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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 74
Page 4
... told himself. This kind of luck suggested that the Great River was flowing in his favor, and if he played his hand deftly, he could impress the Nagus and GuiMon enough to stand up to them and negotiate a larger share of the system's ...
... told himself. This kind of luck suggested that the Great River was flowing in his favor, and if he played his hand deftly, he could impress the Nagus and GuiMon enough to stand up to them and negotiate a larger share of the system's ...
Page 12
... told her, knowing it would be a token effort. “Engineering—” Just then, the fire-suppression fields kicked in, flickering into place over the conflagrations. “Sorry for the delay, Captain,” came Simenon's gravelly voice from engineering ...
... told her, knowing it would be a token effort. “Engineering—” Just then, the fire-suppression fields kicked in, flickering into place over the conflagrations. “Sorry for the delay, Captain,” came Simenon's gravelly voice from engineering ...
Page 26
... told him that he had weakly answered their hails and thanked them, but if so, he had done it in a semi-conscious state that left no imprint on his long-term memory. They let him sleep after that, tending to the injuries and malnutrition ...
... told him that he had weakly answered their hails and thanked them, but if so, he had done it in a semi-conscious state that left no imprint on his long-term memory. They let him sleep after that, tending to the injuries and malnutrition ...
Page 28
... told him over breakfast, her normal bluntness back in full force. He looked up in surprise. “A court-martial? I know a court of inquiry is routine when a ship is destroyed, but—” “That's just it, Jean-Luc. The Stargazer wasn't just ...
... told him over breakfast, her normal bluntness back in full force. He looked up in surprise. “A court-martial? I know a court of inquiry is routine when a ship is destroyed, but—” “That's just it, Jean-Luc. The Stargazer wasn't just ...
Page 38
... told us about Directive Zero-One-Zero,” she said. “Could you tell us Directive Zero-One-Two?” Ben Zoma paused before reciting the regulation. “'When engaged in combat with an unknown alien species, all attempts must be made to resolve ...
... told us about Directive Zero-One-Zero,” she said. “Could you tell us Directive Zero-One-Two?” Ben Zoma paused before reciting the regulation. “'When engaged in combat with an unknown alien species, all attempts must be made to resolve ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
Admiral archive Ariel B’nurlac base’s beam black hole Breen bridge Caitians Captain Picard Cardassian Carnelians Centauri civilizations close command Coray Coray’s crew Deanna Deanna Troi Donald Varley event horizon eyes Federation Ferengi fire galactic galaxy gaze Giriaenn Guinan Heisenberg compensator humanoid inside Janeway Jean-Luc Picard Karapleedeez Kirisha knew Langford Lenama Lieutenant live ma’am Mabrae Manraloth mind Mister Data moved never Ngalior nodded officer once orbit Organians perhaps phasers Phillipa Picard asked planet quantum Quinn Regnancy ruins Ruyao Sartak scans scout sensors shields ship ship’s shook his head shuttle simply smiled space species star Starbase Stardate stared Starfleet Stargazer starship stasis bubble stasis field Stefcia subspace sure T’Lara Tanebor tell Thank there’s thing thought tion told took transporter tricorder turned Vejar vessel warp what’s would’ve you’re Zoma
Popular passages
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.