Author(s):	Simon Hawke
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TNG #26
Published:	1 May 1993
Pages:	288
Stardate:	Unknown (2368)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671797468 (paperback) ISBN 9780743421096 (eBook) ASIN B003YCORUU (Kindle)

A deadly Romulan Warbird leads the Starship Enterprise into a web of treachery!

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

Hermeticus 2 – a planet so shrouded in secrecy that few in the Federation even know of its existence. When a Romulan spy learns of the world, it becomes the centerpiece for a far-reaching Romulan plot.

On routine patrol near the border of the Neutral Zone, the Starship USS Enterprise-D discovers an advanced Romulan Warbird prototype drifting lifeless in space. Investigating the vessel, Captain Picard is drawn into a plot that threatens the very foundation of the Federation. Now, with time running out, Captain Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise must stop the Romulans before the deadly secret of Hermeticus 2 overwhelms them all.

CharactersEdit

Jean-Luc Picard

William T. Riker

Data

Worf

Deanna Troi

Beverly Crusher

Ro Laren

Alexander

Miles O'Brien

Keiko O'Brien

Chang 

A member of the team that went EVA to get weapons from the Independence

Valak (β) 

Romulan Commander of the Syrinx, who studies and respects Humans

Korak 

Valak's first officer, who is continually bested in hand-to-hand combat with Riker

Lord Kazanak 

Son of an influential Romulan politician, the designer and namesake of the D'Kazanak-class of warbirds

Selok 

Romulan Subcommander who gained classified information on Hermeticus 2

Llwellyn 

First officer aboard the USS Independence

ReferencesEdit

USS Independence (β) 

Federation Constitution-class starship, presumed destroyed over three decades ago

Hermeticus 2 

An interstellar ark masquerading as a planet, home of the Ambimorphs

Hermeticus class 

A planetary designation, used decades ago to signify a quarantined planet

IRW Syrinx (β) 

The first of a new class of the Romulan D'Kazanak warbirds

D'Kazanak-class (β) 

A new class of Romulan warbirds, designed to be a match for the Galaxy-class ships of the Federation and as a replacement for the D'deridex-class.

External link Edit

• The Romulan Prize at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works