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Introduction

While testing a new shielding device, the USS Enterprise is caught in the middle of a Klingon/Romulan battle. When the Enterprise crew rescues a lifepod, they are confronted by a Klingon who claims to know nothing of human existence. Convinced the Klingon is telling the truth, Captain Kirk hurries to Starfleet Headquarters in search of answers. But upon arriving on Earth, the starship Enterprise crew finds that Earth is a vast jungle-like paradise where large, reptilian animals rule ... with no signs of human life anywhere. Now Kirk must travel to the past in search of the key to the mystery - or face the destruction of the human race.

Summary

References

Characters

Aur • Dale Bannon • Gaston Barnes • Pavel Chekov • Dewey • Emmendorf • Hardy • James T. Kirk • Louise LaCerra • Elizabeth Ling • MacGuinness • Leonard McCoy • Douglas Newman • Nourredine • Oya • Ozur • Phillips • Reenie • Rhula • Mark Rice • Roth • Rusa • Montgomery Scott • Erica Smith • Sova • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Temron • Nyota Uhura • Vernon • Williams
Referenced only: Robert April • Zefram Cochrane

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise • USS Exeter • USS Farragut • T'Lom
Referenced only: USS John Rockland

Locations

Earth (Bangkok • Boston • Georgia • London • Los Angeles • New York • San Francisco) • Izell
Referenced only: Argentina • Arizona • Chixulub crater • Colorado • England • Indonesia • Jupiter • Mexico • Morocco • Rigel • Starbase 10 • Utah • Wyoming • Yucatan

Races and cultures

Clan Ru • Human (Native American) • Klingon • Romulan • Vulcan
Referenced only: Orion • Preserver • Rigellian

States and organizations

Romulan Imperial Guard • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Vulcan High Council

Prehistoric lifeforms

Alamosaurus • ammonite • Anatotitan • Ankylosaurus • Apatosaurus • archosaur • brachiosaur • Brontosaurus • ceratopsid • cycad • Deinonychus • dinosaur • dromaeosaur • ornithichia • pachycephalosaur • Pentaceratops • pterosaur • sauropod • Stegosaurus • theropod • Thescelosaurus • titanosaur • Torosaurus • Triceratops • troodon • Tyrannosaurus rex • Utahraptor • Velociraptor

Other references

asteroid • bird • cosmic string • Cretaceous • dinosauroid • frog • Guardian of Forever • horse • Jurassic • mammal • nautilus • ostrich • paleontology • phaser • photon torpedo • reptile • salamander • Secretary of the Vulcan High Council • soul • spiker • turkey • universal translator • war game • X-ray

Information

Diane Carey wanted to call the novel Lost Frontier, a name suggested by her daughter; however this was seemingly vetoed by Pocket Books editors. (ST reference: Voyages of Imagination)

In one of his anecdotal footnotes from Danse Macabre [1], Stephen King remarked that this very same story idea was proposed by author Harlan Ellison as the subject for the first Star Trek film; the Enterprise would travel back in time to discover they were in this alternate dinosaur reality, and would have to make the moral decision whether to destroy that reality in favor of their own. The story goes that one of the producers was fascinated by the Mayan calendar, insisted that Ellison include that in the story (which he insisted had no relevance), and after some argument, Ellison walked out in a huff.

Images

Connections

First Frontier article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

published order
Previous novel: The Fearful Summons	TOS numbered novels	Next novel: The Captain's Daughter
Previous novel: The Search	Novels by: Diane Carey	Next novel: The Way of the Warrior
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Plato's Stepchildren	Pocket	Next Adventure: Wink of an Eye
Previous Adventure: Plato's Stepchildren	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: Wink of an Eye
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2268. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe:
Previous Adventure: The Escape Chapters 12, 17, 19 & 23	64,018,143 BC Chapters 23-38	Next Adventure: Spock's World Vulcan: Two

