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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... field, ignoring the cautions of the others. As she approached, her extended hand began to meet with a gradually increasing resistance. “It's like pushing against the wind,” she said. “It's getting stronger,” she went on as she moved in ...
... field, ignoring the cautions of the others. As she approached, her extended hand began to meet with a gradually increasing resistance. “It's like pushing against the wind,” she said. “It's getting stronger,” she went on as she moved in ...
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... field has collapsed, Captain,” Asmund reported. “We're in the Jovian's gravity well, suborbital velocity.” “Full impulse, get us some distance.” Ben Zoma voiced Picard's question. “Where did they come from?” “They just appeared over the ...
... field has collapsed, Captain,” Asmund reported. “We're in the Jovian's gravity well, suborbital velocity.” “Full impulse, get us some distance.” Ben Zoma voiced Picard's question. “Where did they come from?” “They just appeared over the ...
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Christopher L. Bennett. In the seconds it took the warp field to collapse, the Stargazer would have gained some distance from the attacker, but it could be closing in from behind even now. He had to assess their capabilities. “Can you ...
Christopher L. Bennett. In the seconds it took the warp field to collapse, the Stargazer would have gained some distance from the attacker, but it could be closing in from behind even now. He had to assess their capabilities. “Can you ...
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... fields kicked in, flickering into place over the conflagrations. “Sorry for the delay, Captain,” came Simenon's gravelly voice from engineering, relatively free of static. “The fusion reaction's surging, and the EM leakage is disrupting ...
... fields kicked in, flickering into place over the conflagrations. “Sorry for the delay, Captain,” came Simenon's gravelly voice from engineering, relatively free of static. “The fusion reaction's surging, and the EM leakage is disrupting ...
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... fields still weren't working. “Vigo! Get a fire control party up here!” he called—only belatedly realizing that Vigo was no longer able to follow his orders. But if anyone noticed the lapse, they left it unremarked. “Shields weakening ...
... fields still weren't working. “Vigo! Get a fire control party up here!” he called—only belatedly realizing that Vigo was no longer able to follow his orders. But if anyone noticed the lapse, they left it unremarked. “Shields weakening ...
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.
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Page 38 - Before engaging alien species in battle, any and all attempts to make first contact and achieve nonmilitary resolution must be made.