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Stone and Anvil (New frontier) (Hardcover)

by Peter David (Author)

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Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Star Trek; 1st Pocket Books Hardcover Ed edition (17 Nov 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0743429575
ISBN-13: 978-0743429573
Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 868,403 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Dreamwatch [Peter David] effortlessly makes the most of his own characters while developing some from small-screen "Trek."

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Captain MacKenzie Calhoun is one of Starfleet's finest, a highly-trained Captain in command of the cutting edge ship known as the USS Excalibur. Yet he was not always destined for Starfleet. Things could have been very different...Twenty years before he came to command the Excalibur, he was the victorious teenage figurehead of the revolt that freed his home planet from alien domination. A wild and hardened killer, at nineteen years old he is already a leader of men. But what will he do when his only goal -- his struggle to overthrow the Danteri rule -- is achieved? Discovered by Captain Picard of the USS Stargazer, who detects in him the seeds of possible greatness, he is given a choice which will change his life forever. Under the guidance of Jean-Luc Picard, he abandons the pathway to death and ignominy on his home world, and chooses instead to enrol at Starfleet Academy, a place utterly opposed to the values of independence and rebellion he learned as a youth. The road from raw recruit to Starfleet Officer has never been rougher. And Mackenzie Calhoun's journey is never less than fascinating, told here as only Peter David can tell it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A return to form, 6 Dec 2003

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I've loved the New Frontier books since they started. The first four book series was wonderful, especially its finale, and the following six books (including the Captain's Table and Double Helix installments) were just fantastic. Then, at the end of Book 8, 'Dark Allies', Peter David blew the Excalibur up. The following trilogy I rather disliked, since the strength of the New Frontier characters lies when they are together, rather than dispersed and interacting with other, new, characters. And at the end of 'Restoration' the series changes again, with there now being two ships and a whole host of new characters to meet on the second ship.

Maybe I just don't like change, but I much preferred it when Calhoun and Shelby were together on the same ship. Their meetings always seemed contrived throughout the Gateways story and the following two books, 'Being Human' and 'Gods Above'. But with 'Stone and Anvil' Peter David has rediscovered the elements which made me love New Frontier in the first place: the humour, tremendous characters (though I do miss McHenry and the old Kebron!) and wonderfully silly plot. I was rather dreading the 'Calhoun at the Academy' storyline but was pleasantly surprised. All in all, if Peter David sticks to this level of storytelling, I will be buying New Frontier books for many years to come!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Almost back to the best in the series, 31 Dec 2003

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After the slightly disappointing (for Peter David) last New Frontier book, Stone and Anvil was back to (almost) his best. The use of alternating past stories of Mackenzie Calhoun's Starfleet days, and the present stories, worked well. There were some amusing nods to other stories, such as Calhoun's first day at the Academy which mirrors Worf's story, something Peter David first wrote about in the Young Adult novel Worf's First Adventure. This was the story which also introduced us to Soleta, Zak Kebron and Mark McHenry, so it's well worth looking up. With McHenry gone, Kebron changed and Soleta becoming less Vulcan by the day (I have suspicions that this story will become prominent soon), this story comes full circle. It was nice to see Picard and the crew of the Enterprise again. Sad to see Janus go though.
There is a sense that Peter David is wrapping up all his ongoing plotlines, perhaps with the intention of taking the series in a new direction. There is only Morgan Lefler's story to really finish.
The story really deserved 4 1/2 stars but I erred on the side of caution as it wasen't quite the series best.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Trekkie fan, 17 Jul 2009

By	Mrs. M. E. Edwards (England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Great to find this book - we have all the previous titles in The New Frontier series but could not get the next ones from any bookshop. Someone suggested trying Amazon and there they were! Simple to order and arrived very quickly. Excellent service all round!

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