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| Author: | Peter David |
| Illustrator: | Keith Birdsong |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TNG #18 |
| Published: | September 1991 |
| Pages: | 256 |
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| Reference #: | ISBN 0671733893 |
Two of the most powerful forces in the galaxy are about to collide. -- Q and Lwaxana Troi meet aboard the Enterprise-D
Summary
- From the book jacket
- When two powerful rival families of the spacefaring merchant race called the Tizarin are to be joined through marriage, the USS Enterprise-D is chosen as the site for the wedding. Though Captain Picard is pleased by the happy duty, his pleasure is cut short by the arrival of the Federation delegate from Betazed: Lwaxana Troi -- the mother of ship's counselor, Deanna Troi.
- Despite Lwaxana Troi's romantic overtures toward the captain, the celebration seems to go smoothly until the situation is further complicated by the arrival of the notorious and all powerful being called Q -- who has come to examine and challenge the human concept of love. Suddenly, the festivities are in turmoil, the powerful Tizarin families are on the verge of war, and Lwaxana Troi is determined to teach Q a lesson in love that he will never forget...
Background
An audio adaptation is available on compact disc or cassette, read by John de Lancie and Majel Barrett Roddenberry. The actors take turns as narrator, voice their own characters, and divide the remaining characters up by gender. Also available as a download from iTunes.
Characters
- Jean-Luc Picard
- Q
- Lwaxana Troi
- Wesley Crusher
- Deanna Troi
- Guinan
- Miles O'Brien
- Wesley Crusher
- Lt Cohen
- Lt Clapp
- Technician Jackson
References
- Ambassador shuttle
- Long-range passenger spacecraft of Lwaxana Troi, which ferried her from Betazed.
- Sex
- Wesley very nearly consummates ownership of an alien girl given him as a gift.
- Tizarin
- Humanoid species.
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