Crossover

Crossover is definitely one of Michael Jan Friedman's best Trek stories. Given that he is the most prolific of the many Trek authors, he has attained a level in writing these stories that is both fluid and highly intriguing. Taking cues from a few different Star Trek The Next Generation episodes, where Star Trek The Original Series characters are brought into the twenty fourth century, Michael Jan Friedman carefully crafts a well told STNG story around them.The premise:As fans of Star Trek The Next Generation learned in "Reunification part II" Ambassador Spock decided to stay on Romulus to help teach members of the Reunification movement the ways of Vulcans. While on a trip to one of the Romulan Star Empires outlying worlds to instruct Reunificationists in the ways of Surak, Spock is captured by that world's governor. Fortunately for Spock, the governor doesn't initially know who he has in his possession.As Starfleet learns of Ambassador Spocks capture, they dispatch the Enterprise commanded by Captain Jean Luc Picard, to negotiate the release of the Reunificationists, while hopefully not revealing that Spock is among them. To help with this effort they send along Admiral McCoy, who has become quite the stodgy old curmudgeon. Listening in on this communiqué is Scotty. Scotty, with the help of the shuttlecraft gifted to him by Captain Picard, deftly swipes a Constitution class museum starship and heads off for the Romulan neutral zone himself.What ensues is certainly one of the best Star Trek hardbacks with a solid plot that is both intriguing and enthralling. I highly recommend this novel to any and all Star Trek fans, especially since the author cleverly blends members of the twenty third century Original Series into a Star Trek The Next Generation story. The abridged audio tape version, read by Jonathan Frakes is exceptional and well appreciated as it helps three hours go by quite quickly on the highway. Also to be appreciated is the cover art, which is better than a lot of others in this genre. {ssintrepid}

Star Trek - The Next Generation Crossover written by Michael Jan Friedman is a combination book of characters from TOS and TNG. This character-driven book has twists and turns typical to some of the best TREK as the outcome of the story really hinges upon cooperation from the intermixed crew members.The book revolves around Spock as he has been captured with a group of unificationists on Constanthus one of the Romulan Empire's outer worlds. Fearful that the Romulans might extract knowledge of the Federation, the plot thickens as the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew get a call from Commodore Edrich informing Captain Jean-Luc Picard that the Enterprise and Picard specificly must secure the release of Spock and the hostages. Not to leave anything to chance, Commodore Edrich informs Picard that a consultant is on the way... someone who is still in Starfleet that knows Spock like the back of his hand.Enter into the fray Admiral Leonard H. McCoy who is all of 145 and has slow down a little but he still has that razor-sharp mind and is hell-bent on getting Spock back to the Federation. Well, if McCoy isn't enough, Scotty is crusing around the Alpha Quadrant in a shuttle and over hears the message that Spock is in trouble. Our favorite engineer has plans for a rescue of his own and purloins a one-hundred year old Constitution class starship from an archival exhibition and is on his way. Now, we know the McCoy can be a little short fused at times, as Picard wants to look at the situation for all angles, McCoy pulls rank and trys to negotiate with the Romulans. Of course, the Romulans won't have any part in the negotiations as we see both that it will take a combination of old and new crews to work together to spring Spock.What is also interesting in this book is how Spock has been working the underground movement to reunite the two worlds of common ancestry. When you read this book you'll understand more of the "why" in Spock's effort to bring the Romulans and Vulcans closer together. The book moves quickly and the plot lines are good. The character-driven narrative will captivate you as you read on to see what happens next.

Croosover is one of those books that you can't put down. (I finished it in two days.) It was a page turner that kept you the edge of your pants and you never wanted it to stop. The story revoles around spock. He is working on his mission for Unifiing (sp) the Vulcans and the Romulans. He gets captured by the romulans and he find out that it was because of a spy. (I'm not going to tell you who because it would ruin the book for you.) Starfleet finds this out and sends the Enterprise-D to negotiate the Unificationist's release. They send a rep to help. That rep is Admiral Leonard H. McCoy. Meanwhile Scotty (Who is flying around in his shuttle) overhears the messege from Starfleet and he divises his own rescue plan. It is the various plotlines and characters the keep you reading. I grade it *Burns a five on to the side of a cow* A FIVE! By the way, if you were wondering what the best ST novel I have read. It is "Fallen Heroes" (ST: DS9 book no. 5)

In Star Trek: The Next Generation - Crossover McCoy, Spock, & Scotty are back. The story is a sequel to the episode 'Unification', but it has two other TOS characters as well. The story starts with Spock leading a band of reunificationists on a mission to a planet in the Romulan Star Empire. Spock and his band are soon captured. McCoy is brought onboard the Enterprise D for negotiations and Scotty goes on his own rescue attempt. Other things include a visit to the U. S. S. Yorktown, a small appearance of the Romulan boy, D'vin (from 'Unification'), and yet another sight of Romulan Politics.

I thought it was really cool how Scott stole the Yorktown right out from under Starfleets nose. And at the end when Spock had an emotional act(the jail Break. All in all a Really good book.