Riker’s appearance
as Jean-Luc’s faithful friend and former subordinate was a highlight of the
first season of Picard. Dude just has
great vibes. There’s a reason, after all, that he’s such a popular character,
beyond his chronic inability to sit in chairs correctly. So it’s only fitting
that the newest novel in the Star Trek book
line will give us a bit more information about his life after The Next Generation.
As reported by Trek
Movie, the next book in the Star Trek: Picard tie-in
line has been announced by Simon and Schuster, and it’s called Star Trek: Picard — The Dark Veil. Written by
James Swallow, the book will follow William Riker and Deanna Troi aboard the
USS Titan, a year after Picard’s resignation from Starfleet. Here’s the
synopsis:
The Alpha Quadrant
is mired in crisis.
Within the United
Federation of Planets, a terrorist strike on the shipyards of Mars has led to
the shutdown of all relief efforts for millions of Romulans facing certain doom
from an impending supernova.
But when the USS
Titan is drawn into a catastrophic incident on the Romulan-Federation border,
Captain William Riker, his family, and his crew find themselves caught between
the shocking secrets of an enigmatic alien species and the deadly agenda of a
ruthless Tal Shiar operative.
Forced into a wary
alliance with a Romulan starship commander, Riker and the Titan crew must
uncover the truth to stop a devastating attack—but one wrong move could plunge
the entire sector into open conflict!
That sounds
intriguing! More fully fleshing out the messy politics of this era of Trek is only a good thing, as is a further
exploration of Riker and Troi’s life in the wake of losing their greatest ally
and friend in Starfleet to the vineyard. And, as Trek Movie notes, Swallow has
written about the USS Titan before—albeit a now non-canon version. Swallow
has, in fact, written a lot of Trek books—by
my count this will be his tenth. He’s also written tie-in books for Doctor Who, Stargate,
and, uh, 24.
https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-picards-best-callbacks-to-the-next-generatio-1842566037
Star Trek: Picard — The Dark Veil will be out
on January 5th, 2021. You can pre-order it now.
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