Star Trek: New Frontier

   

New Frontier

Series history[]

New Frontier was created in 1997 by Pocket Books EditorJohn Ordover and writer Peter David. It was considered to be an experiment, to see how readers would react to novels which did not center on major characters or the settings featured in the television series.

Ordover conceived ofNew Frontier as an analogue to the post-SovietUSSR, where numerous forces once kept in check by the central government began to battle to fill the power vacuum, and old conflicts begin to resurface. (Voyages of Imagination)

David created three original characters forNew Frontier novels:Mackenzie Calhoun, formerly known as M'k'n'zy of Calhoun, leader of theXenexian rebellion against the alienDanteri;Si Cwan, a formerThallonian nobleman now out of power; andBurgoyne 172, theHermatChief Engineer of theUSSExcalibur. Three more characters --Soleta,Zak Kebron, andMark McHenry -- were created by David for his trilogy ofStarfleet Academy novels featuringWorf, and brought back to the new series as adult officers.Elizabeth Shelby,Robin Lefler, andDr.Selar were also included due to their status as "one-shot favorites" ofStar Trek: The Next Generation fans.

The first four titles were released as shorter (and cheaper) "chapbooks", in much the same manner as Stephen King'sThe Green Mile was originally published the year prior. These four books were later re-released in a single hardboundomnibus.

TheNew Frontier series has been quite successful, and includes some of the best selling of the recentStar Trek novels. Its success is directly responsible for other similar lit-onlyTrek series, such asStar Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers andStar Trek: IKS Gorkon.

New Frontier stories regularly appear in crossoverminiseries and short story anthologies. The series has also expanded into the realm of comics; In2000WildStorm Comics published the firstNew Frontier comic and approached David about creating a second but lost the license before that came to fruition. In2008 the new comics licenser,IDW Publishing, approached David about a newNew Frontier comics project, resulting in the publication of a five-part miniseries.^[1]

Beginning inJuly of2015,New Frontier returned in a series of eBooks published by Pocket.^[2]

Characters[]

• Mackenzie Calhoun
• Elizabeth Shelby
• Burgoyne 172
• Soleta
• Zak Kebron
• Mark McHenry
• Robin Lefler
• Selar
• Si Cwan
• Janos
• Morgan Primus
• Katerina Mueller
• Xyon of Calhoun
• Kalinda Cwan
• Arex
• M'Ress
• Tania Tobias
• Romeo Takahashi
• Mick Gold
• Xy
• Moke

Media[]

Published order[]

Title	Author(s)	Format	Published	Cover
#1House of Cards	Peter David	novel (reprinted inNew Frontier)	July1997
#2Into the Void	Peter David	novel (reprinted inNew Frontier)	July1997
#3The Two-Front War	Peter David	novel (reprinted inNew Frontier)	August1997
#4End Game	Peter David	novel (reprinted inNew Frontier)	August1997
#5Martyr	Peter David	novel (reprinted inPrometheans)	March1998
#6Fire on High	Peter David	novel (reprinted inPrometheans)	April 1998
The Captain's Table #5Once Burned	Peter David	novel (reprinted inThe Captain's Table)	October 1998
Double Helix #5 (TNG #55)Double or Nothing	Peter David	novel	August1999
#7The Quiet Place	Peter David	novel	November 1999
#8Dark Allies	Peter David	novel	November 1999
Excalibur #1 #9Requiem	Peter David	novel	September2000
Excalibur #2 #10Renaissance	Peter David	novel	September 2000
Excalibur #3 #11Restoration	Peter David	novel	Hardcover: November 2000Paperback: November2001
Double Time	Peter David Art by:Mike Collins &David Roach	comic (reprinted inOther Realities)	November 2000
Gateways #6Cold Wars	Peter David	novel	October 2001
Gateways #7:What Lay Beyond:"Death After Life"	Peter David	novella	Hardcover: November 2001 Paperback: October2002
#12Being Human	Peter David	novel	November 2001
Gods Above	Peter David	novel	October 2003
Stone and Anvil	Peter David	novel	October 2003
No Limits	Editors: Peter David, withKeith R.A. DeCandido	anthology	October 2003
Tales of the Dominion War"Stone Cold Truths"	Peter David	short story	August2004
After the Fall	Peter David	novel	Hardcover: November2004 Paperback: December2005
Tales from the Captain's Table"Pain Management"	Peter David	short story	June 2005
Missing in Action	Peter David	novel	Hardcover: February2006 Paperback: January2007 Trade paperback: April2008
Mirror Universe:Obsidian Alliances"Cutting Ties"	Peter David	novel	March 2007
Turnaround	Peter David Art by:Stephen Thompson	Five-part comic miniseries	Issues: March-July2008 Omnibus: October 2008
Mirror Universe:Shards and Shadows"Homecoming"	Peter David	short story	January 2009
Treason	Peter David	novel	Trade paperback: April2009 Mass market paperback: March2010
Blind Man's Bluff	Peter David	novel	Trade paperback: April 2011
The Returned, Part 1	Peter David	eBook	July 2015
The Returned, Part 2	Peter David	eBook	August 2015
The Returned, Part 3	Peter David	eBook	September 2015

