Star Trek The Next Generation Books in Order

Gerrold's novelization retells the first mission of the *Next Generation* crew as they investigate the impossible station at Farpoint. It is a straight entry point into the era's big mystery.

Troi hears the voices of sailors killed centuries earlier by a mysterious creature. As their trapped life essences warn of approaching danger, Picard must find a way to communicate with the being before it absorbs his crew.

Fifty years after the destruction of Hamlin, the aliens who abducted its children return seeking resources. Picard must negotiate for the surviving captives, confronting the legacy of a massacre Starfleet has never forgotten.

Data and Geordi are transported from an abandoned vessel into captivity on a distant station. Its guardians enforce planetary peace through superior weapons, but the officers’ arrival sparks a crisis that could unleash a destructive war.

Picard and an away team vanish while investigating an abandoned research vessel above a shielded planet. As disease spreads through the Enterprise, Riker must uncover the planet’s secrets to rescue his captain and save the crew.

Picard visits Lorca, where masks define social rank, to establish diplomatic ties with its ruler. When his party disappears, Riker follows, unaware that both teams are being maneuvered into a plot to seize the planet’s powerful Wisdom Mask.

The Enterprise delivers emergency food supplies to famine-stricken Thiopa, only to find its population suffering under a brutal dictatorship. Picard must confront the rulers whose oppression complicates the crew’s effort to relieve the citizens’ hunger.

The Kreel discover powerful weapons and use them against their Klingon enemies. Picard brings representatives of both sides to the mysterious source, seeking a peaceful resolution before their conflict spreads into a wider galactic war.

The Enterprise answers a distress call from Treva, an isolated colony caught in a violent revolution. For Tasha Yar, the mission stirs memories of the brutal world she escaped, while Data helps her face a crisis that becomes painfully personal.

Two starship captains respond to attacks on Tenara but disagree over diplomacy and force. As Picard resists escalating the conflict, a secret plan aboard the other ship threatens to provoke war between the Federation and its attackers.

Riker leaves the Enterprise to help struggling terraformers on Paradise, where the landscape hides dangers beyond nature. Meanwhile, his volatile replacement aboard ship raises concerns, creating separate crises for the crew and their absent first officer.

Geordi, Data and Worf investigate archaeological treasures on the artificial world Kirlos, then become suspects in terrorist attacks. Cut off from the Enterprise, they face political conflict as ancient machinery begins awakening beneath the planet.

Longtime enemies Alaj and Etolos each need the other’s help after devastating disasters. Picard attempts to negotiate rescue efforts, but extremists determined to block cooperation threaten both planets and draw the Enterprise into a deadly conspiracy.

Picard and his crew encounter a forgotten human colony on Rampart, where fiction and imagination are forbidden. Their visit places them between an oppressive government and rebels fighting to reclaim the freedom to create and dream.

Gravitational disturbances draw the Enterprise to Elysia, where Data is pulled into an impossible quest. The reward may be his deepest wish, becoming human, but living with emotions, physical limits, and difficult choices proves far more complicated than he expected.

Investigating vanished ships, the Enterprise discovers a vast graveyard surrounding an ancient alien artifact. The crew’s attempt to understand it activates a power that threatens their minds and lives before they can escape its influence.

A trusted alien-life specialist asks Picard to erase all evidence of his existence. Before the captain can unravel the request, assassins and deceptive allies turn the Enterprise into a dangerous puzzle orchestrated by an unfamiliar alien race.

Scientist Lynn Costa is murdered aboard the Enterprise, turning the ship’s laboratories into a crime scene. Worf and Troi investigate, uncovering troubling activities behind the scientific work carried out among people the crew believed they could trust.

Riker returns to Imprima after an old friend disappears under suspicion of stealing a priceless jewel. On a world dominated by powerful economic factions, he must untangle intrigue before concealed betrayals claim another victim.

An alien claim to Domarus IV leads to the disappearance of an Enterprise shuttle. Picard and his opposing captain are then stranded together on the planet, where cooperation becomes essential against a force capable of reshaping or destroying it.

