Origins
According to David "The basic concept was John Ordover's, as was the notion of using several already existing characters. I fleshed out the concept and created the original characters."
First published in 1997 as a serial consisting of four short novels, New Frontier is set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, but in the wholly unexplored Sector 221-G, home of the recently fallen Thallonian Empire.
Starting the series with a combination of new characters and former Next Generation guest stars, this gave David the opportunity to create his own corner of the Star Trek Universe. Over the years the series has become very popular and critically well-respected to the point that other authors have begun to reference characters and events from the New Frontier continuity, and New Frontier has even been involved in several major crossover events with novels based on the television series (the Gateways, Double Helix, Captain's Table and mirror universe novel series). The series even inspired its own action figure (one of Mackenzie Calhoun), something no Star Trek novel has done before.
Although Peter David has authored nearly all stories in the New Frontier continuity, since he does not own the rights to the series, Pocket Books could theoretically give the series to another author, or even to a rotating series of authors. However, they have shown no indication of doing so, and at last announcement David is scheduled to be the author of any upcoming New Frontier novels.
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