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During a survey mission of Domarus IV—an uninhabited class M world—an Enterprise shuttle crewed by Data, Troi, and Wesley Crusher is captured by the Tenirans, a hostile alien race claiming the planet. While Captain Picard negotiates with the Teniran leader, the shuttle vanishes amid a burst of color and light. Confronted with the disappearance, Picard is forced to cooperate with two alien captains and discovers that Domarus IV harbors a powerful alien entity capable of transforming or destroying the world.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Howard Weinstein
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