The Enterprise hosts a wedding intended to unite rival Tizarin families, but Q arrives to challenge the concept of love. Lwaxana Troi's presence further complicates the celebration as the prospective alliance threatens to turn into conflict.

Picard reunites with his former Stargazer crew to see an old first officer become ruler of the Daa'Vit Empire. When an assassin targets the reunion, present and former shipmates must uncover a mystery rooted in their shared past.

Responding to a Borg attack, the Enterprise encounters Delcara, survivor of a civilization the Collective destroyed. Her weapon promises revenge against the Borg, but its indiscriminate power threatens innocent worlds, leaving Picard facing two deadly dangers.

The Enterprise discovers human slaves rebelling on an icy world. Picard’s sympathy clashes with Starfleet’s noninterference rules, but the arrival of the planet’s overseers draws the crew into a struggle they cannot simply observe from orbit.

The normally reclusive Jarada welcome a Federation delegation for diplomatic negotiations. Their sudden hostility cuts Riker’s team off from the Enterprise and puts the ship under attack, leaving Picard to uncover what transformed a promising encounter.

Riker and Troi's earlier romance on Betazed continues to shape their friendship aboard the Enterprise. When Troi dies during negotiations with the Sindareen, Riker faces a journey through time that pits personal devotion against Starfleet's rules.

The Enterprise-D investigates a newly settled world where something unseen is stalking the colonists—and the crew. As fear and strange phenomena spread through the ship, Picard and his officers must uncover what’s hiding in the darkness before it strikes again.

Rescued after seventy-five years missing in space, Scotty struggles to find his place aboard Picard’s Enterprise. When an old danger threatens the unfamiliar new ship, his engineering experience may become the crew’s best hope of survival.

The Enterprise is drawn into a crisis over the fate and rights of an artificial people. Picard must weigh diplomacy, principle, and the risk of open conflict before a whole race pays the price.

Human settlers and young Klingons clash on Selva, leaving Worf to prevent a massacre while the Enterprise answers another emergency. Revived prejudices complicate his mission as the colony’s hidden danger threatens everyone caught in the conflict.

Picard and the Enterprise-D run into their brutal Mirror Universe counterparts and uncover a plan for invasion. It is a dark, clever TNG novel that asks how different the same people might become in another history.

A crystalline virus infects the Enterprise, prompting Starfleet to order the flagship destroyed. Picard risks his career by challenging that decision, determined to save his crew’s ship and stop a threat that could reach the wider Federation.

Picard arrives on Capulon IV to welcome the world into the Federation. Instead of a straightforward diplomatic ceremony, the Enterprise crew confronts a prince whose scheme to seize power threatens the planet’s future and their mission.

The Enterprise investigates reports of a human world concealed within a vast stellar cloud. A society of knights and serfs appears isolated, but ruthless trophy hunters exert control, confronting the crew with exploitation hidden behind the planet’s medieval life.

The Enterprise investigates a silent archaeological outpost and discovers devastation, a dying scientist, and evidence of a legendary artifact. Picard's search for the Devil's Heart brings him into the mystery surrounding its supposedly limitless, dangerous power.

On patrol near the Neutral Zone, the Enterprise finds a drifting Romulan prototype and stumbles into a much larger secret. Picard and crew have to stop a plot tied to Hermeticus 2 before it destabilizes the Federation.

An apparent murder aboard the Enterprise leaves Kirk's crew investigating whether a shipmate attacked their captain. Klingons, a troubled telepath, and the arrival of Kirk's old Academy rival Finnegan complicate the mystery in this graphic collection.

Ferengi plans to enslave Megara threaten both its people and the Federation. Picard must persuade a dishonest ambassador to change course before the planet’s exploitation becomes the foundation for a much wider attack.

Peace talks between the Hidran and Klingons collapse into suspicion when an ambassador dies. With Worf accused of murder and facing execution, Picard must protect his officer while uncovering the truth behind the diplomatic crisis.

Q asks Picard for help against Trelane, whose newly acquired power surpasses the entire Q Continuum. The Enterprise crew becomes entangled in a struggle between cosmic beings that threatens far more than their ship or universe.

