Collateral Damage

There are two completely distinct story lines here. In one, Picard is the subject of a legal proceeding, accused of participating in the murder of the previous Federation president and sedition against the Federation. Picard seems uncharacteristically maudlin and deflated throughout, and the proceed......more

While Picard is on trial on Earth, Worf captains the Enterprise as they try to track down a gang of space pirates who have stolen a deadly weapon. The trial scenes are predictable and formulaic. Luckily the other story helps to make up for the rather boring courtroom drama, as we learn the motivatio......more

This novel is packed...almost too packed, and I do have to say that I was far more invested in the Picard side of the story. That said, the rest of the novel is so full of plot, events, and characters that it's certainly never boring. I just wish some of it could have been hived off into a separate......more

COLLATERAL DAMAGE is probably the final Star Trek: The Next Generation book set in the novelverse continuity. With the arrival of PICARD, much of the storyline has been overwritten with Captain Picard no longer married to Beverly Crusher as well as not having a son. He also obviously didn't resign f......more

Picard on Trial! Captain Picard stands accused of sedition and conspiracy to commit murder! The shadows of Texas - from the A Time To series event that has been established as one of the pivotal events in the Star Trek Extended Universe - come to haunt Captain Picard as the collapse of Section 31 has......more