Star Trek: Destiny: Lost Souls
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It was the hardest decision William Riker had ever made.
He cast a suspicious glare at Titan's unexpected visitor, a human-looking young woman with a crazy mane of sable hair and delicate garments that showed more of her body than they covered. She had claimed to be Erika Hernandez, the commanding officer of the Earth Starship Columbia, which had vanished more than two centuries earlier, thousands of light-years from the planet where Titan was now being held prisoner. Her tale seemed implausible, but she had offered to help his ship escape, and so Riker was willing to accept her extraordinary claims on faith... at least, until Titan was safe someplace far from here and he could put her identity to the test.
Hers had been a proposition he couldn't refuse, but freeing his ship from the reclusive aliens known as the Caeliar would come at a price: His away team -- made up of most of his senior officers, including his wife, his Imzadi, Deanna Troi -- would have to be abandoned on the planet's surface.
But there was a war raging at home, and above all, he had a duty to protect his ship a ... read full excerpt from: Star Trek: Destiny: Lost Souls ebook
