In the last seven years, Captain Picard and the

crew of the Starship Enterprise have visited

strange new worlds, encountered life in all its

galatic diversity, and faced deadlier enemies

than man has ever known. They have truly gone

where no one has gone before, and in the process

made STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION~ into

the most successful syndicated dramatic program

of all time~ Now, after seven years, their television

journey is coming to a close. Pocket Books is

proud to present the novelization of the class c

final episode.

Seven years ago, Captain Jean-Luc Picard first

faced the judgment of the Q Continuum--a race

of beings with godlike powers over time and

space who presumed to gauge humanity s fitness

to exist in the Galaxy. Seven years ago they

suspended judgment, but now their decision has

been reached: The human race will be

eliminated, not only in the present, but throughout

time: Humanity will have never existed.

The only chance to save mankind lies with

Captain Picard. An old enemy has granted him

the power to revisit his life as itwas seven years

before, and to experience his life twenty f ve

years in the future. With the help of friendships

that span time and space, Picard struggles to

defeat the plans of the Q Continuum. But even as

he fights to save the human race from total

extinction, he has been setup to be the Unwitting

agent of Mankind s destruction.

In his effort to save humanity, Picard must

sacrifice himself and all those he loves,..perhaps

more than once. And if the r sacrifice fails, all

Mankind is doomed.