Author Laurell K. Hamilton brings us an interesting adventure for the crew of the Enterprise-1701-D as they are asked to send Captain Picard, Lieutenant Worf and Councilor Troi to the planet Oriana. There the people have been fighting a civil war for the last two hundred years which has been killing the planet as well as themselves. Once Captain Picard, Worf and Troi beam down the Enterprise is called away to make first contact with as yet unknown species. During the first night that the Enterprise is away Captain Picard is taken into custody because one of the waring factions leader's have been poisoned and it's up to Worf and Troi to find out who. This a great read for any classic star trek fan and I highly recommend it to all.