An alien artifact throws Picard into the past while a crucial Gorn summit unravels. Stranded on Cestus III at a turning point in Federation history, he must weigh the lives before him against the consequences of changing events.

Worf becomes a murder suspect after an emotion-projecting alien dies aboard the Enterprise. The surviving aliens overwhelm the crew with powerful feelings, forcing him to identify the killer while everyone struggles beneath their escalating emotional influence.

Geordi encounters a former love, Deanna helps Beverly confront aging, and Picard faces another challenge from Q. These collected comic stories explore the Enterprise crew’s personal lives alongside the strange encounters that complicate their voyages.

A scientist’s son offers a weapon capable of penetrating starship shields for sale. With Ferengi buyers eager to acquire it, Picard must prevent an auction from placing a devastating advantage in hands that could threaten the Federation.

The Enterprise crew gets swept into a fast-moving space adventure with pirates, shifting loyalties, and trouble that will not stay politely diplomatic. It is one of Hawke's more openly swashbuckling Star Trek stories.

Spock and his Romulan students are taken hostage after a spy infiltrates their reunification movement. Picard must negotiate their release with McCoy's assistance, while Scotty's unauthorized rescue mission threatens to turn the crisis into a war.

The Enterprise discovers a dying civilization on Krantin and suspects an outside group is responsible. When the suspicious planetary leader arrests the away team, Data must rescue his colleagues while finding a way to prevent further devastation.

Picard encounters a newly discovered civilization approaching the development of warp travel. A hostile alien attack turns exploration into an urgent crisis, threatening the vulnerable people and exposing a danger that could reach the Federation itself.

Federation and Romulan delegates compete for Eloh’s allegiance near a strategic border. Fatal incidents cast suspicion on both parties, forcing Data into an uneasy partnership with Commander Sela to uncover the truth before the Federation loses the planet.

The Enterprise leads an evacuation from Epictetus III as its sun approaches a catastrophic nova. With time and capacity running short, Picard’s crew confronts the painful reality that their rescue mission may be unable to save everyone.

Picard and the Enterprise attend a royal wedding intended to end the Dragon Empire's civil war and permit Federation membership. A reluctant bride, rigid honor codes, and hostile alien interference threaten both the ceremony and the treaty.

Genetically enhanced followers of Khan’s legacy plan to use the Enterprise in a campaign of domination. Picard turns to Heran expatriate Astrid Kemal for help, but stopping the infiltrators means confronting opponents engineered to surpass ordinary humans.

An ancient scroll challenges the accepted history of the Klingons' revered founder, threatening the authority of his clone, the current emperor. Amid treachery and potential rebellion, Kahless turns to Picard and Worf for help preserving the empire.

During tense negotiations, Gowron recounts the story of young warrior Pok, whose father was murdered on his initiation day. Seeking vengeance draws Pok through clan intrigue, deceptive friendships, and alien encounters that test his understanding of Klingon honor.

Entities once imprisoned after devastating Vulcan escape before a major scientific exhibition. Possessing minds and turning friends against one another, they threaten the Enterprise and force Picard to stop an outbreak of violence before it spreads across the Federation.

The Enterprise tests an experimental saucer while its usual section undergoes repairs. When hostile forces seize the ship, the crew is pushed toward a dangerous crash landing that turns a routine trial into a fight for survival.

The Furies return with powerful warships and a weapon that projects terror directly into their enemies’ minds. Picard’s crew must master their own deepest fears before they can repel the alien forces threatening the Alpha Quadrant.

Picard's crew investigates a baffling threat that seems to feed on thought itself. Duane turns the problem into a tense TNG mystery where curiosity and intelligence both become part of the danger.

Captain Morgan Bateson commands the Enterprise-E's first voyage and acts against a perceived Klingon threat. A decades-old grudge endangers his mission, leaving Picard to decide whether he must reclaim command of the newly launched starship.

Two planets face separate catastrophes: a mysterious epidemic on one and political assassination on the other. Picard divides the Enterprise crew between the dangerous missions, leaving both groups racing to protect worlds dependent on their help.

