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Coming July 2013: STAR TREK ENTERPRISE — RISE OF THE FEDERATION

The cover art with Archer is Okay I thought some other Enterprise characters might appear on the cover. I expected to see the Federation banner on the cover.The story is what I'm interested in reading. The story is what I've been wanting find out what happens next to the Enterprise characters since Romulan war has ended.
 
Kind of a bland cover, but not unexpected given recent trends. I figured they'd probably put a shot of Bakula up there, though I was kind of hoping that they'd have taken the time to Photoshop a new Starfleet uniform onto him instead. I'm curious to see the design Christopher came up with.
 
Christopher said:
JD said:
Honestly, I think the cover for Beneath The Raptor's Wing would have been pretty good for this.
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Except that Archer's in an Earth Starfleet uniform there, and T'Pau and Gral are not in RotF:ACoF.

Granted, Archer's in an Earth Starfleet dress uniform on the ACoF cover, rather than the Federation Starfleet uniform he wears in the novel, but it's the uniform he wore at the UFP founding in TATV, so at least it's from the same decade.
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Ah, never mind then. As the author you would know better than I would.
I just thought something that represented the whole Federation, rather than just Earth could be more appropriate.
 
The cover blurb for A Choice of Futures is finally up on the S&S page:

A new nation has arisen from the ashes of the Romulan War: the United Federation of Planets, an unprecedented union of diverse species cooperating for the good of all. Admiral Jonathan Archer—the former captain of the Earth starship Enterprise, whose efforts made this union possible—envisions a vibrant Federation promoting galactic peace and a multispecies Starfleet dedicated to exploring strange new worlds. Archer’s former crewmates, including Captain T’Pol of the U.S.S. Endeavour and Captain Malcolm Reed of the U.S.S. Pioneer, work with him to secure that bright future. Yet others within the Federation see its purpose as chiefly military, a united defense against a dangerous galaxy, while some of its neighbors view that military might with suspicion and fear. And getting the member nations, their space fleets, and even their technologies to work together as a unified whole is an ongoing challenge.

When a new threat emerges from a force so alien and hostile that negotiation seems impossible, a group of unaligned worlds asks Starfleet to come to its defense, and the Federation’s leaders seize the opportunity to build their reputation as an interstellar power. But Archer fears the conflict is building toward an unnecessary war, potentially taking the young nation down a path it was never meant to follow. Archer and his allies strive to find a better solution...but old foes are working secretly to sabotage their efforts and ensure that the great experiment called the Federation comes to a quick and bloody end.
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Ooh, I love that blurb. I'm even more excited for this now than I was before. I guess that's what a good blurb is meant to do!
 
Christopher said:
The cover blurb for A Choice of Futures is finally up on the S&S page:

A new nation has arisen from the ashes of the Romulan War: the United Federation of Planets, an unprecedented union of diverse species cooperating for the good of all. Admiral Jonathan Archer—the former captain of the Earth starship Enterprise, whose efforts made this union possible—envisions a vibrant Federation promoting galactic peace and a multispecies Starfleet dedicated to exploring strange new worlds. Archer’s former crewmates, including Captain T’Pol of the U.S.S. Endeavour and Captain Malcolm Reed of the U.S.S. Pioneer, work with him to secure that bright future. Yet others within the Federation see its purpose as chiefly military, a united defense against a dangerous galaxy, while some of its neighbors view that military might with suspicion and fear. And getting the member nations, their space fleets, and even their technologies to work together as a unified whole is an ongoing challenge.

When a new threat emerges from a force so alien and hostile that negotiation seems impossible, a group of unaligned worlds asks Starfleet to come to its defense, and the Federation’s leaders seize the opportunity to build their reputation as an interstellar power. But Archer fears the conflict is building toward an unnecessary war, potentially taking the young nation down a path it was never meant to follow. Archer and his allies strive to find a better solution...but old foes are working secretly to sabotage their efforts and ensure that the great experiment called the Federation comes to a quick and bloody end.
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:techman:Great Synopsis this is the type of story I've wanted to see for the Enterprise crew.I'm glad T'Pol is still in Starfleet and that she and Malcolm are Captains of their own ships.Sounds like a terrific story.I can't wait to finally get to read this book and find out what happened to the rest of the Enterprise crew .Space Exploration being explored in this novel is nice to see again.Now that Archer is an Admiral it will be nice to see how he handles not being command of a ship anymore and dealing with diplomats and the founding of the federation and this alien threat.
 
Sounds exciting! I'm ridiculously pleased to see that Reed has become a captain. I hope we'll also get updates on Phlox, Hoshi and Mayweather, too. And it'll be interesting to see how Trip fits into the story, if at all.
 
Story sounds great and I hope it is the beginning of a new series. The promotions are cool news, indeed. Looking forward to reading this during the summer.
 
A question concerning the ranks. Shouldn't Archer be a Commodore? We know from First Flight that rank is used in the 22nd century. Also, as I recall Reed's rank was Lt. Commander in the last Romulan War book, and now he's a Captain? Or is his actual rank still Lt. Commander (or possibly full Commander) but he's called Captain Reed because he now commands a ship?

Yeah, I know I should wait until the book comes out and these will likely be explained.
 
The Wormhole said:
A question concerning the ranks. Shouldn't Archer be a Commodore? We know from First Flight that rank is used in the 22nd century. Also, as I recall Reed's rank was Lt. Commander in the last Romulan War book, and now he's a Captain? Or is his actual rank still Lt. Commander (or possibly full Commander) but he's called Captain Reed because he now commands a ship?
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Keep in mind that the last time we definitely see Archer as a captain in the novels is in November 2160, a few months after the war ends. In the chapter of To Brave the Storm that depicts the Federation's founding ceremony, Archer's rank is not mentioned, nor is anybody else's. (TATV doesn't count since the books have treated it as a historically inaccurate reconstruction.) RotF:ACoF begins in September 2162, nearly two years after Archer was last referred to as a captain. So there's been time for these characters to go through more than one change in rank.

This was intentional. I didn't want to pick up exactly where the previous book left off. I wanted there to be enough of a break between The Romulan War and Rise of the Federation that I could make a fresh start, that this would clearly be the beginning of a new era. So there's been time for a fair amount of change in the characters' lives since the last time you saw them -- not unlike the transition from TOS/TAS to TMP, or from TMP to TWOK. When you pick up this book, you'll find that most of the characters are in new positions -- sometimes just the same job on a different ship, sometimes a more significant change.
 
This synopsis sounds great... really looking forward to this one!

Christopher said:
RotF:ACoF begins in September 2162, nearly two years after Archer was last referred to as a captain. So there's been time for these characters to go through more than one change in rank.
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I was actually a bit put off that Reed somehow managed to get to Captain already, but when you put it like this, I guess I'm good with it. TBH, I had completely forgotten the lieutenant commander reference from To Brave the Storm that The Wormhole mentioned... I thought last we had seen him, he was still a lieutenant. (I was also under the seemingly incorrect impression that United Earth Starfleet didn't have a lieutenant commander rank...)
 
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