Lieutenant Worf must find a killer—with the life of a planet at stake!
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Description[edit | edit source]
- While on a mission to save the planet Lessenar from environmental collapse, the crew of the USS Enterprise is crippled by an emotional onslaught as the surviving aliens respond in anger and pain to the death of their comrade.
- Worf must overcome this alien influence and find the true killer with the destruction of the Starship Enterprise, the survival of Lessenar, and his Klingon honor hanging in the balance…
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Characters[edit | edit source]
- Cyrano de Bergerac • Brund • Christian • Chryso • Beverly Crusher • Data • De Groodt • Du Guiche • Guinan • Mon Hartog • Hassett • Korn • Kurn • Geordi La Forge • Marca • Navarre • Alyssa Ogawa • Paddy • Jean-Luc Picard • Potter • Puckee • Reeves • William T. Riker • Ro Laren • Maria Rosso • Alexander Rozhenko • Helena Rozhenko • Sergey Rozhenko • Saart • Sebast • Standish • Simon Tarses • Timnia • Deanna Troi • Jacob Walch • Wiccy Ron Micc • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- Reginald Barclay • BeBe • Jack Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Cuthbert • Duras • Jono • K'Ehleyr • Benjamin Marley • Moodet • Rostand • Norah Satie • Soloman • Spot • T'chal • Trinid • Lwaxana Troi • Vina • Miriah Walch
Locations[edit | edit source]
- Adjunct Chamber • Earth • the galaxy • Lessenar • Qo'noS • Romulus • Starbase 17 • Starbase 81 • Ten-Forward • Theatre de Bourgogne
- Referenced only
- Acamaria • Argus Array • Betazed • Bolton • Earth Station Facility • Europe • Khitomer • Kulunda steppes • Lake Chany • Moscow • Organi III • Qizan Qal'at (Qal'at • Qizan) • Setti Alpha III • Siberia • Sketti Iota III • Starbase 1 • Starbase 87 • Talont Colony • Tyken's Rift • Unett • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards
Starships and vehicles[edit | edit source]
- cargo shuttle • emergency pod • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • lifepod • Prospector (Passenger Starliner B2004) • shuttlecraft • Tampanium (Ferengi marauder) • Voltaire
- Referenced only
- IKS BIr Hud (warship) • USS Bridger • USS Crockett (scout) • USS Galaxy • USS Intrepid • Minat Rii • IKS Pagh • train • tug • USS Von Neumann • USS Yamato
Races and cultures[edit | edit source]
- android • Bajoran • Betazoid • El-Aurian • Ferengi • Human (French • Russian) • Klingon • Lessenarian • Romulan • Sli • Tricon
- Referenced only
- Antarian • Borg • Cardassian • Intaran • Sabratic • Talarian • Vulcan
States and organizations[edit | edit source]
- Advisory Council of Lessenar • Ferengi Alliance • Ferengi Consortia • People's Coalition • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Federation Council • Gatherers • Klingon Empire • Peristroika, Inc. • Picanou Protectorate • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Diplomatic Corps
Ranks and titles[edit | edit source]
- actor • admiral • artist • assassin • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • Council Head • counselor • crewman • DaiMon • diplomat • doctor • duty officer • engineer • ensign • first officer • lawyer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • manager • medical technician • navigation officer • officer • pilot • psychologist • samurai • scientist • second officer • security chief • security guard • security officer • senior officer • spy • teacher • technician • trader • transporter chief • warrior
Science and technology[edit | edit source]
- accelerator • access port • access tube • airfreshener • airlock • alien • altitude jet • animal • antigravity pallet • antigrav sledge • antigrav stretcher • antimatter • arithmetic • atmosphere • atmospheric ion generator • atom • barastatic filter • barometer • bast • biofilter • bioscanner • biosphere • blood • bomb • brain • carbon • Celsius • centimeter • chandelier • Class IV probe • combadge • communicator • computer • contact node • cycling bin • Cytherian probe • data bank • deflector generator • dilithium crystal articulation frame • DNA • drug • eco-regeneration • electron • environment module • fire • flagship • force field • fountain • galaxy • gas giant • generator • geometry • graviton field • gravity • hair • hand probe • heart • helium • holodeck • holodiode • hologram • holographic projection base • holo-imagery padd • hour • hydrogen • hypospray • ice • impulse engine • indicator • inertial damping system • ionization • isolation tank • kaleidoscope • keyboard • kilometer • lamp • library computer • lifeform • life support • liter • low-pressure suit • lung • magnetic boots • matter • matter-antimatter reaction assembly • medical tricorder • megawatt • memory bank • memory chip • mesosphere • meter • methane • microgyro • millisecond • minute • mirror • missile • monitor • moonbase • neural transmitter • nitrogen • nitrous oxide • ODN • optical recording sensor • orbit • ozone • padd • pattern buffer • phaser • photon torpedo • photosynthesis • plasma • power cell • probe • radiation • radio • reaction chamber • replicator • scanner • second • sensor • shell star • shields • snowflake • snowstorm • space • speaker • spectroscopy • star • star system • starship • stasis field • static field • structural integrity field • subprocessor • subspace • subspace beacon • subspace relay • sulfate • tentacle • thruster • tractor beam • tranquilizer • transceiver • transmitter chip • transport container • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • universal translator • viewport • viewscreen • VISOR • warp core • warp engine • warp factor • warp field • warp grid • warp nacelle • warp reactor core
Other references[edit | edit source]
- 17th century • 23rd century • alpha shift • amphitheatre • angstrom • animide • arboretum • assassination • Atmospheric Studies • away team • bacteria • barbeque • bat • bell • benzodiazepine • binary system • bird • boomerang effect • bridge • bulkhead • burgundy fizz • candle • capital city • card • cargo bay • cat • cereal • chocolate • chocolate sundae • chocolate syrup • Cho'DevwI • Cho'DIb • church • circus • city • Class K planet • Class M • clothing • colony • comet • comic • continent • copper • court martial • cow • croc'rog • Cyrano de Bergerac • dagger • day • decathlon • demond • deuterium • Dobatlh PuqloD • dog • doll • emotion • empathy • engineering • English language • fencing • Ferengi language • ferret • Fifth Chalice of Riis • flower • fluoride • French language • frog • Gallic • Gascon • glass • gold • government • gymnasium • gypsum • hammock • headpiece • history • Holbri • Holy Rings of Betazed • homeworld • horseshoe • hull • humanoid • ice cream • jar • Jeffries tube • jellyfish • jewel • juHqo • Kamakura period • keiyurium • kilopascal • Klingon language • knife • ladder • language • leather • logic • maggot • Magotu • mask • massage • metal • milk • miskazi • model • month • mountain • mummify • music • neurasthenia • observation lounge • oil • paint • pearl • philosophy • planet • plant • plectrum • poetry • poker • polynylon • prejudice • Prime Directive • probation • quadrant • quantum transport • quarters • ready room • rec room • relay code • rock • rokeg blood pie • sabotage • sage • saline • saucer section • sauna • scabbard • school • science • sealant pack • seashell • sector • seed • shark • shield • shore leave • shuttlebay • sickbay • silicon • silk • silver • sofa • song • soup • spider • squid • stalagmite • statue • steel • swimming pool • sword • synthehol • synthetic plasticide • targ • taj • tea • technology • telepathy • terrorism • tigress • time-slip • tin • toy • transporter room • tritanium • truss frame • uniform • university • vase • velvet • Vibration Room • vinyard • Vulcan lyrette • water • waterfall • weapon • whipped cream • wine • wood • year • yellow alert • yttrium
Appendices[edit | edit source]
Related media[edit | edit source]
- The events of "The Drumhead" are mentioned in the novel.
Images[edit | edit source]
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Cover art by Keith Birdsong.
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German language re-issue edition cover image.
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TNG numbered novels | Next novel: Debtors' Planet |
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| Previous Adventure: Future Shock |
Next Adventure: The Perfect Mate | |
External link[edit | edit source]
- Sins of Commission article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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