Star Trek; The Next Generation books #1

Each entry will cover the following. Title, author, hardback or paperback date of publishing, stardate if available, the # of the title (if it isn't a special book) and summary.

     Title: All Good Things
     Writer(s): Michael Jan Friedman, based on the final two part episode Writer(s): Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga, published: in Hardback 6/1994
     7 years ago, Picard first faced the judgment of the Q Continuum, a race of beings with godlike powers over time and space who presumed to gauge humanity's fitness to exist in the Galaxy. 7 years ago the Q suspended judgment, but now their decision has been reached. The human race will be eliminated, not only in the present, but throughout time. Humanity will have never existed. The only chance to save mankind lies with Picard. An old enemy has granted him the power to revisit his life as it was 7 years before, and to experience his life 25 years in the future. With the help of friendships that span time and space, Picard struggles to defeat the plans of the Q Continuum. But even as he fights to save the human race from total extinction, he has been set up to be the unwitting agent of Mankind's destruction.

     Title: Sins of Commission
     Writer(s): Susan Wright, published: 3/1994, #29
     While on a mission to save the planet Lessenar from environmental collapse, the crew of the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM becomes entangled in a web of treachery and murder. When a member of a strange, emotion-casting race is killed on board the ship, all evidence points to Worf and one of his oldest friends. Soon the crew of the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM is crippled by an emotional onslaught as the surviving aliens respond in anger and pain to the death of their comrade. Worf must overcome this alien influence and find the true killer with the destruction of the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM, the survival of Lessenar, and his Klingon honor hanging in the balance!

     Title: Debtors' Planet
     Writer(s): W. R. Thompson, published: 5/1994, #30
     When a Vulcan space probe reports that the Ferengi are advancing the people of the planet Megara from a primitive agricultural state to a sophisticated technological society, Picar and the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM are ordered to transport an unlikely passenger to the system, a ruthless twentieth-century businessman who is now a Federation ambassador. The Ferengi have been changing Megaran culture, turning a hard-working and honorable people into vicious xenophobic killers. But the Ferengi are only hired hands. They have hidden masters, with plans to use the Megaran people as a powerful weapon against the Federation. Now picard must find a way to use the talents of this new ambassador to free the Megarans. But the ambaassador is hiding a deadly secret of his own - a secret that could unleash an unstoppable destructive force on the Federation.

     Title: Foreign Foes
     Writer(s): Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur, published: 8/1994, #31
     The Hidran race and the Klingon Empire have been at each other's throats for 70 years, and Picard has been asked to do the near-impossible: take the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM to the planet Velex to mediate a treaty that will end the conflict between these two aggressive species. Thins get off to a rocky start - then turn deadly as the Hidran ambassado mysteriously dies, and kills a Klingon delegate in a last act of vengence. When Worf is charged with the ambassador's assassination, and Riker and Troi are trapped far below the surface of the planet, Picard must not only act to save the Hidrans and Klingons from each other, but to save his Klingon officer from a hideous death sentence!

Title: Requiem Writer(s): Michael Jan Friedman and Kevin Ryan, published: 10/1994, #32
25 years ago, Picard conducted breakthrough negotiations with an aggressive race called the Gorn. Now, on the anniversary of that achievement, he and the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM are headed for the Gorn homeworld to continue that important work. But when the ship stops to investigate a mysterious alien artifact, Picard is suddenly hurled through time and space. Just as Riker and U. S. S. Enterprise^TM crew begin an impossible search for their captain, the Gorn summit goes terribly wrong. As war looms over the galaxy and Picard is desperately needed on the Homeworld, the captain finds himself stranded in the past on a planet called Cestus III at a crucial turning point in Federation history. Now caught in a deadly situation that challenges Picard's most cherished beliefs, he must weigh the fate of a world against the future of the entire Federation!

     Title: Balance of Power
     Writer(s): Dafydd Ab Hugh, published: by 1/1995 #33
     When a famous Federation scientist dies, his son puts his inventions up for sale to the highest bidder - whether Federation, Klingon, Romulan or Cardassian. Among the items at auction are medical devices, engineering advances - and a photon pulse cannon capable of punching through a starship's shields with a single shot. Meanwhile, at the Academy, Wesley Crusher comes to the aide of his best friend - and finds himself kidnapped by outlaw Ferengi bent on controlling the universe through commerce. When they also set their sights on the photon cannon, Picard must find a way to save the Starship Enterprise^TM and the Federation from the deadliest weapon ever known-with every race in the galaxy aligned against him!

