Where Sea Meets Sky

Where Sea Meets Sky is a novel written by Jerry Oltion. It was published in October 1998.

Description

There's a bar called "The Captain's Table," where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story... fishy or not.

Years before Kirk took command, Captain Christopher Pike guided the Starship Enterprise on a five-year mission. Pike's journey took him to many new and unexplored realms, none more strange or perilous than a devastated star system where huge, space-faring lifeforms, vital to the survival of one inhabited star system, wreak havoc on the humanoid inhabitants of the other. Captain Pike must thrust the Enterprise into deadly danger as he fights to save one innocent civilization without dooming the other.

Summary

References

Characters

Phillip Boyce • Brady • Michael Burnstein • Cap • J. Mia Colt • Dabisch • Garrett • Hompaq • Lanned • Lefler • Nowan • Perri • Prrghh • Christopher Pike • Spock • José Tyler • kraken • titans
Referenced only: James T. Kirk • Ortezi • Mark Twain

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) •

Kepler

(shuttlecraft)

Locations

Aronnia • The Captain's Table • Earth • Embarcadero • Malodya • San Francisco
Referenced only: Alpha Centauri • Venus

Races and cultures

Aronnian • Devernian • Gallamite • Human • Klingon • Vulcan
Referenced only: Orion • Saurian

Appendices

Related media

The Cage (TOS episode)
The Menagerie (TOS episode)
Cause and Effect (TNG episode)

Background

The novel features a short biography of Pike by Michael Jan Friedman.

Images

Connections

Media featuring Christopher Pike
Episodes and movies	The Original Series	The Cage • The Menagerie
	Movies	Star Trek ^k • Star Trek Into Darkness^k
	Discovery	Will You Take My Hand? • Brother • New Eden • Point of Light • An Obol for Charon • Saints of Imperfection • The Sound of Thunder • Light and Shadows • If Memory Serves • Project Daedalus • The Red Angel • Perpetual Infinity • Through the Valley of Shadows • Such Sweet Sorrow
	Short Treks	Q&A • The Trouble with Edward • Ask Not
	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Novels		Killing Time^a • Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • A Less Perfect Union^a • The Children of Kings • Child of Two Worlds • Desperate Hours • The Enterprise War • The High Country
Short stories		"Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"^m
Comics	Early Voyages	"Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • Cloak and Dagger (1 • 2) • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • The Fallen (1 • 2) • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
	Starfleet Academy	"Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War"
	Crew	"Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity"
	New Visions	"A Scent of Ghosts" • "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner " • "The Cage"
	other	"All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • Alien Spotlight Alien Spotlight, Volume I (Vulcans • Orions) • Mirror Images^m (1 • 2 • 4 • 5) • Spock: Reflections, Issue 2 • Star Trek Movie Adaptation^k (2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Captain's Log: Pike • Aftermath (1 • 2 • 3)
^k : Kelvin timeline • ^m : Mirror Universe • ^a : alternate reality

Star Trek: The Captain's Table stories
Novels	War Dragons • Dujonian's Hoard • The Mist • Fire Ship • Once Burned • Where Sea Meets Sky
Tales from the Captain's Table short stories	"Improvisations on the Opal Sea: A Tale of Dubious Credibility" • "Darkness" • "Pain Management" • "LoDnI'pu' vavpu' je" • "The Officers' Club" • "Have Beagle, Will Travel: The Legend of Porthos" • "Iron and Sacrifice" • "Seduced" • "An Easy Fast"

Timeline

published order
Previous novel: War Dragons	TOS Stories	Next novel: Assignment: Eternity
Previous novel: Once Burned	The Captain's Table minseries	Next novel: Last Novel
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Past Prologue	Pocket	Next Adventure: Charlie X
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2266. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe:
Previous Adventure: Conflicting Natures	2254 Chapters 2-30	Next Adventure: The Better Man Flashback

External link

Where Sea Meets Sky article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.