Wednesday, September 17, 2008

New Frontier: No Limits ed. Peter David.

If you're a fan of Peter David's New Frontier series, this is a must read. Edited by Peter David, this collection of stories loosk at the lives of various USS Excalibur crew members before thet joined Mackenzie Calhoun's ship, and includes the personal stories of some auxilliary charatchers.

Far and way my favorite is Terri Osborne's " Q'andry", in which Dr Selar, during her time on the USS Enterprise, gets kidnapped by Lady Q and lands right in the middle of the Voyager episode "The Q and the Grey". This story is very much in the toungue in cheek tradition that has made me such a fan of Peter David's work.
Keith RA DeCandido's story "Revelations', in which Soleta ( a favorite character of mine) learns the shocking story of her background, is poignantly sad.
Glenn Haumann and Lisa Sullivan's tale of Xant, "Redemption", is a cerebral look at what makes a god a god, obviously influenced by Sullivan's theological studies.
Look also for stories of Shelby's first encounter with the Borg, a look at Xenexian customs through the eyes of Mackenzie's brother, D'ndai of Calhoun, and the long alluded to take of Mackenzie Calhoun and Elizabeth Shelby's honeymoon.

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