Destinies are shattered, the Romulan Empire is shaken to its core, and Jean Luc-Picardโs life is changed forever in this Star Trek: The Next Generation novel.
Long before Captain Jean-Luc Picard took command of the legendary USS 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 Beverlyโs 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 Picardโs 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 planetโand 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 nativesโ only real hope of survival and freedom. Starfleet has no recourse but to send in another team to try to save the Kevrataโand Picard is the natural choice. Critical to the success of his mission are two colleagues who served under him when he commanded the USS StargazerโPug Joseph, a man with a past to live down, and Doctor Carter Greyhorse, who has served time for attempted murderโas 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 Talโaura. But there are those who oppose her, including Commander Donatra and the warbird fleets under her command, because of the way Talโaura 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 struggleโnot only for the freedom of the long-oppressed Kevrata but also for the soul of the Romulan Empire. Before itโs over, destinies will be forged and shattered, the Empire will be shaken to its ancient foundations, and Jean-Luc Picardโs life will be changed...forever.
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