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Author: | Bill McCay, Eloise Flood |
Publisher: | Pocket Books |
Series: | Pocket TNG #21 |
Published: | 1 March 1992 |
Pages: | 278 |
Year: | 2367 |
Stardate: | Unknown |
Reference #: | ISBN 0-671-74264-7 |
Commander Riker must either give up the USS Enterprise or sacrifice his captain's life.
Summary
- While exploring a group of devastated class-M planets in a remote sector of space, the crew of the USS Enterprise is shocked to discover a group of human slaves on a forbidding, glacial world. When the slaves revolt against their human overseers, Captain Picard and his crew sympathize with the slaves plight but cannot interfere in the conflict.
- After the revolt is a success, Captain Picard learns that both the slaves and the overseers were controlled by a mysterious bird-like race called the Tseetsk, who are coming to reclaim their property. With the time running out, the rebels kidnap Captain Picard and Counselor Troi -- drawing the USS Enterprise into the middle of their deadly plan of vengeance.
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Memorable Quotes
"There's a difference between fulfilling a function and bringing imagination to the job."
- - Jean-Luc Picard (p. 49)
"The away team that didn't get away."
- - Riker (p. 24)
"You cannot maintain a stable society based on slavery."
- - Riker (p. 245)
"You've shown that you're willing to die for freedom. Will you live for it?"
- - Vossted (p. 275)
Characters
- Jean-Luc Picard
- Captain.
- William T. Riker
- Commander.
- Deanna Troi
- Janet Kilsolving
- Yeoman.
- Akihoko
- Iovino
- Martinez
- Jeremy
References
- Tseetsk
- mysterious bird-like race
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