     Title: Blaze of Glory
     Writer(s): Simon Hawke, published: 3/1995, 34
     The U. S. S. Enterprise^TM is assigned to the planet K'Trall - a planet just coming out from under the heel of barbarous suppression. when the planet's newly emerging freedom is threatened by a rogue ship attacking Federation shipping, Picard and crew put their lives on the line to protect K'Trall from the raids. But the planet itself holds a deadly secret, one that could lead to a ressurgence of the despotic cruelty they have suffered for centuries. With time running out, Picard must see his way past a maze of deadly deception, with billions of lives hanging in the balance.

     Title: The Romulan Stratagem
     Writer(s): Robert Greenberger, published: 5/1995, #35
     On a mission to an unexplored planet near the Klingon/Romulan border, the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM travels to the planet Eloh to negotiate Federation membership. But upon arrival, Picard and his diplomatic team find themselves face to face with Commander Sela, an old Romulan enemy - who's there to convince the Elohsians to join the Romulan Empire. When a series of fatal incidents casts suspicion on both delegations, Data must form an uneasy alliance with sela to prove the innocence of the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM crew - or lose a strategic stronghold to the Federation's greatest enemy.

     Title: Into the Nebula
     Writer(s): Gene DeWeese, published: 7/1995, #36
     While exploring an unknown region of space, the U.S.S. Starship Enterprise^TM encounters a strange nebular dust. Upon further investigation, they discover a planet called Krantin on which the plant and animal life, as well as the civilization are dying. A series of explosions and a ship that simply disappears into thin air lead the crew to believe another group is causing the devastation of the planet. The leader of the planet's society, however, is wary of trusting the Starship Enterprise^TM crewmembers, and has the away team arrested. With time running out, Data must find a way to save his crewmates or watch as two worlds are destroyed.

Title: The Last Stand Writer(s): Brad Ferguson, published: 10/1995, #37
In the middle of a routine mapping mission, Picard and the crew of the U. S. S. Enterprise^TM encounter a culture just on the edge of developing ward drive technology. When they survey the planet, they are startled by the sudden approach of thousands of spacecraft from an agressive alien race bent on destroying this emerging culture. Now Picard has only days to resolve a conflict that has been going on for millennia. If he fails, billions will die, yet if he succeeds, he will unleash a powerful new threat to the Federation!

     Title: Dragon's Honor
     Writer(s): Kij Johnson and Greg Cox, published: 1/1996, #38
     Isolated for centuries, the exotic Dragon Empire is finally ready to join the United Federation of Planets. But first the emperor's eldest son must marry the only daughter of his oldest enemy, bringing to an end decades of civil war. Without the wedding, there can be no peace - and no treaty with the Federation. As honored guests of the dragon Empire, Capt. Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise^TM must ensure the Empire's complicated and difficult codes of honor. And Dr. Crusher finds her loyalties torn when she wins the confidence of the unusually reluctant bride-to-be. More than juist a treaty is at stake, for a vicious race of alien conquerors will stop at nothing, from assassination to invasion, to keep the Empire out of the Federation. Picard must now use all his skills to save the Empire ... and preserve the Dragon's honor.

     Title: Rogue Saucer
     Writer(s): John Vornholt, published: 3/1996, #39
     While its own saucer section receives needed repair, the USS Enterprise^TM tests a new experimental saucer. In theory the new saucer can survive a planetary crash landing, but will it come through intact under genuine test condition? Riker, Data, Worf, and La Forge risk their lives to find out, and so does Admiral Nechayev of Starfleet. But a dangerous test turns even more deadly when hostile forces seize control of the saucer-and turn it against the Enterprise^TM.

