Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #1: A Time to [Paperback]

AStar Trek: The Next Generationnovel set on the eve of major change for Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USSEnterprise, bridging the aftermath of the Dominion War and the events leading intoStar Trek: Nemesis.

The site of one of the Dominion War’s fiercest battles, the Rashanar Sector now contains a vast interstellar graveyard littered with the lifeless hulks of hundreds of devastated starships. The explosive destruction of so many varied warp drives has severely distorted the space-time continuum in this region, resulting in dangerous unleashed energies and bizarre gravitational anomalies.

TheEnterprisehas been assigned to patrol the perimeter of the danger zone, while other vessels carry out the difficult and highly hazardous task of retrieving the bodies of the dead from the wrecked warships.

To some alien races, the former battleground is hallowed space. To others, including the rapacious Androssi, it is a scavenger’s paradise, ripe for salvage. None expect this ship’s graveyard to hold a deadly secret that will force the android Data to make a heart-wrenching decision about the path his life will take—and that will endanger not only theEnterprise,but Picard’s future in Starfleet.John Vornholt is the author of is the author of two of theNew York TimesbestsellingStar Trek: The Next Generation Dominion Warbooks, the successful two-bookStar Trek: The Next GenerationseriesGemworld,Genesis Wave Book One, and several other Star Trek novels, includingQuarantine,Antimatter,Sanctuary,Rogue SaucerandMind Meld.Chapter One

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