Book description
Ensign Andreas Nikolas, heartsick over the loss of his Mirror Universe
lover, has resigned his post on Jean-Luc Picard's starship, the
Stargazer,
to seek a home on the freighter Iktoj'ni.
All he wants of his new life is a chance to forget his troubles.
And that's what he gets -- until the Iktoj'ni is taken over by
a monstrous alien with unbelievable powers and a disdain for all forms
of life.
Without saying why, the alien sends the freighter hurtling toward a
part of space inhabited by the Ubarrak, the Federation's deadliest and
most xenophobic enemy. And Nikolas, who fears that the incident will
start a war, can't convince his captor to turn back.
Picard's only hope of stopping the alien menance is Serenity Santana
-- a woman who once abused his trust in the name of her people's
survival. Now she's back, asking for the captain's trust a second
time.
Picard desperately needs Santana's help in his struggle to save his
galaxy. But will she justify his faith in her -- or once again twist
it to serve her own shadowy ends?
Michael Jan Friedman is the author of nearly sixty
books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which bear the name
Star Trek or some variation thereof. Ten of his titles have
appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. He has also
written for network and cable television, radio, and comic books, the
Star Trek: Voyager® episode "Resistance" prominent
among his credits. On those rare occasions when he visits the real
world, Friedman lives on Long Island with his wife and two sons.
He continues to advise readers that no matter how many Friedmans they
know, the vast probability is that none of them are related to him.