The Enterprise races to help a plague-stricken colony by searching scattered sister worlds for a lifesaving plant. It is a Star Trek problem built from diplomacy, science, and a ticking clock.

Caring for Worf's son Alexander brings Deanna Troi and Worf into an unexpected romance. Their courtship unsettles William Riker, whose lingering feelings for Troi complicate the choices facing all three officers as their futures begin to diverge.

When people on Xhaldia develop extraordinary abilities, Picard's crew receives help from the X-Men, visitors from another reality. Social prejudice complicates the crisis, while hostile aliens seek to abduct the transformed inhabitants for an attack on the Federation.

The galactic barrier falls, freeing Q’s oldest enemy and plunging Picard into a conflict between cosmic beings. Facing powers far beyond his crew’s abilities, he must find a way to protect both the Federation and the Q Continuum.

The galactic barrier collapses, freeing Q's ancient enemy and placing the Enterprise amid a war between immensely powerful beings. Picard must find a way for his mortal crew to influence a battle threatening the entire galaxy.

A diverse group of young recruits enters Starfleet Academy, bringing ambition, inexperience, personal loyalties, and conflicting backgrounds to their training. Their education demands teamwork and courage as they confront challenges that will shape their lives and careers.

Years of engineered epidemics point to a hidden campaign across the Alpha Quadrant. Picard joins Captain Calhoun to track its architects, confronting the source of biological attacks that have killed thousands across rival civilizations.

A distress signal draws the Enterprise back to the enormous Dyson Sphere. Picard and his crew face an urgent rescue mission as the structure and its inhabitants are threatened, with little time to discover how to save them.

A cosmic whirlpool begins consuming time and space, and the Q Continuum accepts the approaching end of reality. Q refuses to surrender, embarking on an improbable rescue attempt with reluctant assistance from Picard, told from Q's perspective.

A deadly epidemic strikes Archaria III during the Enterprise’s first year of exploration. Data and Yar investigate its origins as Crusher searches for a cure, while mob violence and Troi’s repeated illness intensify the danger.

Serving as a medical courier, Thomas Riker encounters a plague on a world in the Cardassian demilitarized zone. With help from Chakotay's Maquis, he must secure supplies before the Cardassians destroy the infected planet.

A manufactured virus threatens the Romulan ruling family, drawing Spock and Dr. McCoy into a political emergency. Finding an uninfected heir may be the only way to prevent a medical crisis from tearing the empire apart.

Early in his command of the Stargazer, Picard struggles to prevent war between two alien peoples. While terrorist attacks undermine diplomacy, Jack Crusher and Tuvok seek the hidden organizer behind the escalating violence.

During negotiations with the Tarn, Picard discovers descendants of a lost Starfleet crew on a barren planet. Their decades of fighting have continued long after peace, and rescuing them could ignite the conflict again.

A deadly infection spreads among Bajorans and Cardassians aboard Terok Nor. Katherine Pulaski must work with Gul Dukat and resistance fighter Kira Nerys to trace its source before the outbreak overwhelms their divided station.

A telepathic summons brings Melora Pazlar back to Gemworld, an artificial crystal planet shared by six peoples. The Enterprise follows her into a crisis as uncontrolled crystal growth threatens the inhabitants and traps their would-be rescuers.

Trapped on a dying crystal world, Picard and his crew must bring together six chief engineers to shut down dangerous force fields. Their effort to save Gemworld is complicated by a saboteur willing to kill.

A destructive wave reshapes inhabited planets, suggesting that the long-lost Genesis technology has returned. With its creator Carol Marcus missing, Picard must uncover the wave's origins before more worlds and their populations disappear.

Claimed descendants of a lost starship's survivors warn Starfleet of an invasion beyond the Galactic Barrier. Serving aboard the Stargazer, young Jean-Luc Picard must assess their trustworthiness as an ambush thrusts him into a dangerous command situation.

As Federation ambassador to the Klingon Empire, Worf faces a dispute over the conquered planet taD. Rebels seek Federation recognition, forcing him to navigate conflicting loyalties and a diplomatic crisis that could become another war.

