A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #1: A Time to Be Born

A Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time #1: A Time to Be Born by Vornholt, John. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780743467650.

On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picards long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Rikers promotion to captain and his new command, Rikers marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crushers new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterprise? has never been told. UNTIL NOW. The site of one of the Dominion Wars fiercest battles, the Rashanar Sector now contains a vast interstellar graveyard littered with the lifeless hulks of hundreds of devastated starships. The explosive destruction of so many varied warp drives has severely distorted the space-time continuum in this region, resulting in dangerous unleashed energies and bizarre gravitational anomalies. The Enterprise has been assigned to patrol the perimeter of the danger zone, while other vessels carry out the difficult and highly hazardous task of retrieving the bodies of the dead from the wrecked warships. To some alien races, the former battleground is hallowed space. To others, including the rapacious Androssi, it is a scavengers paradise, ripe for salvage. None expect this ships graveyard to hold a deadly secret that will force the android Data to make a heart-wrenching decision about the path his life will take -- and that will endanger not only the Enterprise, but Picards future in Starfleet.