Foreign Foes (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 31) [Mass Market Paperback]

Dave Galanter (Author), Greg Brodeur (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek, the Next Generation | Publication Date: August 1, 1994

The Hidran race and the Klingon Empire have been at each other's throats for seventy years, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard has been asked to do the near-impossible: take the "U.S.S. Enterprise(TM) to the planet Velex to mediate a treaty that will end the conflict between these two aggressive species. Things get off to a rocky start -- then turn deadly as the Hidran ambassador mysteriously dies, and kills a Klingon delegate as a last act of vengence.

When Lt.Worf is charged with the ambassador's assassinaton, and Commander Riker and Counselor Troi are trapped far below the surface of the planet, Captain Picard must not only act to save the Hidranas and Klingons from each other, but to save his Klingon officer from a hideous death sentence...

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The Hidran race and the Klingon Empire have been at each other's throats for seventy years, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard has been asked to accomplish a near-impossible task: take the U.S.S. Enterprise^TM to the planet Velex to mediate a treaty that will end the conflict between these two aggressive species. Things get off to a rocky start, then turn deadly as the Hidran ambassador mysteriously dies, and kills a Klingon delegate in a last act of vengence.

When Lt. Worf is charged with the ambassador's assassination, and Commander Riker and Counselor Troi are trapped far below the surface of the planet, Captain Picard must not only act to save the Hidrans and Klingons from each other, but to save his Klingon officer from a hideous death sentence.

About the Author

Dave Galanter has authored (or co-authored with sometime collaborator Greg Brodeur) various Star Trek projects, including Voyager: Battle Lines (1999) and the Next Generation duology Maximum Warp (2001), as well as numerous pieces of short Trek fiction.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek; First Edition edition (August 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067188414X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671884147
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,022,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thumbs up!, November 25, 1998

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This review is from: Foreign Foes (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 31) (Mass Market Paperback)

I thought that this book was a good read. The mystery in this book is built up very suspensefully, and the pay-off was great. It fit my definition of a good mystery, and that's what made it so enjoyable to me. Also, Captain Picard's triade at the end of the book was very well done. I could easily visualize Picard saying those lines on my TV. The conflict, and how each persons get out of their situtations, were played up very well.

My only minor quabble with this book was some word choices and the structuring of sentences. But that comes more from my experiences as a writer and reader than anything else. It's just a matter of style preferences.

I'd highly recommend this book for anybody who loves a good mystery and some slam-blam action.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ST-TNG: Foreign Foes, April 19, 2003

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Joe Zika "Khemprof" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foreign Foes (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 31) (Mass Market Paperback)

Star Trek-The Next Generation: Foreign Foes written by Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur is a Captain Jean-Luc Picard solving a mystery and bring peace to two warring parties book.

For seventy years the Hidran and the Klingon Empire have been fighting a war with neither side gaining the advantage, but now Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew are sent to negotiate a peace. While on the planet Velex to mediate a treaty, Picard has his hands full as Worf is charged with the murder of the Hidran ambassador. And while inspecting a field of some new grain, Troi and Riker get trapped in an underground chamber with machenery attacking them.

The story with both plots is written well and you really get into the flow of the book, making for a very enjoyable read. There is mystery and intrigue to pique your interest and there is good character development.

This is a Picard and crew mediate peace between two warring parties book with a good sub plot, making for a fast read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good plot, somewhat weak writing., July 8, 2006

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foreign Foes (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 31) (Mass Market Paperback)

The story is a good one, if not a great one, with a basic premise only slightly more dubious than the general run of Star Trek stories. The writing leaves a bit to be desired; it isn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination; the characterizations are good to excellent, the pacing is not at all bad, the dialogue neither noticeably bad or exceptional. So if, unlike this reviewer, you aren't a stickler for detail, you might consider this a somewhat above average bit of writing. But there are numerous places in which the word choice, spelling, and other detail -- detail that SHOULD be caught by the editing and proofreading before a book goes to print -- is rather sloppy. Several places, for instance, where the word "breath" is used as a verb rather than "breathe". One where the word that is clearly intended is "planet", and what is said is "plant". (If it was within his power, this conflict would not leave the plant." Or an instance of the mangled syntax "He wasn't been able to use communications until just a few minutes ago." At least one, and possibly more, instances of using "passed" when what was intended was "past". (The...craft shook as torpedoes sped passed her...". Other instances in which there is simply a word missing in the middle of a sentence. I suppose to be fair I should say that my complaint is with the editing, not the writing, but a writer should do a certain amount of his or her own editing. This book was just too sloppy to rate highly, which is a shame because the story was good.