A Hard Rain

A crisis for Captain Picard – or a case for Dixon Hill, private detective?

Summary

 * From the book jacket
 * Captain Jean-Luc Picard has long enjoyed playing the part of Dixon Hill, a hard-boiled private eye straight out of American pulp fiction. His holographic excursions into 1940s San Francisco, a colorful world of gunplay and gangsters, provide a welcome diversion from his hefty responsibilities as a Starfleet captain.


 * But not this time.


 * The starship Enterprise has lost power and control, its own momentum carrying it ever deeper into a dangerous zone of warped space and time. And the only way out is hidden somewhere in the mean streets and back alleys of old Frisco. But so is a cold-blooded murderer....


 * Now Dixon Hill, alias Jean-Luc Picard, must get to the bottom of a tangled mystery that threatens the lives of everyone aboard the Enterprise!

Background

 * The novel is based upon the TNG episode.
 * A Hard Rain was originally intended for publication in a serial format, with one chapter appearing in Pocket Books' releases each month (as with Starfleet: Year One). The decision was made to publish the story as a standalone novel instead.

Characters

 * Jean-Luc Picard : Enterprise-E captain.
 * Beverly Crusher : Enterprise-E CMO.
 * Data : Enterprise-E Lieutenant commander
 * Geordi La Forge : Enterprise-E Chief Engineer
 * Bell
 * Ghost Johnson
 * Shoe
 * Joe "the Undertaker" Morgan
 * Arnie Andrews
 * Redblock
 * Barringer
 * Mr. Whelan : Enterprise-D Officer
 * Mr. Evans : Enterprise-D Officer

Timeline

 * 1940s
 * 2370s

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A Hard Rain