Star Trek The Next Generation Best Of Captain Picard

Revisit some of the best adventures of Captain Picard in this extra-long collection! Featuring stories from across multiple Star Trek comic publishers, this issue is perfect for any fan wanting to learn more about the celebrated Starfleet officer.

The chronicles of Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation… and beyond! Across seven television series and four blockbuster movies, Captain Jean-Luc Picard commanded the U.S.S. Enterprise-D and –E, boldly leading his crew where no one had gone before. As the legendary character returns to screens once more, Picard and crew’s adventures are explored in this collection of features and interviews from the archives of Star Trek Magazine. Featuring multiple interviews with Patrick Steward, plus former Executive Producer Rick Berman and other key creative responsible for Picard’s story, the book traces Star Trek: The Next Generation’s seven seasons, both on screen and behind the scenes. Each of Picard’s cinematic epics are examined in detail, with commentary by Steward, Jonathan Frakes (Riker), William Shatner (Kirk), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Tom Hardy (Shinzon), and other pivotal figures, affording insight into the captain’s character. With an abundance of rarely-seen photos, and profiles placing Picard in context with Star Trek’s other captains, this is the perfect Jean-Luc Picard primer, for newcomers and aficionados alike.

The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard tells the story of one of the most celebrated names in Starfleet history. His extraordinary life and career makes for dramatic reading: court martials, unrequited love, his capture and torture at the hand of the Cardassians, his assimilation with the Borg and countless other encounters as captain of the celebrated Starship Enterprise.

After discovering a group of human slaves on a forbidding planet, Captain Picard and his crew sympathize with the slaves' plight but cannot interfere in a brutal slave revolt. When the "owners" return to reclaim their property, Picard and Counsellor Troi are drawn into their deadly plan of vengeance.

Like HOMECOMING (074346754X) did for Star Trek Voyager and AVATAR (074340050X) did for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, DEATH IN WINTER picks up the Star Trek: The Next Generation story after the TV/movies are complete and tells all-new stories about favourite Next Generation characters and their subsequent lives. After the fall of Shinzon (as seen in the feature film, STAR TREK: NEMESIS) the elite of the Romulan Empire are battling over who will seize control. Caught up in this struggle are the Kevrata, a once proud people, now strangled under Romulan domination. When a biogenetic disease threatens to wipe out their race, Starfleet assigns its new Chief Medical Officer, Dr Beverly Crusher, to aid the populace. But when she suddenly goes missing and is presumed dead, Jean-Luc Picard must race to try and locate Crusher and help find a cure for the disease that could kill millions.

The USA TODAY bestseller—based on the new Star Trek TV series! “Fifteen years ago…you led us out of the darkness. You commanded the greatest rescue armada in history. Then...the unimaginable. What did that cost you? Your faith. Your faith in us. Your faith in yourself. Tell us, why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?” Every end has a beginning…and this electrifying novel details the events leading into the new Star Trek TV series, introducing you to brand-new characters featured in the life of Jean-Luc Picard—widely considered to be one of the most popular and recognizable characters in all of science fiction.

A thrilling untold adventure based on the acclaimed Star Trek: Picard TV series! 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!