Author(s):	Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TNG #62 Maximum Warp #1
Published:	1 March 2001
Pages:	256
Stardate:	Unknown (2376)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671047493 (paperback) ASIN B000FC0RLK (Kindle)

A mysterious cosmic phenomenon threatens the future of the Federation!

Summary Edit

From the book jacket

Interstellar civilization depends on the twin blessings of warp travel and subspace communications. But now an unknown force is disrupting subspace throughout the galaxy, creating "dead zones" in which advanced technology will not function. Ships are stranded in space, unable to communicate. Colonies are losing life support. Governments can no longer negotiate with their allies – or their enemies. Worse yet, the dead zones are proliferating at a geometric rate. Unless a solution is found, the entire Alpha Quadrant may be doomed to a new dark age!

In the wake of the Dominion War, a tenuous peace exists between the Federation and the Romulan Empire. The uneasy alliance is strained to the breaking point, however, by the enigma that is destroying subspace. Now Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Ambassador Spock must join forces with an infamous Romulan war criminal in a desperate attempt to find the source of the disruption – even if it means sacrificing the very peace they hope to save!

Characters Edit

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Maximum Warp characters.

Jean-Luc Picard 

Captain.

Spock

References Edit

Caltiska IV 

Class-M planet on the edge of Romulan-claimed space. In-system with a black hole.

External link Edit

• Dead Zone at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works