Fire on High
A single weapon may doom a planet!
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Fire on High is a Star Trek: New Frontier novel – the sixth book in the series – written by Peter David. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
On the planet Armista sits a nameless woman. High upon a mountain, she is cradling a weapon unlike anything the Armistans have ever seen. She rocks back and forth on her haunches, singing softly to herself. The weapon is her only companion on the planet, since everyone else is little piles of ash. A weapon that could destroy life on one planet could do so again.

Lieutenant Robin Lefler's mother died in a shuttle explosion ten years ago. So is the woman being held prisoner in Thallonian space really her? If it is, what is her connection to the mysterious woman holding a weapon that could doom entire worlds?

With the lives of billions at stake, Robin Lefler, Captain Calhoun and the crew of the  must find the answers before time runs out for them and for the struggling remnants of the once-great Thallonian Empire.

Background information 
 The eBook version of the novel cover, released in , omits the novel's title, and depicts the character of Burgoyne 172 differently.
 This novel was collected, along with , in the Science Fiction Book Club special edition hardback, Prometheans, in .

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Characters 

Captain Mackenzie Calhoun
Lieutenant Robin Lefler

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