The Edge is the second book in the Starfleet Academy series. A young adult novel, by Rudy Josephs, the book was published by Simon Spotlight in both trade paperback and hardcover formats in January 2011.
Publisher's description[]
- From the back cover
- A new beginning - but the same old problems.
- Jim Kirk arrives at Starfleet Academy ready to take on whatever challenges arise. Most new beginnings mean you get to start with a clean slate, but Kirk quickly discovers that he is already infamous among his classmates. Thanks to his bravado and boasting that he'll finish the four-year program in three, they've already made up their minds about kind of rival he is ... and how they will beat him.
- The Academy's program is extremely rigorous and uncompromising. The students are the best and the brightest, and the school demands total commitment from them - physically and mentally. Kirk is ready for it all, but he didn't expect that some cadets will do anything to ensure they succeed at the Academy, no matter the cost.
- He soon finds that his best friend, McCoy, is one of the main suspects in an Academy misconduct investigation for crimes that could cost the lives of his classmates. Kirk is determined to clear McCoy's name and unmask the dark side of Academy life - before it's too late.
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Characters[]
- Karin Andros • Richard Bennett • Bjorta • Crayton • Charles Griffin • Halston • Jackson • James T. Kirk • Monica Lynne • Leonard McCoy • Marta Peteque • Schaeffer • Spock • Thanas • Nyota Uhura • Warde
- Referenced only
- Gaila • George Kirk • Winona Kirk • Christopher Pike
Locations[]
- Baker Beach • Earth • Golden Gate Bridge • Mojave Desert • Mount Davidson • Presidio • San Francisco • San Francisco Bay • Sausalito • Starfleet Academy campus
- Referenced only
- Africa • Glakota • Iowa • Jupiter • Luna • Narudian IV • Risa • Riverside • Rome • Suraya Bay • Vulcan
Starships and vehicles[]
- shuttle
- Referenced only
- Chevrolet Sting Ray • USS Coronado • USS Exeter • USS Kelvin
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Medical • United Federation of Planets • United States of America
- Referenced only
- University of Mississippi • Vulcan Science Academy
Science and technology[]
- alien • antenna • antivenom • autopsy • biobed • blood • bone • booby-trap • chemical analysis • communicator • congenital insensitivity to pain • emergency flare • engine • hair • hypospray • inertial dampener • internal organ • kilometer • light • machine • medical scanner • medical science • medical tricorder • meter • microsurgery • minute • monitor • moving sidewalk • muscle • nerve fiber • operation • PADD • phaser • scanner • second • snakebite • starship • star • stun-mine • supernova • surgery • time • touch screen • transporter • tricorder • tri-laser microscalpel • turbolift • ultrasound • universe • white dwarf • X-ray
Ranks and titles[]
- Academy dean • admiral • cadet • captain • commander • criminal • doctor • engineer • enlisted • freshman • girlfriend • instructor • medical student • officer • plebeian • professor • roommate • senior medical officer • senior officer • surgeon • upperclassman
Other references[]
- Andorian language • angel • bar fight • belt • Betazoid language • campus • city • day • Denobulan language • desert • Desert Survival Course • diagnostic report • dialect • dinner party • dirt • emotion • funeral • gossip • graduation • gym • halo • horse • Interspecies Protocol • iron • kiss • klaxon • Klingon language • Kobayashi Maru scenario • language • marathon • month • nap • observation deck • planet • quarter • red alert • Risian Rainbow • rock • Romulan language • school • semester • shrub • skirt • snake • soil • sports field • technology • Tellarite language • trench • uniform • uniform pants • war • week • xenolinguistics • year • zit
Appendices[]
Related stories[]
Background[]
- The book was first announced when a listing for it, as "Starfleet Academy Untitled Paperback #1", appeared on Simon and Schuster's website in January 2010. The listing suggested it, along with "Starfleet Academy Untitled Paperback #2", would be published as a trade paperback in November 2010.[1]. Rudy Josephs was listed as the author in February 2010[2]. In March 2010 the website TrekMovie.com confirmed the book would be set in the Kelvin timeline, depicting the characters' time at Starfleet Academy[3] Later in March the Simon and Schuster listings were updated, listing the book in both trade paperback, and hardcover, as well as ebook[4]. In May 2010 the Simon and Schuster listings were updated once more, the working title of The Competitive Edge was listed, but the book was moved back to January 2011, with The Delta Anomaly, which had previously been listed as "Starfleet Academy Untitled Paperback #2" becoming the first book in the series, remaining at the November 2010 release date[5]. In August 2010 another update to Simon and Schuster's website changed the title to the shorter form of, The Edge.
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Timeline[]
| published order | ||
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| Previous novel: The Delta Anomaly |
Starfleet Academy novels | Next novel: The Gemini Agent |
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| Previous adventure: Not yet placed |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Not yet placed |
Translations[]
- 2012
- German : Die Grenze, translated by Stephanie Pannen. (Cross Cult)
External link[]
- The Edge article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.