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| Author: | Peter David |
| Illustrator: | Keith Birdsong |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TNG |
| Published: | 1994-07-15 |
| Pages: | 434 |
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ISBN 0671891529 (hardcover) |
A struggle between Trelane and Q endangers multiple realities of the Enterprise-D
Summary
- From the book jacket
- In all of his travels Captain Jean-Luc Picard has never faced an opponent more powerful that Q, a being from another continuum that Picard encountered on his very first mission as Captain of the Starship Enterprise. In the years since, Q has returned again and again to harass Picard and his crew. Sometimes dangerous, sometimes merely obnoxious, Q has always been mysterious and seemingly all-powerful.
- But this time, when Q appears, he comes to Picard for help. Apparently another member of the Q continuum has tapped into an awesome power source that makes this being more powerful than the combined might of the entire Q continuum. This renegade Q is named Trelane - also known as the Squire of Gothos, who Captain Kirk and his crew first encountered over one hundred years ago. Q explains that, armed with this incredible power, Trelane has become unspeakably dangerous.
- Now Picard must get involved in an awesome struggle between super beings. And this time the stakes are not just Picard's ship, or the galaxy, or even the universe - this time the stakes are all of creation...
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While on a mission to the Planet Terminus, three parallel Enterprises find themselves in great danger when the entity known as Trelane discovers a power unlike any other. Soon, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew are caught up in a battle not only for their lives, but for the very fabric of existence itself.
Background Information
The plot of this novel repeatedly shifts among three different parallel universes or "Tracks". The various Tracks as presented in the novel are:
- Track A: A variant of the normal Trek universe. Jack Crusher is captain of the Enterprise-D, with Jean-Luc Picard as his first officer. Jack and Beverly are divorced, and Wesley died at the age of four. Geordi La Forge is one of Beverly's nurses in sickbay. Tasha Yar and Data have an ongoing relationship. Will Riker and Kira Nerys are prisoners of the Romulans. Will and Deanna Troi are married, and have a son.
- Track B: The normal Trek universe as we usually see it.
- Track C: A version of the "Klingon war" storyline as seen in TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise", but one where the Enterprise-C failed in its mission and the war with the Klingons continues.
The novel offers an explanation as to why Captain Kirk's middle initial in TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is seen to be R.: the events of that episode are said to take place in the Track A universe.
Memorable Quotes
QUOTES
Characters
- Jean-Luc Picard
- Geordi La Forge
- Beverly Crusher
- William Riker
- Trelane
- Q
- Tasha Yar
- Data
- Deanna Troi
- Worf
- Hikaru Sulu
- Sela
- Jack Crusher
- Captain of the USS Enterprise alternate timeline A
- Yeomen Caryn Johnson
- runs Ten Forward in the alternate timeline A
- Ensign Chafin
- Barclay
- Guinan
- runs Ten Forward in the alternate timeline B&C
- Mrs Claire Teacher in timeline b
- Alexander Rozhenko
- Argyle female alternate timeline A
- Ensign Joseph
- Cavalieri
- Mot
- Amanda Rogers
- Wesley Crusher
- Sonya Gomez
- Distefano
- Ensign Sanders
- Lucy
- Natalie
- Selan
- Turo
- Chafin
- Commodore Hikaru Sulu Hologram
- Paul Manheim
References
- "Cause and Effect"
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