He was perhaps the ultimate human achievement: a sentient artificial life-form - self-aware, self-determining, possessing a mind and body far surpassing that of his makers, and imbued with the potential to evolve beyond the scope of his programming. And then Data was destroyed.
Four years later, Data's creator, Noonien Soong, sacrificed his life and resurrected his android son, who in turn revived the positronic brain of his own artificial daughter, Lal. Having resigned his commission, the former Starfleet officer now works to make his way on an alien world, while also coming to grips with the very human notion of wanting versus having a child. But complicating Data's new life is an unexpected nemesis from years ago on the U.S.S. Enterprise - the holographic master criminal Professor James Moriarty.
Long believed to be imprisoned in a memory solid, Moriarty has created a siphon into the "real" world as a being of light and thought. Moriarity wants the solid form that he was once told he could never have, and seeks to manipulate Data into finding another android body for him to permanently inhabit... even if it means evicting the current owner, and even if that is Data himself.
By:
Jeffrey Lang Imprint: STARFLEET PUBLICATIONS Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 171mm,
Width: 105mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 209g ISBN:9781476750514 ISBN 10: 1476750513 Series:Star Trek: The Next Generation Pages: 304 Publication Date:01 August 2014 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Jeffrey Lang launched his Star Trek career with a contribution to the LIVES OF DAX anthology, and is co-author of the Deep Space Nine volume ABYSS in the phenomenally successful Section 31 quartet.