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A Weary Life is a Pocket TNG eBook novella – the fifth novella in the Slings and Arrows series – written by Robert Greenberger. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in March 2008.
Summary[]
- From the book jacket
- A new six-part epic covering the first year of service of the USS Enterprise-E, leading up to the events of the hit movie Star Trek: First Contact.
- A team from the Enterprise – Riker, La Forge, and Daniels – is sent to deal with the latest threat from the Maquis. For La Forge and Daniels, it's just another mission, but Riker must face the specter of his transporter twin, Tom Riker, who left Starfleet to join the Maquis.
- When the Enterprise team is caught between the Maquis and the Cardassians, Riker finds himself with an important decision to make – one that may affect his future in Starfleet…
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Background information[]
- The eBook was originally scheduled for release on 1 February 2008.
- The title of this novella, like the titles of the other novellas in this miniseries and of the miniseries itself, derives from a quote from Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
Characters[]
External link[]
- A Weary Life at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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