     Title: Crossover
     Writer(s): Michael Jan Friedman published: in Hardcover 12/1995
     Continuing the mission he began in "Unification", Starfleet Ambassador Spock endeavors to impart the logic of the Vulcan way to a small band of Romulans eager to unite the Romulan Empire and the planet Vulcan. But unbeknownst to them, a Romulan spy has joined the ranks disguised as a Unification sympathizer. Deceived by this traitor, Spock and his students are taken hostage. Fearful that Spock's knowledge of Federation security will fall into enemy hands, Starfleet dispatches its best ship, the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D and Capt Picard to secure the hostages' release. Spock's former shipmate from the original Enterprise, Ambassador McCoy, more than 140 years old, but still feisty, is brought on the negotiations. Capt. Montgomery Scott also complicates the situation when he takes an out-of-service starship and tries his own daring rescue. Picard must find a way to preserve the security and prevent a war while treading a minefield of danger and deadly Romulan politics that threaten his ship, his crew, and the Federation he serves.

     Title: Imzadi
     Writer(s): Peter David published: in hardcover 3/92 and paperback 3/93
    Years before they served together on board the U.S.S. Enterprise, Commander Riker and ship's counselor Deanna Troi had a tempestuous love affair on her home planet of Betazed. Now, their passions have cooled and they serve together as friends. Yet the memories of that time linger and Riker and Troi remain Imzadi - a powerful Betazoid term that describes the enduring bond they still share. During delicate negotiations with an aggressive race called the Sindareen. Troi mysteriously falls ill and dies. But her death is only the beginning of the adventure for Riker - an adventure that will take him across time, pit him against one of his closest friends, and force him to choose between Starfleet's strictest rule and the one he calls Imzadi.

     Title: Ghost Ship
     Writer(s): Diane Carey published: 7/1988, #1
     In 1955-a mysterious creature destroys a Russian aircraft carrier and just as mysteriously, disappears - and 300 years later, Troi awakens in her quarters from a nightmare, a nightmare where she senses (and understands) the voices of the crew lost aboard that ship, a crew whose life essences were somehow absorbed within the creature that destroyed their ship long ago. Now Picard must find a way to communicate with the creature or he and his crew will be similarly absorbed by the "Ghost Ship"!

     Title: The Peacekeepers
     Writer(s): Gene Deweese, published: on 10/1988, #2
     Exploring a deserted alien spaceship, Data and Geordi LaForge suddenly find themselves transported light-years away - into the middle of a deadly conflict. While Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise search feverishly for the missing crewmen, Data and LaForge discover they are in a station almost identical to the one they were exploring, high in orbit around an Earth-type world. Years before, the occupants of that planet accidentally stumbled onto the ship and its advance technology - and since then, have used its weapons to keep the nations on the planet below disarmed, and at peace. Now their own arrival has precipitated a crisis on the station. Somehow, Data and LaForge must find a way to restore trust between the blanet below and the station's guardians up above - before a final, destructive war breaks out.

     Title: The Children of Hamlin
     Writer(s): Carmen Carter, published: 11/1988, #3
     The Hamlin Massacre, every Starfleet officer knows the tale, the tiny Federation outpost was destroyed, its entire adult population ruthlessly slaughtered, before the first defense shields could be raised. Even worse, the colony's children disappeared without a trace, abducted by the aliens who attacked with a ferocity and speed that outmatched their Starfleet pursuers. Now, 50 years later, the Choraii ships have appeared again. But this time the Federation is ready! This time the Choraii must pay for what they need. The precious metals can only be bought with the Hamlin children still living with their captors. This time, the Choraii must face Capt. Picard and the crew of the starship Enterprise.

     Title: Survivors
     Writer(s): Jean Lorrah, 1/1989, #4
     Treva - a human colony on the fringes of known space, isolated from the rest of the galaxy, at last report they were on the verge of becoming a true interstellar community, a full-fledged member of the Federation. But now the Starship Enterprise has received a distress signal. Treva is in the throes of a violent revolution led by a merciless warlord who has committed countless atrocities in the name of freedom. Data and Yar are dispatched to investigate. But once the reach Treva, they discover the truth, and any possible solution may be farr more complex than a simple rebellion, for Treva's president wants more that Starfleet's good words in her fight against the rebels. She wants their weapons, and before the battle is over, she means to get them, over Data and Yar's dead bodies, if necessary.

