Introduction (blurb)[]
A crewman has been murdered aboard the USS Trident, and all evidence points to Ensign Janos of the USS Excalibur-A. Captain Mackenzie Calhoun is reluctant to accept that Janos, a powerful non-humanoid whom the captain has known and trusted for years, could be a killer, and immediately launches an investigation into the crime. But this troubling murder mystery soon escalates into a full-fledged diplomatic crisis that threatens to pit Calhoun and Captain Elizabeth Shelby against the entire United Federation of Planets -- and the Starship Enterprise™.
Meanwhile, the turmoil involving Ensign Janos forces Calhoun to recall his own tempestuous past, his rocky relationship with a young Elizabeth Shelby -- and a long-ago exploit that may have everything to do with the deadly emergency that now confronts them all!
Summary[]
Information[]
References[]
Characters[]
- Marius Bethom • Bialer • B'ndri • Boothby • Bragonier • Burgoyne 172 • Mackenzie Calhoun • Christopher • Clarke • C'n'daz • Crown • Data • Theresa Detwiler • D'ndai • Arex Na Eth • Fitzhugh • Gleau • Leanne Gold • Mick Gold • Gribble • Harrison • Heisenberg • Janos • Edward Jellico • Kalinda • Zak Kebron • Joshua Kemper • Langdon • Lawford • Robin Lefler • Little • Lyla • Craig Mitchell • M'Ress • Kat Mueller • Alynna Nechayev • Morgan Primus • Selar • Elizabeth Shelby • Soleta • Spock • Romeo Takahashi • Travers • Tulan • Villers • Vincent Wexler • Ray Williams • Worf • Xyon • Yarborough
- Referenced only
- Raymond Chandler • Zefram Cochrane • Elvis Cole • Max Allan Collins • Robert Crais • Si Cwan • Garth of Izar • Mick Gold • Dashiell Hammett • Nate Heller • Dixon Hill • James T. Kirk • Malloy • Margolin • Philip Marlowe • Leonard McCoy • Mark McHenry • Montgomery Scott • Sam Spade • Sullivan • Hikaru Sulu • Tracy Tormé • Mark Twain • Lewis Zimmerman
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
- Alpha Sigma IX • Altair VI • Arena of Challenge • Danter • Daystrom Institute • Neural • Platonis • Poseidonis • Qandis • Ridge Mountains • Sector 21306 • Starbase 6 • Talos IV • Titan • Ultis • Xenex
Races and cultures[]
- Brikar • Caitian • Hermat • Human • Klingon • Selelvian • Triexian • Vulcan • Xenexian
- Referenced only
- Beings • Danteri • Horta • Romulan • Thallonian • Tholian
States and organizations[]
Science and technology[]
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Other references[]
- bahoon • crime • Ex astris, scientia • gerbil • grozit • Jefferies tube • Kobayashi Maru scenario • mugato • murder • technology • tribble • weapon • year
Appendices[]
Connections[]
- Stone and Anvil article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Gods Above |
New Frontier numbered novels | Next novel: After the Fall |
| Previous story: A Little Getaway No Limits |
Stories by: Peter David |
Next story: Stone Cold Truths Tales of the Dominion War |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Live Fast and Prosper |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: Rising Son Chapter 15 |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2376. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 2 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous Pocket adventure: Lefler's Logs 1st to 8th entries No Limits Previous MB adventure: Family History Section 1 Star Trek: Explorer |
2354 "Then": Chapters 1 - 13 |
Next adventure: Breakaway Starfleet Academy |
| Previous Pocket adventure: Red Sector Chapters 7 - 10 Double Helix Previous MB adventure: Fearful Symmetry Side Two: Chapter 3, section 4 |
2358 "Then": Chapters 14 - 20 |
Next adventure: Mosaic Chapter 18 |
Translations[]
- 2015
- German : Stein und Amboss, translated by Helga Parmiter. (Cross Cult)