Author(s):	William R. Forstchen
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TNG #57
Published:	September 1999
Pages:	270
Stardate:	Unknown (2367)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671011596

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!

Background Information

• The novel contained Chapter Two of the serialized novel Starfleet: Year One.

Characters

Jean-Luc Picard

NON-CANON

Harna Karish 

Member of the royal family on the home planet of the Tarn

Lucien Murat 

Captain of the USS Verdun

Mr Eddies

Janice Hardman

References

USS Verdun 

A 23rd 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.

External link

• The Forgotten War at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works