Fire on High

by Peter David

Book Overview

The next adventure in the New Frontier series involving the Thallonian Empire and the crew of the Excalibur. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671020374
• ISBN13: 9780671020378
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Keep your eyes on Lefler...

Very interesting story... Well done... There were two side stories... 1 with Robin Lefler... and 2 with Burgy in engineering... I am not going to say anything... but please read this book carefully... I did and I enjoyed the surprises.

Star Trek New Frontier No 6 Fire on High

One of the great things about this series, in my opinion, is that the author Peter David is not hindered by the guidelines that apply to the stand alone books or for that matter the miniseries that seem to be popping up every couple of months. I've noticed that other reviewers have complained about the sex scenes in the books. Oh well, it adds some flavor and character to the series. Part of Gene Roddenberry's ethos about Star Trek was that he didn't want too much interplay between the main characters like this; the current producers have stuck with that as well. With one exception, Deep Space Nine. Look at how that turned out, DS9 was a wonderful show that showed the darker side of life in the twenty fourth century, and for its last two to three years it was almost serialized in that shows lead from one to another as opposed to the stand alones. That same style is what makes New Frontier what it is, a great series. The continuous building of characters and plot is absolutely great! As you read through these books and then peruse the ones you've read, you can see that the author, while telling the current story, is setting up either the next story directly or indirectly setting up a future story.In "Fire on High," we have a strange woman who has mysteriously destroyed all life on the planet she's on. There are some wonderful Commander Shelby scenes, ones you wouldn't have figured the character capable of. We meet and more or less welcome to the crew Morgan Lefler, Ensign Lefler's mother. There is the continuing storyline between Selar, Burgoyne 172 and McHenry. A baby "Great Bird of the Galaxy" is growing in the warp core. Everybody seems to be going to the half Romulan, half Vulcan, Soleta for romantic advice, which by itself is very funny. There are a great many more things here that I do not wish to spoil for everybody.Suffice it to say, Peter David has written another great installment to the New Frontier series, in "Fire on High!"

Fire on High is a great addition

The original stories that Peter David is coming up with are getting better and better. This one, telling of a woman's quest to find a technologically advanced race, and finding her friend stuck with a machine that has caused the destruction of an entire planet, is great. Also, the way this story continues on from the the last book in the series, Martyr, makes it that much more fun to read. As always, have the next books in the series ready when you finish this one, because you won't be able to put it down.

fantastic new era in star trek.

Wouldn't miss a book in this series for anything. Am waiting patiently for the next novel. The blend of characterization and story plot is great. The characters are not overdone yet you get a feeling for the species. This would make an excellent tv series if kept in line with the first six books, or several good movies.

Very SOLID

A very god book. Better than book 5 (Martyr). The sex scenes finnally subsided here, unlike the last book. The seemingly stupid plot about Leflers mother, was yes stupid - BUT, Peter David spiced it up to keep you interested. I used this book to decide if I want to read the next one, and I most definetly will!!!