Star Trek
The Next Generation: Stargazer Book One: Gauntlet
Prologue
OLD FRIENDS, THOUGHT Pernon Obahr. You come to
know them as you know yourself, to love them, to
rely on them. You allow yourself to believe they
will never let you down.
And yet, in the course of time, even the oldest
friend may betray you. It was a fact of life, he
mused - not only on Bajor, but on any world in
the great, star-spanning cosmos.
Pernon stood on the highest balcony of the
highest building in Karvis and followed the
curve of the glistening river with his gaze. On
its near bank, a few kilometers north of the
city, a half-dozen large, grey water pumps
worked with the power and perserverance of
prehistoric animals.
It was a good thing, too. Thanks to the pumps,
some thirty percent of the river's volume ... read full excerpt from Star Trek: The Next Generation : Stargazer Book One: Gauntlet ebook
