A Hard Rain
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| Author(s): | Dean Wesley Smith |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TNG |
| Published: | March 2002 |
| Pages: | 233 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (2370s) |
| Reference: | ISBN 074341926X |
A crisis for Captain Picard — or a case for Dixon Hill, private detective?
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[edit] Summary
- From the book jacket
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard has long enjoyed playing the part of Dixon Hill, a hard-boiled private eye straight out of American pulp fiction. His holographic excursions into 1940s San Francisco, a colorful world of gunplay and gangsters, provide a welcome diversion from his hefty responsibilities as a Starfleet captain.
- But not this time.
- The starship Enterprise has lost power and control, its own momentum carrying it ever deeper into a dangerous zone of warped space and time. And the only way out is hidden somewhere in the mean streets and back alleys of old Frisco. But so is a cold-blooded murderer....
- Now Dixon Hill, alias Jean-Luc Picard, must get to the bottom of a tangled mystery that threatens the lives of everyone aboard the Enterprise!
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
[edit] Background
- The novel is based upon the TNG episode "The Big Goodbye".
- A Hard Rain was originally intended for publication in a serial format, with one chapter appearing in Pocket Books' releases each month (as with Starfleet: Year One). The decision was made to publish the story as a standalone novel instead.
[edit] Characters
- Jean-Luc Picard
- Enterprise-E captain.
- Beverly Crusher
- Enterprise-E CMO.
- Data
- Enterprise-E Lieutenant commander
- Geordi La Forge
- Enterprise-E Chief Engineer
- Bell
- Ghost Johnson
- Shoe
- Joe "the Undertaker" Morgan
- Arnie Andrews
- Redblock
- Barringer
- Mr. Whelan
- Enterprise-D Officer
- Mr. Evans
- Enterprise-D Officer
[edit] References
[edit] Timeline
| Previous novel: Gateways: Doors Into Chaos | Novels Pocket TNG | Next novel: The Battle of Betazed |
| Previous numbered novel: #64: Immortal Coil |