     Title: Strike Zone
     Writer(s): Peter David, published: 3/1989, #5
     Deep in the uncharted regions of our galaxy, a primitive, warlike race-the Kreel- have stumbled upon weapons powerful beyond their wildest imaginings. The Kreel have used those weapons to attact their most bitter enemies - the Klingons. Now Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise have been called to mediate the dispute. The Enterprise will ferry dipolomatic teams from the two warring races to the source of their conflict - the mysterious planet where the weapons were discovered - in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, and discover the origins of the super-powerful weapons, before the entire galaxy erupts into full-scale war!

     Title: Power Hungry
     Writer(s): Howard Weinstein, published: on 5/1989, #6
     Sent to deliver emergency famine relief to the planet Thiopa, the Federation's only allies in a critically important sector of space, the crew finds a brutal dictatorship - one more concerned with preserving its own powers than protecting its citizens, or the world they all share. Picard is hesitant about turning over the supplies to the corrupt government: he fears they may never reach their intended destination. But can he convince the ruling council to change their ways, before it is too late for the government, and Thiopa itself?

     Title: Masks
     Writer(s): John Vornholt, published: on 7/1989, #7
     The Starship Enterprise journeys to Lorca, a beautiful world with a feudal culture where the inhabitants wear masks to show their rank and station. There, Picard and an away team don masks of their own to begin a quest for the planet's ruler and the great Wisdom Mask that the leader traditionally wears. Their mission: to establish diplomatic relations. But shortly after transporting, Picard and his party lose contact with the ship, and Riker leads a search party down to the planet to find them. Both men, however, are unaware that their searches - indeed, the ship's entire mission - are part of a madman's plan, who is setting the stage for a trap that will ensnare both Enterprise landing parties, and leave him poised to seize control of the awesome Wisdom Mask, and the Planet Lorca itself.

     Title: The Captain's Honor
     Writer(s): David and Daviel Dvorkin, published: 9/1989, #8
     A series of vicious attacks by the enigmatic M'Dok Empire has devastated the planet Tenara - bringing the U. S. S. Enterprise and another Federation starship, the Centurion, to the planet's aid. The Centurion's captain is Lucius Sejanus - a powerful, magnetic man who favors taking a far stronger stance against the M'Dok than Capt. Picard. And as the conflict escalates, Sejanus's instincts seem to be correct ... for it appears only extreme measures can stop the murderous raids on Tenara. Now the people of the planet much decide which path they will follow-the way of peace, or the road to war. But unknown to any, one of the Centurion's officers has made that decision for them-and plans to provoke a full-scale war between the Federation and the M'Dok Empire.

     Title: A Call to Darkness
     Writer(s): Michael Jan Friedman, published: 11/1989, Stardate 42908.6, #9
     The Starship Enterprise discovers a lifeless Federation research vessel, orbiting a planet hidden behind a mysterious energy shield. Over the strong objections of his senior officers, Capt. Picard and an away team beam over in search of the missing crew -- and vanish. But soon his captain's disappearance is not the only problem facing Riker. For a mysterious disease has begun, ravaging the starship Enterprise crew. Now he must unravel the secrets of the planet below in order to rescue Picard and to prevent the starship's destruction.

     Title: A Rock and a Hard Place
     Writer(s): Peter David, published: 1/1990, #10
     Under the best circumstances, terraforming is a tough, dangerous task that pits the hardiest of pioneers against an unforgiving environment. When the terraformers on the planet Paradise fall behind schedule, Riker is given temporary leave from the starship Enterprise and sent to assist. Riker's replacement on the Starship Enterprise is a volatile officer named Stone whose behavior soon raises questions about his ability and his judgement. Meanwhile, Riker has become enmeshed in a life and death struggle with Paradise's brutal landscape. However, he soon learns that not all of the planet's dangers are natural in origin - as he comes face to face with Paradise's greatest danger and most hideous secret.

     Title: Gulliver's Travels
     Writer(s): Keith Sharee, published: 5/1990, #11
     While searching for the U.S.S. Huxley, a starship missing for over 10 years, the Starship Enterprise stumbles across a forgotten colony of humans on a planet called Rampart - a world where fiction, speculation, and works of the imagination are considered the ultimate crime. A survey team from the planet beams aboard the Starship Enterprise to search for "contrabrand" materials - and suddenly the crew find themselves plunged into the middle of a murderous civil war between a determined band of rebels and the planet's ruthless mind police. A civil war whose outcome will determine not only the future of the planet, but the life of Picard as well.

