Ghost Ship

The USS Enterprise encounters a million lost souls - trapped on an endless interstellar voyage!

Summary

 * From the book jacket:
 * In 1995, a Soviet aircraft carrier is destroyed by a mysterious creature that just as mysteriously disappears thereafter. Over three hundred years later, Counselor Deanna Troi awakens in her quarters from a nightmare in which she senses the voices of the crew of that Russian ship, whose life-essences were somehow absorbed by the creature that destroyed them. And the nightmare heralds a danger to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) itself, for if Picard can't discover a way to communicate with the creature, it could absorb his crew just as it did the Russians.

Memorable Quotes
"Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the universe."

Background Information

 * According to a timeline released by DC Comics, this novel takes place shortly after the events of.
 * The ship on the cover of this novel appears to be an upside down image of the titular vessel from . The only other ship this could have been meant to represent is the research dinghy in which Riker chases Data's shuttlecraft.
 * Data is erroneously portrayed on three pages as being able to use contractions when speaking, this novel was written before established he definitely could not even though TNG occasionally featured him doing so both before and after that episode.
 * The plot revolves around a Soviet aircraft carrier disappearing in 1995 despite the Soviet Union dissolving in 1991. However as the novel was published several years before the event in  it is understandable that the author did not foresee such an event.

Regular and recurring characters

 * Jean-Luc Picard : Starfleet captain, CO of USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D).
 * William T. Riker : Starfleet commander, first officer of Enterprise-D. Riker had previously been assigned as second officer of USS Yorktown (24th century).
 * This is one of two novels where Riker is referred to as "Bill"; the other is Encounter at Farpoint''.


 * Data : Android Starfleet lieutenant commander, operations officer of the Enterprise-D.
 * Beverly Crusher : Starfleet commander, CMO of Enterprise-D.
 * Worf : Klingon Starfleet lieutenant junior grade who was assigned to the Enterprise-D in the command division.
 * Deanna Troi : Half-Betazoid Starfleet lieutenant commander assigned as Enterprise-D counselor.
 * Geordi La Forge : VISOR-sighted Starfleet lieutenant junior grade assigned as Enterprise-D flight controller.
 * Argyle : Enterprise-D engineer.
 * Argyle appears next in Pocket TNG: The Peacekeepers and comics of the Star Trek: The Next Generation (DC volume 2)'' series.


 * Natasha Yar : Starfleet lieutenant assigned as Enterprise-D security chief.
 * Wesley Crusher : Fifteen-year-old Enterprise-D resident, awarded the title acting ensign by Captain Picard.

Other characters

 * McDougal : Enterprise-D chief engineer.
 * Arkady Reykov : Russian captain of the Gorshkov.
 * Timofei Vasska : Russian executive of Gorshkov.
 * Myakishev : Russian duty officer on Gorshkov.
 * Feklenko : Captain of Vladivostok.
 * Leon Ruszkowski: Captain of USS Roosevelt.
 * David Galanter : Executive officer of USS Roosevelt.
 * Named for novelist Dave Galanter.


 * Annalise Drumm : USS Roosevelt air wing commander.
 * Compton : USS Roosevelt crewperson.
 * Harper : US Navy admiral. Ruszkowski suggested that if Galanter opened a Greek restaurant, he could offer Adm. Harper a job as maître d'.
 * F. Palmer : Ensign
 * Mitchell : Doctor
 * Reykov's petty officer : Gorshkov crewmember.
 * Laura : Childhood crush of Picard.