship nearby but it is rife with political infighting. A dictatorship led by the Praetor has taken control and the Romulans are about to launch an invasion of Federation space. This is after the Romulan-human wars mentioned in the episode "Balance of Terror" so it appears that a new interstellar war is about to break out. The task of the star ship is to somehow extricate itself from the dilemma and prevent the new war. Fortunately, Kirk is able to "capture" the Romulan commander, a man with beliefs similar to those of the Mark Lenard character in "Balance of Terror." While he will do his duty to the Empire, he has no desire for war. Within those bounds, he helps the crew of the star ship defeat the Romulan forces and trick them into believing that the Federation has cloaking technology and is ready to crush the Romulan forces ready to invade Federation space. The trick is very similar to that used by James Kirk in the episode, "The Deadly Years." This is an excellent story, Carey provides believable prequels to many plot devices that we encounter in later episodes. Unfortunately, we never do learn why James Kirk was given the middle name "Tiberius."

The First Enterpise

Diane Carey's "Final Frontier" has to be a must read for any fan of the original series. It tells the first story of the Enterprise before it acquired it's legendary name. Under the captaincy of Robert April; George Kirk (Jim's father) embarks on the test run of the infamous ship. The adversary in this one is the Romulans. We get a glimpse of their uncompromising world of political treachery within their own ranks. This one is everything the new prequel series should be. Alive with interesting characters that act like real humans; unlike some of the Starfleet members we've seen on TV in the show Voyager. If there is any book that needs a reprinting it's this one.

Final Frontier, The First Adventure

This book was very well written. It kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn't put it down till I read the whole thing. It was interesting to go back and forth from the past and future. I liked 'Final Frontier' alot.

Commander George Kirk is where STARTREK begins!

This book tells the reader where STARTREK begins, with the construction of a new class of starship, Captain Robert April(some may remember him from the STARTREK cartoon) drafts his old friend Cmdr. George Kirk. After sabatoge by Romulan spies poising as crewmembers and accident sends the starship through space into the Romulan Empire. Only due to the fact of Romulan paranoia and the famous "Kirk" luck does the starship escape. This novels also tells us why the Romulans develope cloaking technology when James T. Kirk encounters Roumulans in the future. This novel will hold you to the end leaving you wishing for more. P.S. If anyone knows of a copy I would love to get one of my own, I had to borrow a friends. Enjoy it if you can find it.

Another great from a great author

Mrs/Ms. Carey has done it again,produced yet another great novel involving the Star Trek universe.The story itself is outstanding,along with the detail given to it,it is one of the greatest I have read.There was only one let-down and one problem in the story.The let-down was that I didn't get to know what "Tiberius" meant,and the problem was when George Kirk thought of the name Enterprise for the new starship,I thought that was kind of going overboard with it.But still,it showed how two rival forces can come together and fight against the corruption of a race(in this particular case,the Romulans).This is a must read!