 Cover of the 2000 novel Wagon Train to the Stars. | |
Challenger (2000) | |
| Author | Various |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
| Published | 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| No. of books | 6 |
| Preceded by | My Brother's Keeper |
| Followed by | The Eugenics Wars |
| Website | startrekbooks |
Star Trek: New Earth is a series of interlinked novels inspired by Gene Roddenberry's original pitch for Star Trek: "Wagon train to the stars."[1] Created by John J. Ordover, the novels follow the crew of the Enterprise as they escort a colonial expedition into a hostile region of unexplored space.
The novels occur during the second five-year mission, sometime between the episode "Turnabout Intruder" and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The series was intended to be the springboard for a flagship new book line similar to Star Trek: New Frontier, called Star Trek: Challenger.[2]
- ^ "Gene Roddenberry's Western in space". Newsweek. January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ Ayers, Jeff (November 14, 2006). Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion. New York: Pocket Books. pp. 430–433. ISBN 9781416503491.