     Title: Doomsday World
     Writer(s): Carmen Carter, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger, published: 7/1990, #12
     The planet Kirlos - an artificial world built by a mysterious long-dead race called the Ariantu, is now home to many races from both the Federation and the K'vin Hegemony, who have enjoyed years of peaceful co-existence and profitable trade. It also holds a wealth of undiscovered archaeological treasures, which the Starship Enterprise and its crew are dispatched to help uncover. Sent to the surface to assist an archaeological team, Geordi, Data and Worf soon find themselves cut off from the Enterprise - and the prime suspects in a series of terrorist attacks. The 3 Enterprise crewmen are imprisoned, relations between the K'vin and the Federation begin to crumble, and Kirlos' ancient underground machinery awakens from a centuries long dormancy, primed to release the most powerful destructive force ever known. This is a very special story - the product of a first-ever collaboration between 4 of Star Trek's most popular and respected writers.

     Title: The Eyes of the Beholders
     Writer(s): A. C. Crispin, published: by 9/1990 #13
     After several Federation and Klingon ships disappear while traveling a newly opened trade route, the Starship Enterprise is sent to investigate. Their quest leads Picard and the crew to an eerie space graveyard full of ships of every size and description - all of them, dead in space. At the center of the graveyard lies a huge, incredibly powerful Artifact, constructed by an ancient alien race. And as the crew struggles to solve the mystery of the Artifact, they unwittingly trigger its awesome power, a power that threatens insanity and death to all aboard the starship Enterprise!

     Title: Exiles
     Writer(s): Howard Weinstein, published: 11/1990, Stardate 44429.1, #14
     For 3 centuries the people of Alaj and the people of Etolos have been bitter enemies. However, when crippling disasters strike both world, each planet becomes the other's only hope for survival. With time running out, Picard and his crew are called to negotiate a peaceful settlement and begin rescue efforts. But some factions would rather see both planet perish and will stop at nothing to prevent peace. Some of the Starship Enterprise crew is caught up in a web of intrigue and terrorism that culminates with an act of ultimate revenge against both people - revenge that will mean the destruction of 2 worlds and the starship Enterprise!

     Title: Fortunes's Light
     Writer(s): Michael Jan Friedman, published: 1/1991, #15
    Dante Maaxima 7 is a world known to its inhabitants as Imprima. A world where Madragi - huge social/economic entities wealthy beyond compare - control the fate of millions. Years ago, Riker was part of the Starfleet delegation that opened Imprima to the Federation. Now the disappearance of an old fried - Teller Conlon, who also served on that team draws Riker and the starship Enterprise, across the galaxy, back to Imprima. Because the jewel known as Fortune's light - one of Madraga Criathis's most priceless possessions - has been stolen. And Teller Conlon stands accused of its theft. Now Riker must discover the truth behind the disappearance of both his friend and Fortune's Light, no easy task on a world where treachery and intrigue are commonplace ... and where even an old friend's embraace may conceal the deadly bite of a dagger's blade.

     Title: Contamination
     Writer(s): John Vornholt, published: 3/1991, Stardate 44261.3, #16
     The Starship Enterprise crew is stunned when famed scientist Lynn Costa is murdered in one of the ship's science labs. She and her husband Emil were known as science's greatest ongoing collaboration and, together, they had received the federation's highest honors for their achievement is scientific research. Determined to see the culprit brought to justice, Picard assigns Worf and Troi to the case. Their routine investigation of the ship's science labs soon reveals a dangerous web of deceit, betrayal, and madness. Now. Worf and Troi find themselves struggling against a ruthless assassin set on revenge, for whom murder is only the beginning.

     Title: Boogeymen
     Writer(s): Mel Gilder, published: 7/1991, #17
     Eric Baldwin is the Federation's premier exologist, a specialist in all manner of alien life forms-and one of Picar's oldest, most trusted friends. But Baldwin's discoveries have made him enemies across the galaxy, and now he wants Picard to help protect him by erasing all traces of his existence. But Picard soon finds himself with little time to worry about Baldwin's problems. For the U.S.S. Enterprise has suddenly become a strange, dangerous place - a ship where assassins lurk around every corner, and even old trusted friends are not what they seem. They find that these threats are all masterminded by the strangest race of aliens Picard and his crew have yet encountered.