Chronological order[]

• Pre-dating main series setting
  • 2354
    • No Limits: "A Lady of Xenex"
    • No Limits: "Lefler's Logs" (Logs run through to 2364)
  • 2356
    • No Limits: "Turning Point"
  • 2361
    • No Limits: "Waiting For G'Doh"
  • 2362
    • No Limits: "Revelations"
  • 2363
    • No Limits: "Out of the Frying Pan"
    • No Limits: "Alice, on the Edge of Night"
  • 2366
    • No Limits: "All That Glisters..."
    • No Limits: "Performance Appraisal"
  • 2368
    • No Limits: "Oil and Water"
    • No Limits: "Singularity"
  • 2369
    • No Limits: "'Q'uandary"
  • 2370
    • No Limits: "Loose Ends"
  • 2371
    • No Limits: "Through the Looking Glass"
• 2373
  • No Limits: "Making a Difference"
  • House of Cards
  • Into the Void
  • The Two-Front War
  • End Game
  • Martyr
• 2374
  • Fire on High
  • The Captain's Table #5:Once Burned
  • Double Time (Story begins afterOnce Burned and concludes at the beginning ofDouble or Nothing)
• 2375
  • Tales of the Dominion War: "Stone Cold Truths"
  • Double Helix #5:Double or Nothing
• 2376
  • The Quiet Place
  • Dark Allies
  • Excalibur
    • Requiem
    • Renaissance
    • Restoration
  • No Limits: "The Road to Edos"
  • No Limits: "A Little Getaway"
  • Gateways #6:Cold Wars
  • Gateways #7:What Lay Beyond: "Death After Life"
  • Being Human
  • Gods Above
  • Stone and Anvil
  • No Limits: "Redemption"
• 2377
  • Tales from the Captain's Table: "Pain Management"
• 2379
  • After the Fall
  • Missing in Action
  • Turnaround
• 2380
  • Treason
• 2381
  • Blind Man's Bluff
  • The Returned, Part 1
  • The Returned, Part 2
  • The Returned, Part 3

Omnibuses[]

• New Frontier - Collector's Edition Hardcover of Books 1-4.
• Prometheans - Exclusive book club hardcover omnibus ofMartyr andFire on High.

Related works[]

• Starfleet Academy - Trilogy featuring Kebron, Soleta, and McHenry as classmates of Worf at Starfleet Academy.

1. Worf's First Adventure
2. Line of Fire
3. Survival

• Vendetta - Features Korsmo and Shelby, referenced inHouse of Cards.
• Imzadi II - Cameo by Shelby and Excalibur.
• Gateways:Doors Into Chaos andDemons of Air and Darkness - Cameo by Calhoun and Shelby via holoconference (concurrent withCold Wars).
• Q & A - Cameo by Shelby onSpace Station Bravo.
• Before Dishonor - Cameo by Calhoun and theExcalibur.

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References[]

External links[]

• Star Trek: New Frontier article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
• Star Trek: New Frontier article atWikipedia, the free encyclopedia.