The Fire and the Rose
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| Author(s): | David R. George III |
| Artist(s): | John Picacio |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TOS Crucible #2 |
| Published: | 28 November 2006 |
| Pages: | 384 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (1930, 2267, 2269-2270, 2285, 2293-2312) |
| Reference: | ISBN 0743491696 |
The second book in a trilogy marking the 40th anniversary of Star Trek, focusing on the character of Spock.
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[edit] Summary
- From the book jacket
- IN A SINGLE MOMENT... the lives of three men will be forever changed. In that split second, defined paradoxically by both salvation and loss, they will destroy the world and then restore it. Much has come before , and much more would come after, but nothing would color their lives more than that one, isolated incident on the edge of forever.
- IN A SINGLE MOMENT... Spock, displaced in time, watches his closest friend heed his advice by allowing the love of his life to die in a tragic accident, thereby preserving Earth's history. Returning to the present , however, Spock confronts other such crises, and chooses instead to willfully alter the past. Challenged by the thorny demands of his logic, he will have to find a way to face his conflicting decisions.
- IN A SINGLE MOMENT... that stays with Spock, he preserved the timeline at the cost of Jim Kirk's happiness. Now, the death of that Friend will cause Spock to reexamine the fundamental choices he has made for his own life. Unwilling to accept his feelings of loss and regret, he will seek what has previously eluded him: complete mastery of his emotions. But while his quest for perfect geometry of total logic will move him beyond his remorse, another loss will bring him full circle to once more face the fire he has never embraced.
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[edit] Memorable Quotes
[edit] Background Information
- An extract from this novel appeared in Star Trek Magazine issue 130.
[edit] Characters
- Spock
- Sarek
- Amanda Grayson
- Leonard McCoy
- James T. Kirk
- Edith Keeler
- Federation President Ra-ghoretreii
- Ambassador Tremontaine
- Commander Thelin
- T'Vora
[edit] References
| Previous novel: #1: Provenance of Shadows | Novels Pocket TOS Crucible | Next novel: #3: The Star to Every Wandering |
