The final original novel in the electrifying The Next Generation/Deep
Space Nine crossover event!
Following the resolution of the fertility crisis that nearly caused
their extinction, the Andorian people now stand ready to rejoin the
United Federation of Planets. The return of one of its founding member
worlds is viewed by many as the first hopeful step beyond the
uncertainty and tragedy that have overshadowed recent events in the
Alpha Quadrant. But as the Federation looks to the future and the
special election to name President Bacco's permanent successor, time is
running out to apprehend those responsible for the respected leader's
brutal assassination. Even as elements of the Typhon Pact are implicated
for the murder, Admiral William Riker holds key knowledge of the true
assassins--a revelation that could threaten the fragile
Federation-Cardassian alliance.
Questions and concerns also continue to swell around Bacco's interim
successor, Ishan Anjar, who uses the recent bloodshed to further a
belligerent, hawkish political agenda against the Typhon Pact. With the
election looming, Riker dispatches his closest friend, Captain Jean-Luc
Picard, in a desperate attempt to uncover the truth. But as Picard and
the Enterprise crew pursue the few remaining clues, Riker must act on
growing suspicions that someone within Ishan's inner circle has been in
league with the assassins from the very beginning...