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Summary

From the book jacket
It was supposed to be a mission of mercy until the unthinkable occurred: the destruction of the USS Juno, killing all hands on board. Starfleet Command has unjustly assessed the actions of Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew during that fateful assignment to the Rashanar Battle Site – the site that saw one of the fiercest conflicts of the Dominion War, and which is now a hazardous interstellar graveyard filled with hundreds of devastated starships. While the court-ordered medical evaluation that relieved Picard of command is ongoing, there is ongoing speculation that his illustrious career may be coming to an end.
To clear his former commander, acting captain William Riker and a demoralized skeleton crew agree to conduct a covert operation, and must venture the Starship Enterprise back into Rashanar to track down a mythical menace – one that may already be responsible for the annihilation of countless fully armed starships. Unbridled hostility and the promise of death lurk at every turn, but they could never imagine that their only chance of survival may lie in the unexpected return of an old friend...

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Memorable quotes

"I figured you would choose the Vulcan cave left to your own devices long enough"

"It's the most like a prison"

-Counselor Cabot and Picard

"They say we are cowards and heathens because we're trifling with their dead."

"Tell them we'll vaporize their dead if they don't stop firing at us!"

- Erwin and Riker

Characters

Canon characters

Beverly Crusher
Chief Medical Officer of the Enterprise-E.
Wesley Crusher
Traveler
Data
Chief Operations Officer of the Enterprise-E.
Geordi La Forge
Chief Engineer of the Enterprise-E.
Kell Perim
Trill, Conn officer of the Enterprise-E lieutenant.
Jean-Luc Picard
Captain of the Enterprise-E.
William T. Riker
First Officer of the Enterprise-E.
Deanna Troi
Counselor on the Enterprise-E.
Nakamura
Admiral at Starfleet Command.
Alynna Nechayev
Admiral at Starfleet Command.
William Ross
Admiral at Starfleet Command.

Non-canon characters

Brewster, Ensign
Alias for Wesley Crusher
Colleen Cabot
Counselor at Starfleet Medical.
Christine Vale
Tactical officer of the Enterprise-E and first officer of the Titan
Jason Emery
Aide to Commodore Korgan.
Korgan
Medusan commodore in Starfleet.
Fristan
Androssi scavenger
Overseer Jacer
Androssi scavenger
Vengus
Orion scavenger
Hidek
Orion scavenger

References

antimatter; auto-destruct; cloaking device; Jem'Hadar battle cruiser; Klingon disruptor; Maquis; Orion; Pakled; Romulan ale; Starfleet Corps of Engineers; The Traveler

Androssi
Blue-skinned species, scavengers at Rashanar Battle Site
Demon Flyer
Ontailian name for the shape-shifting creature at Rashanar
USS Hickock
Ambassador-class starship lost at Battle of Rashanar
Hok'Tar
species, scavengers at Rashanar Battle Site
Kreel
ape shaped scaly species, scavengers at Rashanar Battle Site
Ona
Ontailian homeworld
Ontailian
Federation members. Non-humanoid.
Skegge
Federation Tug named for Ekosian bird
Yoxced
Ontailian flagship

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