Book description
Long before Captain Jean-Luc Picard took command of the legendary
Starship Enterprise,
he fell deeply and hopelessly in love with Doctor Beverly Crusher.
Though, for one reason or another, Picard never acted on his feelings,
he found a measure of contentment as Beverly's close friend, colleague,
and daily breakfast partner.
But when Doctor Crusher leaves her
position on the Enterprise to become the chief medical officer
of Starfleet, the brightest light in Picard's life is taken from him.
And he has hardly resigned himself to his loss when he learns that
Beverly has been declared missing in action on a distant planet -- and
presumed dead.
Kevratas is a bleak, frozen world on the far side of the Romulan
Neutral Zone where the Federation has become the plague-ravaged
natives' only real hope of survival and freedom. Starfleet has no
recourse but to send in another team to try to save the Kevrata -- and
Picard is the natural choice. Critical to the success of his mission
are two colleagues who served under him when he commanded the
Starship Stargazer -- Pug Joseph, a man with a past to live
down, and Doctor Carter Greyhorse, who has served time for attempted
murder -- as well as a Romulan who left his people years earlier and
never expected to return. Together, they follow the trail of Beverly
Crusher to Kevratas, determined to succeed where the doctor failed.
On the Romulan homeworld, meanwhile, the political vacuum created by
the demise of Praetor Shinzon has been filled by his staunchest
supporter, Senator Tal'aura. But there are those who oppose her,
including Commander Donatra and the warbird fleets under her command,
because of the way Tal'aura has mishandled rebellions on the Empire's
subject worlds.
And one rebellion in particular; the movement for self-determination
on frigid Kevratas.
So begins a desperate struggle -- not only for the freedom of the
long-oppressed Kevrata but also for the soul of the Romulan Empire.
Before it's over, destinies will be forged and shattered, the Empire
will be shaken to its ancient foundations, and Jean-Luc Picard's life
will be changed...forever.
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.
