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The crew of the USS Enterprise must cure a plague – and protect the Prime Directive!
The Death of Princes is a Pocket TNG novel – #44 in the numbered series – written by John Peel. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in January 1997.
Summary[]
- From the book jacket
- Dangerous assignments come in pairs when Captain Picard and his crew are confronted with two desperate missions on two different worlds.
- On the planet Buran, newly linked to the Federation, a mysterious disease devastates the population – and turns them against the visitors from the USS Enterprise. Meanwhile, on nearby Iomides, a renegade Federation observer has disappeared, intent on violating the Prime Directive by preventing a tragic political assassination.
- While Dr. Crusher struggles to find a cure for the plague ravaging Buran, Commander Will Riker leads an away team to Iomides. Their forces divided, Picard and his crew find themselves the only hope of two worlds.
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Background information[]
- The novel is set before TNG: "Timescape".
- The title references a quote from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: "The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."
Characters[]
- Jean-Luc Picard
- William T. Riker
- Data
- Beverly Crusher
- Deanna Troi
- Worf
- Geordi La Forge
- Reginald Barclay
- Ro Laren
- Starn (β)
- Maria Wallace
External link[]
- The Death of Princes at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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