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The Persistence of Memory is a Pocket TNG novel – the first novel in the Cold Equations trilogy – written by David Mack. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in October 2012.
Summary[]
- From the book jacket
- A BRAZEN HEIST: Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew race to find out who has stolen one of the Galaxy's most important technological achievement – and for what sinister purpose.
- A BROKEN PROMISE: One desperate man risks everything for what he abandoned decades ago – but is he ready to pay the price for redemption?
- A DARING MISSION: Against overwhelming odds, and with time running out, Commander Worf has only one chance to avert a disaster – but how high a price will he pay for victory?
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Background information[]
- Mack revealed that contracts had been signed for the novel on 8 March 2011. [1]
- The individual novel titles and story details were announced in Star Trek Magazine issue 166.
- The Persistence of Memory reached number thirty on the New York Times Best Seller List for Paperback Mass-Market Fiction for 3 November 2012. [2]
- Cover design by Alan Dingman.
- By coincidence or by design, elements of this story would be mirrored by the Star Trek: Picard episodes "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1" and "The Bounty", which feature the canonical introduction of Doctor Altan Inigo Soong in 2399 and the restoration of Data in 2401.
External link[]
- The Persistence of Memory at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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