Broken Bow (novel)

The novelization of "Broken Bow" is an adaptation of , written by Diane Carey. A Pocket ENT novel published by Pocket Books, it was first released in hardback in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket (paperback edition)
:It is the twenty-second century… and the dawn of mankind's boldest adventure. Thanks to an amazing new breakthrough in warp technology, finally an era of true interstellar exploration is about to begin.
:Captain Jonathan Archer has been chosen to command the groundbreaking starship . But before the ship can leave Earth's orbit, a mysterious alien – a Klingon – fleeing the attack of another race of aliens is nearly killed on a farm in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. The Vulcan Ambassador Soval suggests that in light of these events Enterprises departure be postponed. A Vulcan ship, he assures Starfleet Command, will take the body of the Klingon home. Pointing out that the Klingon is still alive, Archer counters that Enterprise is ready and that he will see the Klingon home – alive.
:Starfleet gives Archer the assignment with one proviso: a Vulcan observer, Sub-Commander T'Pol, will work as his science officer. Eager to get under way, the captain reluctantly agrees. It should have been a quick and easy mission, but when the Klingon is snatched out of the ship's sickbay by the Suliban, Enterprise is pulled into a conflict that not only reaches across star systems, but centuries as well.
== Background information ==
* Author Diane Carey wrote the novelization in two weeks, based solely on the script, while crewing a boat on the . ()
* The novel includes Behind the Scenes of Enterprise written by Paul Ruditis, which features interviews with Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Herman Zimmerman, and Robert Blackman.
* In , Brannon Braga recalled to Rick Berman that the novelization for "Broken Bow" was filled from "beginning to end" with passages commenting on how terrible the script for the pilot episode was. Braga remembered that Carey was probably reprimanded for this. ("In Conversation: Rick Berman and Brannon Braga", ENT Season 1 Blu-ray special feature)
=== Cover gallery ===
File:Broken Bow (novel cover).jpg|Paperback cover
== Characters ==
;Jonathan Archer
;T'Pol
;Charles Tucker
;Malcolm Reed
;Travis Mayweather
;Hoshi Sato
;Phlox
;Maxwell Forrest
;Silik
;Soval
;Humanoid Figure
== External link ==
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