Country United States Publication date July 2000 Pages 283 pp Preceded by Rough Trails Publisher Pocket Books | Language English Media type Print (paperback) Originally published July 2000 Followed by Thin Air Genres Novel, Science Fiction | |
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Series Star Trek: New Earth
Star Trek: The Original Series Similar Works by Jerry Oltion, Star Trek: New Earth books, Novels | ||
The Flaming Arrow is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Kathy Oltion and Jerry Oltion.
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Synopsis
Belle Terre is a new human colony set up on a vitally strategic new planet far from Federation space. Because of its distance from the Federation, the Enterprise, captained by, in order to secure their rights to the planet's valuable minerals.
Inspiration
In Voyages of Imagination, both Kathy Oltion and Jerry Oltion remarked on the idea behind the story: "We had to work within the constraints of the overarching six-book plot, but we had pretty much free rein to tell whatever story we wanted within that framework. We wanted something that fit the frontier motif, but still had the techie aspects of a Star Trek story. Since our book was number four out of six, we figured any parallel with North American history would put us at about the 'attack on the fort' phase, which led to the idea of flaming arrows, and from there it was a simple jump to laser beams, and from there to one great BIG laser beam. And since the Enterprise can travel faster than light, we had the ultimate ticking clock, and the rest of the story fell into place from there."