The Lost Era: The Buried AgeThe mysterious "missing years" of Captain Picard's life—before he commanded the Enterprise—are revealed at last in this Star Trek: The Next Generation novel! Jean-Luc Picard. His name has gone down in legend as the captain of the U.S.S. Stargazer and two starships Enterprise. But the nine years of his life leading up to the inaugural mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise to Farpoint Station have remained a mystery—until now, as Picard's lost era is finally unearthed. Following the loss of the Stargazer and the brutal court-martial that resulted, Picard no longer sees a future for himself in Starfleet. Turning to his other love, archaeology, he embarks on a quest to rediscover a buried age of ancient galactic history...and awakens a living survivor of that era: a striking, mysterious woman frozen in time since before the rise of Earth's dinosaurs. But this powerful immortal has a secret of cataclysmic proportions, and her plans will take Picard—aided along the way by a brilliant but naive android, an insightful Betazoid, and an enigmatic El-Aurian—to the heights of passion, the depths of betrayal, and the farthest reaches of explored space. |
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... It's like pushing against the wind,” she said. “It's getting stronger,” she went on as she moved in closer, using both hands now. “My hands are starting to feel . . . slightly warm.” “Move away,” Picard warned. “It's . . . tingling now ...
... It's like pushing against the wind,” she said. “It's getting stronger,” she went on as she moved in closer, using both hands now. “My hands are starting to feel . . . slightly warm.” “Move away,” Picard warned. “It's . . . tingling now ...
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... It's always good business to know about new customers before they walk in your door.” Besides, these people claimed ... its technical capabilities and the life signs of its crew, all hopes for a safe and profitable first contact could be ...
... It's always good business to know about new customers before they walk in your door.” Besides, these people claimed ... its technical capabilities and the life signs of its crew, all hopes for a safe and profitable first contact could be ...
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... its presence until they were directly in its gunsights. Flax smiled. Maybe the River was still bringing him luck after all. b. Captain's Log, Stardate 32217.3 U.S.S. Stargazer on routine survey mission into the Maxia Zeta star system ...
... its presence until they were directly in its gunsights. Flax smiled. Maybe the River was still bringing him luck after all. b. Captain's Log, Stardate 32217.3 U.S.S. Stargazer on routine survey mission into the Maxia Zeta star system ...
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... it's a sun with twelve unexplored planets—a dozen gifts just waiting for us to unwrap them and discover the surprises they hold.” Idun Asmund turned from the helm console. “A dozen lifeless balls of rock and gas? Good to know you're ...
... it's a sun with twelve unexplored planets—a dozen gifts just waiting for us to unwrap them and discover the surprises they hold.” Idun Asmund turned from the helm console. “A dozen lifeless balls of rock and gas? Good to know you're ...
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... its high-warp capacity by alternating pairs of nacelles, could allow it to build up warp power with no loss to tactical systems. The unfamiliarity went both ways; if these aliens had never been encountered by Starfleet before, they ...
... its high-warp capacity by alternating pairs of nacelles, could allow it to build up warp power with no loss to tactical systems. The unfamiliarity went both ways; if these aliens had never been encountered by Starfleet before, they ...
Contents
Section 16 | 249 |
Section 17 | 268 |
Section 18 | 286 |
Section 19 | 307 |
Section 20 | 315 |
Section 21 | 322 |
Section 22 | 340 |
Section 23 | 352 |
Section 9 | 128 |
Section 10 | 145 |
Section 11 | 163 |
Section 12 | 175 |
Section 13 | 193 |
Section 14 | 213 |
Section 15 | 233 |
Section 24 | 362 |
Section 25 | 376 |
Section 26 | 392 |
Section 27 | 401 |
Section 28 | 407 |
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Page 168 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 168 - Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometime voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me ; that, when I wak'd, I cried to dream again.
Page 284 - it is not what you say, but how you say it" ; but of course, how you say it may depend on what you want to say.
Page 6 - I .t's always good business to know about new customers before they walk in your door.
Page 38 - Before engaging alien species in battle, any and all attempts to make first contact and achieve nonmilitary resolution must be made.