Set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, this graphic story throws the Enterprise into a crisis tied to the inventor of future transport technology. Betrayal, plague memories, and looming war make it more than a routine mission.

Mysterious dead zones disable warp travel, communications, and vital machinery across inhabited space. Picard and Spock turn to a controversial Romulan ally while searching for the source before isolated colonies and stranded ships are lost.

Expanding dead zones lead Picard and his Romulan allies to a machine protecting a planet near a black hole. Its operation is destroying subspace, confronting them with a choice between that world's survival and the galaxy's.

Picard assembles an uneasy alliance with Klingon and Romulan forces against the Genesis Wave. As Geordi La Forge and Leah Brahms seek a way to stop it, their partners see opportunities to claim its power.

While Picard negotiates help for a planet whose sun is failing, Riker accompanies a Tsoran prince on a diplomatic hunting trip. A crash leaves the party stranded among deadly predators without their usual technological defenses.

The Enterprise loses power while drifting into a deadly distortion of space and time. Its escape depends on clues hidden inside Picard's Dixon Hill holodeck program, where a murder investigation unfolds amid the dangers of 1940s San Francisco.

Investigating the destruction of a newly created Starfleet android, Data discovers a history of artificial intelligence extending into the galaxy's distant past. Dangerous beings covet those secrets, forcing him to reconsider what he believes about his own uniqueness.

Dominion forces occupy Betazed and construct a station for military control and horrific experiments. With Starfleet overstretched, the Enterprise undertakes a desperate mission, forcing Deanna Troi to confront the possible cost of saving her homeworld's people.

Stopping the Genesis Wave leaves devastated worlds in need of rebuilding, but the danger has changed. Weakened barriers between dimensions expose Picard and his crew to a threat from beyond their own reality.

During the Dominion War, Captain Picard brings the Enterprise to the Gorn to seek an alliance. A violent struggle for power among the Gorn threatens the diplomatic mission and pulls the crew into a dangerous conflict.

The inhabitants of Thanet expect a comet to destroy their world as part of a sacred cycle. Picard must reconcile rescue with their beliefs, but Troi's discovery that the approaching comet is alive makes intervention far more complicated.

A new team helps rebuild worlds devastated by the Genesis Wave and resettle displaced populations. On one planet, revived dead organisms and rapidly growing microbes create a lethal environment that threatens the recovery mission.

A Star Trek omnibus that pairs Diane Duane's *Spock's World* with A.C. Crispin's *Sarek*. Together, the two novels dig into Vulcan history, family strain, and the long shadow of Spock's divided inheritance.

Beverly Crusher disappears while helping plague-stricken inhabitants of Kevratas, a world under Romulan control. Picard assembles a rescue mission with former Stargazer colleagues, entering a struggle involving rebellion, imperial politics, and his long-concealed feelings for the missing doctor.

Scotty travels into the past to save Captain Kirk, changing history in catastrophic ways. With Earth assimilated by the Borg and the Federation erased, Picard and Guinan must find a way to restore their timeline.

Believing the Borg defeated, the Federation faces a Collective willing to abandon its old methods in order to survive. The Enterprise confronts an enemy whose new tactics and unforeseen capabilities overturn assumptions about how the Borg can be stopped.

After confronting the Borg, Picard's Enterprise expects a return to exploration. Instead, Q links the mystery of a strange planet to the universe's survival, prompting Picard to reconsider the purpose behind years of seemingly arbitrary cosmic tests.

Picard rebuilds his Enterprise crew after Riker and Troi's departure, while Worf resists becoming first officer. A routine mission turns threatening when Picard hears the Borg again, despite Admiral Janeway's conviction that the Collective has been defeated.

This anthology presents original stories featuring the Enterprise crew during the television series' era. Contributions from numerous Star Trek writers explore additional adventures and character experiences, commemorating twenty years of The Next Generation through previously untold missions.

After a Borg-controlled starship attacks a research expedition, Picard must protect beings capable of extraordinary quantum transportation. Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen's encounter with them offers a crucial connection, but the Collective cannot be allowed to obtain their technology.