Author(s):	Diane Carey
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TNG #53 Double Helix #3
Published:	July 1999
Pages:	336
Stardate:	Unknown (2353 / 2357 / 2369)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671032577 (paperback) ASIN B000FC0TAE (Kindle)

Spock and McCoy unite to save a new generation.

Summary Edit

From the book jacket

Like the biological weapons they employ, a sinister conspiracy has spread across the Alpha Quadrant and across many years of Starfleet history. Now the mysterious menace surfaces again – to strike at the heart of the Romulan Empire.

An artificial virus has infected the entire Romulan ruling family. Ambassador Spock must put aside his efforts at unification to summon his old friend, Dr. Leonard McCoy, who discovers that the only hope for a cure lies with a long lost Romulan heir whose blood and tissues have not been contaminated by the virus. But can the heir be found before the collapse of a ruling dynasty throws the entire Empire into chaos?

Background Information Edit

• This is the third book in the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Double Helix series.

Characters Edit

Eric J. Stiles 

Ensign. Starfleet security officer assigned to Starbase 10. After years as a political prisoner, eventually becomes lieutenant commander, CO of the CST Saskatoon.

Spock 

Ambassador.

Leonard McCoy 

Admiral of Starfleet Medical.

Jeremy White 

Ensign.

John Stiles 

A member of the Stiles family; Eric's grandfather was a Starfleet security commander at retirement, previously having served as navigator of Enterprise.

Beverly Crusher 

Doctor.

References Edit

Archaria III; Pojjan; Pojjans; Romulan; Saskatoon; Starbase 10; Terok Nor

External link Edit

• Red Sector at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works