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| Author: | William R. Forstchen |
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| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | The Next Generation #57 |
| Published: | 1999-09 |
| Pages: | 270 |
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| Reference #: | 0-671-01159-6 |
Picard confronts a deadly secret from the past!
Summary
From the book jacket: The legendary Starfleet Captain Lucien Murat a contemporary of Christopher Pike, disappeared during a battle with the alien Tarn. Now, generations later, Captain Picard is conducting delicate diplomatic negotiations with the Tarn when the Starship Enterprise discovers the descendants of Murat and his crew stranded on a desolate planet, still fighting a war that ended decades ago.
The human castaways face destruction, but more than these precious lives are at stake. Unless Picard can find a solution, a lost hero's legacy may ignite a new era of interstellar war!
Characters
NON-CANON
- Harna Karish
- Member of the royal family on the home planet of the Tarn
- Lucien Murat
- Captain of the U.S.S. Verdun
References
- USS Verdun
- A 22nd (presumed) century Starship, under the command of Lucien Murat when it crashed on one of the planets in the Torgu-Va system while in combat with a Tarn vessel.
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