Bücher von Michael Jan Friedman

In STAR TREK - NEMESIS, dem zehnten Kinofilm der erfolgreichen Sci-Fi-Saga, ging die Geschichte von Jean-Luc Picard und der Crew der Next-Generation-Enterprise - zumindest auf der Leinwand - zu Ende. Unter großen Opfern konnte die Mannschaft der Enterprise einen Staatsstreich auf Romulus, der die Galaxis in einen weiteren verheerenden Krieg zu stürzen drohte, verhindern. TOD IM WINTER ist nun der erste aus einer Reihe von Romanen, die die Geschichte von Jean-Luc Picard und der neuen Enterprise weitererzählen.Nach dem Tod des Putschisten Shinzon und dem Niederschlagen des remanischen Aufstands, ist auf der Heimatwelt der Romulaner ein politisches Machtvakuum entstanden. Verschiedene Fraktionen innerhalb des Romulanischen Reichs kämpfen um die Vorherrschaft über das zahlreiche Planeten und Kolonien umfassende Reich. Eine dieser Welten ist Kevratas, ein unwirtlicher Eisplanet am Rande der Romulanischen Neutralen Zone. Die Kevrataner, eins ein stolzes Volk und nun als Vasallen Teil des Romulanischen Imperiums, begehren gegen ihre Machthaber auf.Als eine biogenetische Seuche auf Kevratas ausbricht, schickt die Sternenflotte ihren ranghöchsten medizinischen Offizier auf den Quarantäneplaneten, Dr. Beverly Crusher. Kurze Zeit später wird der ehemalige Bordarzt der Enterprise als vermisst gemeldet, und Jean-Luc Picard muss sich auf die gefährliche Suche nach seiner ehemaligen Kollegin und einem Heilmittel gegen eine Krankheit machen, die Millionen Leben auszulöschen droht.

Destinies are shattered, the Romulan Empire is shaken to its core, and Jean Luc-Picard's life is changed forever in this Star Trek: The Next Generation novel.Long before Captain Jean-Luc Picard took command of the legendary Starship Enterprise(TM), he fell deeply and hopelessly in love with Doctor Beverly Crusher. Though, for one reason or another, Picard never acted on his feelings, he found a measure of contentment as Beverly's close friend, colleague, and daily breakfast partner. But when Doctor Crusher leaves her position on the Enterprise to become the chief medical officer of Starfleet, the brightest light in Picard's life is taken from him. And he has hardly resigned himself to his loss when he learns that Beverly has been declared missing in action on a distant planet?and presumed dead. Kevratas is a bleak, frozen world on the far side of the Romulan Neutral Zone where the Federation has become the plague-ravaged natives' only real hope of survival and freedom. Starfleet has no recourse but to send in another team to try to save the Kevrata?and Picard is the natural choice. Critical to the success of his mission are two colleagues who served under him when he commanded the Starship Stargazer?Pug Joseph, a man with a past to live down, and Doctor Carter Greyhorse, who has served time for attempted murder?as well as a Romulan who left his people years earlier and never expected to return. Together, they follow the trail of Beverly Crusher to Kevratas, determined to succeed where the doctor failed. On the Romulan homeworld, meanwhile, the political vacuum created by the demise of Praetor Shinzon has been filled by his staunchest supporter, Senator Tal'aura. But there are those who oppose her, including Commander Donatra and the warbird fleets under her command, because of the way Tal'aura has mishandled rebellions on the Empire's subject worlds. And one rebellion in particular; the movement for self-determination on frigid Kevratas. So begins a desperate struggle?not only for the freedom of the long-oppressed Kevrata but also for the soul of the Romulan Empire. Before it's over, destinies will be forged and shattered, the Empire will be shaken to its ancient foundations, and Jean-Luc Picard's life will be changed...forever.

"Based upon Star Trek: the Next Generation created by Gene Roddenberry."

Continuing the mission he began in "Unification," Starfleet Ambassador Spock endeavors to impart the logic of the Vulcan way to a small band of Romulans eager to unite the Romulan Empire and the planet Vulcan. But unbeknownst to them, a Romulan spy has joined the ranks disguised as a Unification sympathizer. Deceived by this traitor, Spock and his students are taken hostage.Fearful that Spock's knowledge of Federation security will fall into enemy hands, Starfleet dispatches its best ship, the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM 1701-D, and most respected captain, Jean-Luc Picard, to secure the hostages' release. Spock's former shipmate from the original Starship EnterpriseTM, Ambassador McCoy -- over one hundred forty years old, but still as feisty as ever -- is brought in to consult on the negotiations.Their situation is further complicated when Captain Montgomery Scott confiscates an out-of-service starship and effects his own daring rescue of Spock. Picard must now find a way to preserve the Federation's security and prevent a war while treading a mindfield of danger and deadly Romulan politics that threaten his ship, his crew, and the Federation he serves.

Krenn, a Klingon captain, faces a test of conscience, when he learns of a Klingon plan to destroy the Federation, in The Final Reflection, and when the discovery of an ancient scroll threatens the Klingon legend of Kahless, the present-day emperor Kahless clone turns to Picard and Worf for assistanc