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| Series = ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Cold Equations]]'' #3
 
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| Pages = 384
 
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| ISBN = 1451650744 (paperback)<br>ISBN 1451650779 (eBook)<br>{{ASIN|B007EDZ02E}} (Kindle)
 
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'''''The Body Electric''''' is a forthcoming novel by [[David Mack]], scheduled to be released in {{m|January|2013}}. The final part in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Cold Equations]]'' trilogy, the novel will reportedly feature the crew of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} as they seek to "''stop a massive sentient machine from unleashing a catastrophe that will exterminate all organic life in the galaxy''".
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'''''The Body Electric''''' is a novel by [[David Mack]], released in {{m|December|2012}}, the final part in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Cold Equations]]'' trilogy.
   
Mack revealed that contracts had been signed for the novel on {{d|8|March|2011}}. [http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150103156344005&id=46790014004] The individual novel titles and story details were announced in [[Star Trek Magazine issue 166|''Star Trek Magazine'' issue 166]].
 
 
Announcing the trilogy on his blog, Mack noted that [[Wesley Crusher]] would play a role in this story. [http://infinitydog.livejournal.com/354864.html]
 
 
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:'''The climax of a new trilogy by the national bestselling author of ''[[Star Trek: Destiny]]''!'''
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:''At the center of the [[Galaxy]], a planet-sized Machine of terrifying power and unfathomable purpose hurls entire star systems into a supermassive black hole. [[Wesley Crusher]], now a full-fledged [[The Traveler|Traveler]], knows the Machine must be stopped... but he has no idea how. He enlists the help of Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] and the ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|Enterprise]]'' crew, who also fail to halt the unstoppable alien juggernaut's destructive labors. But they soon divine the Machine's true purpose, which threatens to exterminate all life in the Milky Way Galaxy. With time running out, Picard realizes he knows of only one person who might be able to stop the Machine in time to avert a galactic catastrophe&ndash;but he has no idea how to find him.
 
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*Mack revealed that contracts had been signed for the novel on {{d|8|March|2011}}. [http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150103156344005&id=46790014004]
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*The individual novel titles and story details were announced in [[Star Trek Magazine issue 166|''Star Trek Magazine'' issue 166]].
   
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The Body Electric is a novel by David Mack, released in December 2012, the final part in the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Cold Equations trilogy.

Summary

Solicitation blurb
The climax of a new trilogy by the national bestselling author of Star Trek: Destiny!
At the center of the Galaxy, a planet-sized Machine of terrifying power and unfathomable purpose hurls entire star systems into a supermassive black hole. Wesley Crusher, now a full-fledged Traveler, knows the Machine must be stopped... but he has no idea how. He enlists the help of Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew, who also fail to halt the unstoppable alien juggernaut's destructive labors. But they soon divine the Machine's true purpose, which threatens to exterminate all life in the Milky Way Galaxy. With time running out, Picard realizes he knows of only one person who might be able to stop the Machine in time to avert a galactic catastrophe–but he has no idea how to find him.
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