Star Trek: Insurrection (novel)

Picard and his crew must commit treason to protect an alien people's secret to eternal youth from both an attacking alien race... and from the Federation itself.

Summary

 * From the book jacket:
 * On an unnamed planet in a distant sector, Starfleet, in an uneasy alliance with a mysterious new alien species of unknown origin, has discovered a secret with astounding implications that could transform the future of the entire Federation. But this secret has a price that may be more than some are willing to pay.


 * The secret first turns Data against Starfleet, then draws Jean-Luc Picard and the Starship Enterprise into a tense and dangerous situation that has unexpected effects on every member of the crew – and presents them with an agonizing moral dilemma. Faced with orders he cannot obey and a crisis he cannot ignore, Picard finds himself torn between his conscience and his uniform.

Background Information

 * Novelization of by J.M. Dillard.
 * The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.
 * A trade paperback version was released internationally by Pocket Books; it was not available in the US.
 * The novelization features the original ending of the film, where Ru'afo is exposed to the radiation and gets younger and younger.
 * An extract from this novel appeared in Star Trek Monthly issue 49.
 * A sampler cassette, containing the first 45 minutes of the audiobook, was given away free with Star Trek Monthly issue 60.

Characters

 * Jean-Luc Picard
 * William T. Riker
 * Data
 * Geordi La Forge
 * Beverly Crusher
 * Deanna Troi
 * Worf