Enterprise Betrayed
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| Title: | Enterprise Betrayed |
| Publisher: | Enterprise Betrayed |
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| Author(s): | Steven H. Wilson |
| Cover Artist(s): | Steven H. Wilson |
| Illustrator(s): | no interior illustration |
| Date(s): | 1997 |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Enterprise Betrayed is a 185-page gen Star Trek: TOS novel by Steven H. Wilson.
It was edited by Beverly Volker.
While it was published in 1997, the author states in the introduction that he began it in 1982.
Part of a Trilogy
- Enterprise Regained (1984)
- Enterprise Lost (1985)
- Enterprise Betrayed (1997)
Summary
Summary from the publisher:
James T.Kirk is dead, and, in the wake of the treaty with Khitomer, Starfleet is being downsized. The Federation has formed an alliance with an ages-old enemy, and a powerful Starfleet is not a priority any longer. Against this backdrop, Saavik, now science officer on the Excelsior, is confronted with a life-or-death crisis which forces her to reveal a secret she's kept for a decade. Coming to her aid, McCoy, Spock and Carol Marcus find that Saavik's welfare and Starfleet's imperatives for the safety of the Federation are at odds. Starfleet's most revered officers may be forced to break its laws, and face theends of their careers. At the center of it all is Starfleet Intelligence Agent Terrence Metcalfe, Captain Sulu's protee, and a man mysteriously joined to Saavik in a mental bond neither can explain. Buried deep in Metcalfe's mind, Spock find clues leading them to the Guardian of Forever, and then onward, to a place called the Nexus.
Author's Introduction
Why? you ask. Okay, maybe I'm being defensive. Maybe you don't wonder what possessed me to write a fanzine novel again, after ten years of climbing the pro-writing ladder (and still being on about the second rung!)Maybe I wonder.
But then, I do know the answer — simply for the enjoyment of it. I started out in fanzine writing. My first written work as an adult was a Star Trek novella — Enterprise Regained, the forerunner of the story you hold in your hands. (Haven't read Enterprise Regained or Enterprise Lost? Shame on you! Order them from me [address redacted]. Then this story might make sense, but I make no promises.) I published that novella as a zine, sold it at local cons, and stumbled into the world of Fandom.
Fifteen years later, I'm still here. I've met some wonderful people in Fandom -- married one of them, made lasting friends of many of the others. Marion McChesney made me part of the Clippercon committee, Bev Volker (Nana, to my son, Ethan) made me part of the zine community, and Howard Weinstein and Bob Greenberger dragged me into DC Comics and Starlog. Jan Davies introduced me to Renee Volker, now Wilson, who's been beside me for the entire, crazy ride.
I've had the chance to write, direct and act with Cheap Treks, meet actors I've idolized since childhood, call charity auctions till my voice was raspy, DJ Ten Forward dances, and, for the last five years, call the shots for Farpoint, a Baltimore SF media con which I co-founded, and of which I'm inordinately proud.
But, somewhere along the way, I abandoned writing for love, and tried to do it only for money. I worked on the same Next Gen novel for five years, trying to sell it to pocket. I wrote countless comic proposals, getting fewer checks than rejection notices. I tried to market children's book manuscripts, and I got an agent and wrote a still-unsold screenplay. I was not having fun.
Last year, I decided that frustrating part of my life was coming to an end. From now on, I'm going to write only what I want to. If there's a market for it, great. Some of my stuff will be professional, some fan. That's why you're holding this novel. I started a story in 1982, and never finished it. Now it's finished, and I hope you enjoy it
Even if you don't, hell — it's just good to be home.