The Flight of the Eagle

You may be looking for the K/S story Eagle in Flight.

Zine
Title:	The Flight of the Eagle
Publisher:	Bristol Star Fleet Registry
Editor:
Author(s):	Jacqueline Y. Comben
Cover Artist(s):	Rod Summers
Illustrator(s):	Rod Summers
Date(s):	April 1985
Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
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front cover, Rod Summers

The Flight of the Eagle is a gen Star Trek: TOS 72-page novel by Jacqueline Y. Comben. It has a sequel called Xet.

The first print run was 200. The art is by Rod Summers.

Some copies were printed on only one side of the paper: "[This zine] has been reprinted with corrections & is now out of print. If buying 2nd hand, the corrected version is thinner due to the original having been printed on one side of the paper by a foolish printer!"

Summary

The novel portrays events immediately following the final scene from the third Star Trek movie, "The Search for Spock."

From the Flyer

This is Jacqueline's first published novel and follows immediately on from the final scene of ST3. Kirk and crew have broken every regulation in the book. Now on Vulcan with a re-born Spock they must return to Earth and Starfleet Command. To what? A Court Martial? Dishonourable Discharge? Imprisonment? - Or to a new adventure in the time honoured tradition of TREK. We think you'll like the answer.

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Reactions and Reviews

Someone down there must know a thing or two about primary colours and its attraction to the eye, for this is what drew me to your pales table at SOL III in May, and what a pleasure on opening the zine to find such beautiful lay-out and, most important, such pristine clear print. Too many zines by other clubs make the printing so small as to give one a bad case of myopia, so it was a great relief to know that I would not have to screw my eyes up to start this good 'read'. From start to finish the pace of this story never let up. This is my favourite type of 'Action and Adventure.' Every character in 'Eagle' was believable and well rounded with none of the 'silliness' one finds in other zines. The illos were very good but not needed too much as I dust flicked them over to get on with the story. I'm not overly keen on one story zines, but if you publish any more like this one I may change my mind. Now here's a strange thing; I like THICK, CHUNKY, HEAVY zines and always go for these rather than the slim-jim zines. Odd though it seems, you feel you are getting your money's worth. So keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your love of Star Trek with me.

A story set after the events in TSFS dealing with Kirk & Co's return to Earth and how he gets off the hook. The crew set out on a mission of espionage. This is a nicely written story with good characterisation. It is well thought out and you get two stories for the price of one!