     Title: Q-in-Law
     Writer(s): Peter David, published: 10/1991, #18
     When 2 powerful rival families of the spacefaring merchant race called the Tizarin are to be joined through marriage, the U.S.S. Enterprise is chosen as the site for the wedding. Though Picard is pleased by the happy duty, his pleasure is cut short by the arrival of the Federation delegate from Betazed: Lwaxana Troi - the mother of ship's counselor, Deanna Troi. Despite Lwaxana's romantic overtures toward the captain, the celebration seems to go smoothly until the situation is further complicated by the arrival of Q - who has come to challenge the human concept of love. Suddenly, the festivities are in turmoil, the powerful Tizarin families are on the verge of war, and Lwaxana Troi is determined to teach Q a lesson in love that he will never forget!

     Title: Perchance To Dream
     Writer(s): Howard Weinstein, published: 12/1991, #19
     On a routine mission to survey Domarus IV, a class M world with no intelligent life, a U. S. S. Enterprise shuttle crewed by Data, Troi and Wesley Crusher are captured by a race called the Tenirans who claim the world for themselves. As Capt. Picard tries to negotiate with the captain of the Teniran ship, the shuttle suddenly disappears in a blaze of color and light. Picard demands to know what's happened to the shuttle and its crew, but the Tenirans deny any part in their disappearance. Suddenly, Picard vanishes from the bridge and finds himself alone on the planet's surface with the Tenarin captain. As the two captains begin to work together, they realize that they are not alone on Doarus IV as they confront an incredible alien force with the power to transfor a world or to destroy it.

     Title: Spartacus
     Writer(s): T. L. Mancour, published: 2/1992, #20
     Answering a distress call, the U. S. S. Enterprise finds a damaged alien vessel, the Freedom, crewed by a race known as the Vemlans. Jared, their captain asks for assistance in repairing his ship, assistance that Picard and the U. S. S. Enterprise are only too happy to provide. But once begun, their relief efforts are interrupted by the arrival of an entire fleet from Vemla, who claim that Jared and his crew are escaped slaves and their property! As Jared and his people plead for protection and the right to be free, Captain Picard is caught between the demands of his conscience and the dictates of the Prime Directive. And when the Vemlan fleet threatens to fight if the U. S. S. Enterprise doesn't stand aside, Picard must choose between the safety of his ship and the annihilation of an entire race.

     Title: Chains of Command
     Writer(s): Bill McCay and Eloise Flood, published: 4/1992, #21
     While exploring a group of devastated class - M planets in a remote sector of space, the crew of the U. S. S. Enterprise is shocked to discover a group of human slaves on a forbidding, glacial world. When the slaves revolt against their human overseers, Picard and his crew sympathize with the slaves' plight but cannot interfere in the conflict. After the revolt is a success, Picard learns that both the slaves and the overseers were controlled by a mysterious bird - like race called the Tseetsk, who are coming to reclaim their property. With time running out, the rebels kidnap Picard and Troi - drawing the U. S. S. Enterprise into the middle of their deadly plan of vengeance.

     Title: Imbalance
     Writer(s): V. E. Mitchell, published: 6/1992, #22
     The Jarada are a mysterious race of insectoid beings with an extreme devotion to protocol. When this usually reclusive race offer to open diplomatic relations with the federation, Picard and the U. S. S. Enterprise are quickly ordered to Jarada to negotiate the exchange of Ambassadors. When the ship arrives, the Jarada seem uncharacteristically friendly. They invite Picard to send down members of his crew and negotiations proceed both quickly and smoothly. Suddenly, however, the Jarada change. They cut off Riker and the away team from the U. S. S. Enterprise and initiate an unprovoked attack on the ship. Now Picard must unravel the alien's mystery before it's too late for the away team - and the U. S. S. Enterprise.

