Bringing back an old game - Name the TrekLit Quote

[The Nth Doctor]

Oh, sweet! It was a guess, but a logical one. It's been years since I've read those books, so I wasn't even sure which one to guess.

"Riker remembered a time when he had gone mountain climbing at the age of fourteen, explicityly against his father's orders...or pehraps, if truth be known, precisely because his father had forbidden it. He'd been halfway up a particularly hazardous peak when his pitons had ripped loose from where they'd been wedged into the rock surface. Riker had swung outward, dangling, one thin rope preventing him from plunging to his death. The moments until his climbing partner had been able to reel Riker in and help him get re-anchored had been fraught with tension."

 

[Man of Steel]

Deny Thy Father

 

[KRAD]

A Rock and a Hard Place by Peter David.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Nope on both counts.

 

[William Leisner]

A Time to Kill, perhaps?

 

[Trent Roman]

Fortune's Light? I recall that one had flashbacks to a younger Riker.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Again, no on both counts.

And now that we've hit the books I figured people would guess, hopefully someone will get on the right track.

 

[William Leisner]

^ So now we should guess books we wouldn't guess?

Okay, then: Spock Must Die!

 

[DarkHorizon]

Taking Wing, possibly?

 

[BrotherBenny]

I think Bill Leisner was close. A Time to Heal?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Nope, nope, and nope.

And Bill? I didn't mean that far off the beaten path!

 

[trampledamage]

Random guess time

Generations?

 

[21Spike65]

Something about this quote sounds familiar...

I'm going to guess Double Helix Book Five: Double or Nothing

 

[JD]

A Time to Love.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Nope, nope, and nope, although 21Spike65 is somewhat on the right track.

 

[Defcon]

Nope, nope, and nope, although 21Spike65 is somewhat on the right track.

So it's New Frontier, I guess. Let's see which books had the Enterprise crew?

Since it was their first appearance:

House of Cards

 

[The Nth Doctor]

We have a winner!

Yes, Riker reflected on that memory to compare to the tension he felt when he entered the briefing room to discuss the collapse of the Thallonian Empire.

Your turn.

 

[Defcon]

Nice.

Here's a new one:

Starring out of the viewports into the void surrounding his vessel, he knew his anger would soon fade. Eventually he would refocus his energies on whatever challenge or obstacle presented itself. But even as the Enterprise surged forward through the vast expanse of space, James Kirk felt the seeds of pain, shame, and hate planted within the center of his own heart, dragging him backward into the chaos of rage and despair.
He could only hope that, one day, the dream of peace between his people and the Klingons could be accomplished before the dark emotions he harbored finally engulfed him.

 

[Christopher]

Timetrap by David Dvorkin?

 

[Defcon]

No.