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 author      = [[Diane Carey]] & Dr. [[James I. Kirkland]]|
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-==Introduction ([[wikipedia:blurb|blurb]])==
+==Introduction==
-While testing a new [[shield]]ing device, the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] is caught in the middle of a [[Klingon]]/[[Romulan]] battle. When the ''Enterprise'' crew rescues a [[lifepod]], they are confronted by a Klingon who claims to know nothing of [[human]] existence. Convinced the Klingon is telling the truth, [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] hurries to [[Starfleet Headquarters]] in search of answers. But upon arriving on [[Earth]], the [[starship]] ''Enterprise'' crew finds that Earth is a vast jungle-like paradise where large, [[reptile|reptilian]] animals rule ... with no signs of human life anywhere. Now Kirk must travel to the past in search of the key to the mystery - or face the destruction of the human race.
+While testing a new [[shields|shielding device]], the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] is caught in the middle of a [[Klingon]]/[[Romulan]] battle. When the ''Enterprise'' crew rescues a [[lifepod]], they are confronted by a Klingon who claims to know nothing of [[human]] existence. Convinced the Klingon is telling the truth, [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] hurries to [[Starfleet Headquarters]] in search of answers. But upon arriving on [[Earth]], the [[starship]] ''Enterprise'' crew finds that Earth is a vast jungle-like paradise where large, [[reptile|reptilian]] animals rule ... with no signs of human life anywhere. Now Kirk must travel to the past in search of the key to the mystery - or face the destruction of the human race.
 ==Summary==
-==Characters==
+==References==
+===Characters===
-[[James T. Kirk]] | [[Spock]]
+:[[Aur]] • [[Dale Bannon]] • [[Gaston Barnes]] • [[Pavel Chekov]] • [[Dewey]] • [[Emmendorf]] • [[Hardy]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Louise LaCerra]] • [[Elizabeth Ling]] • [[MacGuinness]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Douglas Newman]] • [[Nourredine]] • [[Oya]] • [[Ozur]] • {{dis|Phillips|Captain}} • [[Reenie]] • [[Rhula]] • [[Mark Rice]] • {{dis|Roth|Klingon}} • [[Rusa]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Erica Smith]] • [[Sova]] • [[Spock]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Temron]] • [[Nyota Uhura]] • [[Vernon]] • {{dis|Williams|USS Enterprise}}
+{{ref}} [[Robert April]] • [[Zefram Cochrane]]
+===Starships and vehicles===
+:{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} • {{USS|Exeter|NCC-1672}} • {{USS|Farragut|NCC-1729}} • ''[[T'Lom]]''
-==References==
+{{ref}}{{USS|John Rockland}}
-===Starships===
-[[USS Exeter (NCC-1672)]] | [[USS Farragut (NCC-1647)]]
 ===Locations===
+:[[Earth]] ([[Bangkok]] • [[Boston]] • [[Georgia]] • [[London]] • [[Los Angeles]] • [[New York]] • [[San Francisco]]) • [[Izell]]
-===Species===
+{{ref}} [[Argentina]] • [[Arizona]] • [[Chixulub crater]] • [[Colorado]] • [[England]] • [[Indonesia]] • [[Jupiter]] • [[Mexico]] • [[Morocco]] • [[Rigel]] • [[Starbase 10]] • [[Utah]] • [[Wyoming]] • [[Yucatan]]
-[[Clan Ru]]
-===States and Organisations===
+===Races and cultures===
+:[[Clan Ru]] • [[Human]] ([[Native American]]) • [[Klingon]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Vulcan]]
-[[Starfleet]]
+{{ref}} [[Orion]] • {{dis|Preserver|race}} • {{dis|Rigellian|humanoid}}
-===Other===
-[[dinosaur]] | [[Guardian of Forever]]
+===States and organizations===
+:[[Romulan Imperial Guard]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[United Federation of Planets]] • [[Vulcan High Council]]
+===Prehistoric lifeforms===
+:[[Alamosaurus]] • [[ammonite]] • [[Anatotitan]] • [[Ankylosaurus]] • [[Apatosaurus]] • [[archosaur]] • [[brachiosaur]] • [[Brontosaurus]] • [[ceratopsid]] • [[cycad]] • [[Deinonychus]] • [[dinosaur]] • [[dromaeosaur]] • [[ornithichia]] • [[pachycephalosaur]] • [[Pentaceratops]] • [[pterosaur]] • [[sauropod]] • [[Stegosaurus]] • [[theropod]] • [[Thescelosaurus]] • [[titanosaur]] • [[Torosaurus]] • [[Triceratops]] • [[troodon]] • [[Tyrannosaurus rex]] • [[Utahraptor]] • [[Velociraptor]]
+===Other references===
+:[[asteroid]] • [[bird]] • [[cosmic string]] • [[Cretaceous]] • [[dinosauroid]] • [[frog]] • [[Guardian of Forever]] • [[horse]] • [[Jurassic]] • [[mammal]] • {{dis|nautilus|mollusk}} • [[ostrich]] • [[paleontology]] • [[phaser]] • [[photon torpedo]] • [[reptile]] • [[salamander]] • [[Secretary of the Vulcan High Council]] • [[soul]] • [[spiker]] • [[turkey]] • [[universal translator]] • [[war game]] • [[X-ray]]
 ==Information==
-*Diane Carey wanted to call the novel ''Lost Frontier'', a name suggested by her daughter; however this was seemingly vetoed by [[Pocket Books]] editors. ([[Star Trek|''ST'']] [[Reference Book|reference]]: ''[[Voyages of Imagination]]'')
+* Diane Carey wanted to call the novel ''Lost Frontier'', a name suggested by her daughter; however this was seemingly vetoed by [[Pocket Books]] editors. ({{r|ST|Voyages of Imagination}})
+* In one of his anecdotal footnotes from Danse Macabre [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre_%28book%29], Stephen King remarked that this very same story idea was proposed by author [[Harlan Ellison]] as the subject for the first Star Trek film; the ''Enterprise'' would travel back in time to discover they were in this alternate dinosaur reality, and would have to make the moral decision whether to destroy that reality in favor of their own.  The story goes that one of the producers was fascinated by the [[Mayan calendar]], insisted that Ellison include that in the story (which he insisted had no relevance), and after some argument, Ellison walked out in a huff.
-==Related Stories==
-==Images==
+===Images===
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-==Reviews==
 ==Connections==
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