The New Frontier

By: Peter David

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Sector 221-G: For the whole of Federation history, this large
area of space has been controlled by the Thallonians, a cruel,
militaristic race of which little is knownexcept that they rule
the other races in their sector with vicious iron hand.

Now the Thallonian Empire has collapsed and the systems it once
ruled are in chaos. Old hatreds are surfacing. Petty tyrants
control deadly weapons. World after world is descending into
disorder and self-destruction. The Federation must send a
starship to help where it can and report what it finds.

That ship is the U.S.S. Excalibur, a newly refit Ambassador-class
starship commanded by Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and manned by
Starfleet's best and brightest, including some old friends from
Star Trek: The Next Generation and some of the most dynamic new
characters ever to crew a Federation starship.

Join Captain Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur as they
explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new
civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before!© and (P)1997 Paramount Pictures, All Rights Reserved; AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.

Good stories, poor execution

The halting speech patterns grew annoying about half way through. The "accents" made it worse. But, I love Star Trek, so I put up with the short comings.

Great Star Trek

I really enjoyed this audible performance. I found the narration was excellent in my opinion. Some reviews didn't like the voices the narrator used but I thought they were great. The story was star trek you could visualize the story and characters. They used some musical scores which were ok not overly loud. I have the 4 book omnibus which I haven't yet read but it is my next book, it looks to have a bit more to it so I look forward to reading it. If you choose this star trek audible I think you will enjoy it.

Great book/Annoying Reading

I've read the book before and loved it. It was awesome to hear the story come to life. I did however get annoyed with the way the reader used his voice for some of the characters. Especially the main Character, Mac. Having pauses as they speak almost had me turn it off.

A good introduction to the New Frontier Franchise

While this audio recording is an abridgement of four books it tells a very cohesive story. Everything that happens fits the story and unless you read the original four books you would be hard pressed to see what was cut out. The use of star trek sound effects was done carefully here so it wasn't overwhelming or annoying but instead added a good accent on a scene and the Joe Morton the narrator did an excellent job on the voices.

Treated as its own work it tells a fun adventure of the Federation sending a ship and crew into a region where the Federation was rarely allowed to go before. With the region becoming politically unstable the story does an excellent job explaining why the Federation cares enough to investigate further and why they send this particular crew. The entire thing feels at once like a series pilot for a tv show and as a singular story and that is impressive.

I felt the cast had a wonderful chemistry and the setting interesting and the story works. It certainly makes me want to read more of the New Frontier series.

Oh my stars and garters! - F.L. Smith, Jr.

Loved this 1st introduction of the New Frontier; the characters are unique and yet still familiar. Peter David just blows me away with his writing. Joe Morton has always been more than "Poppa Pope"! I wish that this had been the unabridged version!