NOVEL
Forever Dark
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation, No. 63
Author(s):	Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - March 2001
ISBN:	ISBN 0671047574

SummaryEdit

From the back cover: A mysterious cosmic force is destroying the very fabric of subspace, rendering warp travel and interstellar communication impossible throughout scattered regions of the galaxy. Even worse, these "dead zones" are spreading rapidly, bringing the entire Alpha Quadrant to the brink of a new dark age. Only Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise stand a chance of reversing the decay by tracking the disruption to its ultimate origin.

Beyond the boundaries of the Federation, deep in uncharted space, Picard and his treacherous Romulan allies have discovered the source of the crisis: a vast alien mechanism suspended between a black hole and a nearby inhabited planet. The ancient device is all that prevents the imperiled planet from disappearing into the voracious black hole, but its cataclysmic effects are eroding subspace at speeds faster than light. Now Picard faces a wrenching dilemma: must he sacrifice an entire world to save the galaxy?

CharactersEdit

Beverly Crusher • Data • Geordi La Forge • Lotre • Jean-Luc Picard • William Riker • Barbara Rossi • Spock • Deanna Troi

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Alpha Quadrant • Delta Quadrant • Romulan Neutral Zone • Romulus

StarshipsEdit

USS Enterprise (Sovereign-class) • IRW Makluan (Romulan warbird) • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)

SpeciesEdit

Betazoid • Human • Klingon • Vulcan

States and OrganizationsEdit

Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Tal Shiar • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Dominion

OtherEdit

barantium • dead zone • Type IV civilization • Unified Field Theory

External linkEdit

• Forever Dark article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.