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Star Trek: New Frontier: After the Fall [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
eBook by Peter David
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: Peter David's unforgettable novels of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the Starship Excalibur remain one of Star Trek's most popular book series among fans. Now, David takes the New Frontier universe in a bold new direction that will at once shock, thrill, and delight longtime and brand-new readers of this acclaimed series. Three years have passed since the events depicted in the novel Stone and Anvil, and for the past and present crew members of the U.S.S. Excalibur, life has taken many surprising twists and turns. Captain Elizabeth Shelby has been promoted to admiral and heads Space Station. Bravo ... while her former ship, the U.S.S. Trident, has a new captain. Soleta has left Starfleet to embrace the perils of exploring her Romulan heritage. The powerful Zak Kebron serves as the Excalibur's counselor and head of security. And Mackenzie Calhoun? Well, Mackenzie Calhoun's still who he is. As Si Cwan, prime minister of the New Thallonian Protectorate, prepares to marry off his sister Kalinda in a politically advantageous pairing that will strengthen his newly restored empire, the bride-to-be is abducted just before the wedding in a calamitous event that threatens to destabilize the entire sector--especially since Kalinda's abductor is someone all too familiar. As the Excalibur, the Trident, and the entire Thallonian fleet attempt to bring order to their sector of space, none could ever suspect that a mysterious alien force may also be playing a part in Kalinda's disappearance--and that the entire galaxy may soon face a long-forgotten enemy.
eBook Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc./Pocket Books
Fictionwise Release Date: December 2004
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Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT [321 KB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT [644 KB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT [236 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [580 KB]
All formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Microsoft Reader ISBN: 9780743494052
Mobipocket Reader ISBN: 9780743494052
eReader ISBN: 9780743494052
GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS: Available to customers in: US, PR, VI, UM What's this?
 
BEFORE… i. On the day Soleta was reasonably sure she was going to die, she found herself both surprised and not surprised to see Ambassador Spock standing at the far end of her cell. Every joint, every muscle, every synapse in her body seemed inflamed with pain, and yet she still managed to sit up. She wanted to stand, to look properly formal as the occasion might call for. Try as she might, however, she was unable to gather the strength to do so. So she settled for sitting on the dank floor and simply staring at the tall, lean Vulcan. He, in turn, stared at her. No words passed between them for a good long time. It was Soleta who finally broke the silence. "Well?" she inquired. "Aren't you going to say it?" He cocked an eyebrow as she knew he would. "What am I expected to say?" "I believe the appropriate phrase would be, 'How the mighty have fallen.'" He pondered that for a moment, and then informed her, "That would not be logical." "Why not?" "You were never particularly mighty." "No," and she slumped her head back against the cell wall. "No, I guess I wasn't." They remained that way for a time, and then Soleta allowed a small smile. "Do you find your present situation amusing?" asked Spock. "Not especially. I'm simply considering the fact that, when we first met, I was in a cell. On Thallon. Do you remember?" "Of course," Spock said in a tone that indicated it was absurd to think he would forget—not the incident itself, but anything at all that had ever happened to him in his entire life. "It is ironic, the way in which life wraps back upon itself," she said. "You and I, trapped in a dungeon on Thallon, prisoners of the royal family. Then we escape, and in later years members of that same royal family wind up on the Federation ship I'm serving on after their family loses power. And now they are no longer a part of my life, nor I of theirs, and I'm back in a dungeon… while from what I hear…" "They are climbing back into power," said Spock. "Yes. That is true. A new Thallonian regime is apparently on the rise. I estimate that in another two point three years, they will be fully in charge. There will, however, likely be marked differences between the former monarchy and the new paradigm. I believe the most likely structure will consist of a—" "Mr. Spock." Although naturally any emotion perceivable on his face was minimal, it was still obvious that he was surprised at the interruption. Soleta sighed. "I don't really care." "Ah. Because, as matters stand, you will not be alive to see it." "That's very much how the day is shaping up, yes." She gazed up at him through unfocused eyes. "You're not going to help me, are you." "Pardon?" "I said you're not going to help me. Not try to find a way to get me out of here." "I regret that it is beyond my power to do so." Copyright © 2004 by Paramount Pictures
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