Stone and Anvil

Part of Peter David's Star Trek: New Frontier series of novels released by Pocket Books. Book 14

Summary
From the book jacket:


 * Fans of Peter David's best selling New Frontier saga have been eagerly awaiting a new adventure featuring Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, Captain Elizabeth Shelby, and the crews of the Starships Excalibur and Trident. Now at last Calhoun and Shelby return in an exciting page-turner the explores the past of both captains - while simultaneously confronting them with a perilous dilemma in the present.


 * A crewman has been murdered aboard the USS Trident, and all evidence points to Ensign Janos of the Excalibur. Calhoun is reluctant to accept that Janos, a powerful non-humanoid whom the captain has known and trusted for years, could be a killer an 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 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.

Memorable Quotes
"I couldn't exactly see myself running a school for gifted youngsters."
 * - Picard, on Starfleet Academy
 * This refers to Patrick Stewart's role in .

"This may take longer than half an hour."
 * - Captain Calhoun, to Captain Shelby after discovering the body of Lt Cmdr Gleau

Background Information

 * The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.
 * The first printing of the hardcover came with a CD-ROM containing eBooks of all the New Frontier novels to date.

Main

 * Captain Mackenzie Calhoun
 * Captain Elizabeth Shelby


 * Robin Lefler
 * Doctor Selar
 * Zak Kebron
 * Xyon
 * Soleta, Vulcan.
 * Si Cwan - Thallonian.
 * Kallinda Cwan
 * Kat Mueller

Other

 * M'Ress


 * Arex
 * Gleau
 * Morgan Primus
 * Mick Gold
 * Romeo Takahashi
 * Burgoyne 172
 * Xy
 * Lyla

Chronology

 * 2376 (with a look-back to the years 2354-2357)