     Title: War Drums
     Writer(s): John Vornholt, published: 10/1992, #23
    The planet, Selva - a lush colony world settled by a hardy group of humans, who find that the planet is already inhabited by a small band of young Klingons. When violence erupts between the two groups, Picard and the U. S. S. Enterprise are sent to render assistance. Worf leads a landing party to the planet while the U. S. S. Enterprise is called away on another urgent mission. On Selva, Worf and his party find that the old hatreds and prejudices between humans and Klingons are revived, and the settlers are out for blood. Now, Worf must prevent a horrible massacre, before all of them fall prey to Selva's deadly secret ... and raging fury.

     Title: Nightshade
     Writer(s): Laurell K. Hamilton, published: 12/1992, #24
     After 200 years of civil war, the planet Oriana is dying. Most of the surface vegetation is gone, the air is nearly unbreathable, and the people themselves are dying. Now, the two warring factions have finally sat down to talk peace, and Picard and the U. S. S. Enterprise are sent to help them negotiate a settlement. Picard, Worf, and Troi beam down to Oriana, just as the U. S. S. Enterprise is called away on another urgent mission. Alone on the planet, the U. S. S. Enterprise team learns that there are people that would rather finish the devastating conflict than talk peace. Suddenly, Picard is accused of murder and the delicate negotiations must be taken from his hands. Now, Worf and Troi must unravel the truth and prevent planet - wide disaster, before time runs out for the people of Oriana and the crew of the U. S. S. Enterprise.

     Title: Grounded
     Writer(s): David Bischoff, published: 3/1993, #25
     While answering a distress call from a scientific station in a remote part of the galaxy, the U. S. S. Enterprise becomes infected with a mysterious alien life form which feeds on and transforms inorganic materials. The starship begins to gradually disintegrate, and Starfleet is forced to order its evacuation and destruction to prevent the dangerous infection from spreading throughout the galaxy. It's the end of an era for Picard and his crew, who are scheduled for transfers that will split them up among different Starfleet vessels. But even as the end draws near for the U. S. S. Enterprise, Capt. Picard begins to formulate a desperate plan to save his ship and preserve his crew - a plan that will force him to defy Starfleet orders and lead him to a confrontation with a malevolent alien force which has the power to destroy the entire Federation.

     Title: The Romulan Prize
     Writer(s): Simon Hawke, published: 5/93, #26
     Hermeticus 2 is 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 of a far-reaching Romulan plan. On routine patrol near the border of the Neutral Zone, the U. S. S. Enterprise discovers an advanced Romulan Warbird prototype drifting lifeless in space. Investigating the vessel, Picard is drawn into a plot that threatens the very foundation of the Federation. Now, with time running out, Picard and the cress of the U. S. S. Enterprise must stop the Romulans before the deadly secret of Hermeticus 2 overwhelms them all.

     Title: Guises of the Mind
     Writer(s): Rebecca Neason, published: 9/1993, #27
     The world of Capulon IV is finally ready to join the Federation after years of waiting. All that remains is the ruler's coronation and a routine signing of the final treaty. When the crew of the U. S. S. Enterprise and their passengers - a group of women from a religious order dedicated to helping the downtrodden - arrive for the event, they expect to find a world willing and happy to receive them. Instead, they encounter deceit and treachery. The crown prince, once excited and eager to join the Federation, now refuses even to speak with Capt. Picard. Beaming to the surface in an attempt to work out the problem, Picard, Troi, and Mother Veronica, the abbess of the nuns, are drugged and captured. Now they must somehow escape and stop the crowning. If they cannot prevent it, the King will be omnipotent, with the power to destroy the U. S. S. Enterprise and all of Capulon IV as well!

     Title: Here There be Dragons
     Writer(s): John Peel, published: 12/1993, #28
     When Capt. Picard and the crew of the U. S. S. Enterprise receive news of a human planet hidden in the center of an immense stellar cloud, they immediately investigate. Penetrating the cloud, the Starship crew is shocked to discover a world of knights and serfs lifted right out of the Earth's Middle Ages. Ruthlessly exploiting the planet is a ring of interstellar trophy hunters preying on the immense, native dragon-lizards, twenty feet tall and armored like tanks. Beaming down, an away team soon becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder. Taken prisoner, Picard, Riker, Data, and Ro must somehow escape and stop the hunters or face desctruction fromn the hunter's ancient weapon, based on an advance technology capable of utterly annihilating the U. S. S. Enterprise.

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