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Publication
Pocket Books (1989), 274 pages
Description
The Enterprise discovers a lifeless Federation research vessel, orbibting a planet hidden behind a mysterious energy shield. Over the strong objections of his senior officers, Captain Picard and an away team beam over in search of the missing crew -- And vanish. But soon his captain's disappearance is not the only problem facing Commander Riker. For a mysterious disease has begun ravaging the Enterprise crew. Now Riker must uravel the secrets of the planet below in order to rescue Picard -- a prevent the starship's destruction.
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LibraryThing member daniethammer
Better than some of the ST:TNG books I have read. An interesting story of an alien race which kidnapps other races, wipes thier minds, and uses them as entertainment somewhat like the Romans did. Several Enterprise crew members get captured and the Enterprise must find and rescue them. The only
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real "believability" part of the story I had this time was the number of captured aliens on the planet listed at the end of the story. The capture of 18,000 aliens on a planet which is way off the beaten path and does not currently travel in space is quite a stretch. Also, the Enterprise was able to take all of these freed aliens aboard ship and on a 6 day journey at max warp to the closest starbase. Seems way over the limit the starship could carry aboard and take care of. Show Less
LibraryThing member DanieXJ
That was really, really really hard to get into. Perhaps because it was Pulaski instead of Dr. Crusher (although Wes was still in this book). The Enterprise is going after the missing ship The Mendel and Picard has a personal connection to one of the young women who is lost.
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There’s also a horrible illness that is on the brink of exploding on the Enterprise and they can’t leave because Data’s on the surface trying to rescue everyone.
It was an interesting novel once I got into it, and oddly prescient about where civilization was going on in the twenty-first century with the ‘conflicts’ on the alien planet, etc. And also an interesting look at self.
Not a bad Star Trek Novel, though not one of the better Michael Jan Friedman ones either.
They find the disabled
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ship and Geordi, Data, Picard, Worf beam aboard as an Away Team, but then they disappear from the ship and onto (apparently) the planet which the ship is orbiting.There’s also a horrible illness that is on the brink of exploding on the Enterprise and they can’t leave because Data’s on the surface trying to rescue everyone.
It was an interesting novel once I got into it, and oddly prescient about where civilization was going on in the twenty-first century with the ‘conflicts’ on the alien planet, etc. And also an interesting look at self.
Not a bad Star Trek Novel, though not one of the better Michael Jan Friedman ones either.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1989-11
1991
Physical description
274 p.; 6.75 inches
ISBN
0671687085 / 9780671687083