Gemworld, Book One

An artificial world battles a natural disaster!

Summary

 * From the book jacket
 * Dazzling to behold, Gemworld is one of the wonders of the Federation: an artificial world composed entirely of crystal, its atmosphere held in place by a sophisticated network of force fields. Home to a half dozen different sentient races, this singular world is a low-gravity playpen of mammoth spires, endless fractal staircases, gemstone arcs, and dazzling prisms, all carefully nurtured by the planet's many inhabitants – until now.


 * Lieutenant Melora Pazlar, who previously served on Deep Space Nine, is currently stationed aboard the Starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) where an urgent telepathic summons alerts her to the danger threatening her homeworld.


 * The crystals that once sheltered her people, and several other alien species, are now growing at a vastly accelerated and uncontrollable rate, wreaking havoc throughout the planet. Captain Picard orders the Enterprise on a rescue mission to Gemworld, but they arrive to find a world in chaos – and an unexpected menace that traps the crew of the Enterprise along with the fragile civilization they hoped to save!

Background Information

 * The Melora Pazlar character first appeared in . Her story has continued in the Star Trek: Titan series, where she is the stellar cartographer aboard the USS Titan under the command of Captain Riker.
 * This novel, set in 2375, states that Barclay is still part of the Enterprise crew at this point. However, the Voyager episode, set in 2376, states that the character had been on Earth for almost two years.
 * This novel contained Chapter Seven of the serialized novel Starfleet: Year One.
 * An extract from this novel appeared in Star Trek Monthly issue 64.

Characters

 * Jean-Luc Picard
 * Data
 * Melora Pazlar
 * Reginald Barclay
 * Deanna Troi

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