Star Trek Insurrection (Star Trek The Next Generation) - Hardcover

J. M. Dillard; Rick Berman; Michael Piller

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671024477 ISBN 13: 9780671024475

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1998

Synopsis

The actions of a mysterious new alien species with whom Starfleet has made an alliance, force Captain Picard to choose between his conscience and direct Starfleet orders

About this title

Review:

J.M. Dillard is a veteran of Star Trek novelizations, having written them for the last five films. Her latest, Star Trek: Insurrection, finds her in fine form. The film is much lighter in tone than the last Next Generation offering, First Contact, and Dillard captures this relaxed mood well, transferring the humor from screen to page with a sure touch. The plot moves at a good pace as Picard and crew attempt to protect a group of peaceful Ba'ku villagers from the sinister alien Son'a and Starfleet's Admiral Dougherty, who is being less than candid about his mission. The planet has a rejuvenating effect on everyone who lands there, and this is what the Son'a, a dying race, are after. Dillard deepens the complexity of Dougherty's character, and fills in more of the background of the Ba'ku and Son'a peoples than the film had time for. The book diverges slightly from the screen version in places, presumably because Dillard was working from an earlier version of the script, but at least this means that Picard and Anij get to kiss one another! For those who enjoyed the film, this is a good way of fixing it in the memory, and it works as an exciting novel in its own right. --Elizabeth Sourbut, Amazon.co.uk

About the Author:

J. M. Dillard is the author of the bestselling Star Trek: First ContactŠ. She lives in California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0671024477
• ISBN 13: 9780671024475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 295