Reunion

The plot: the Enterprise is trapped in a subspace anomaly while one of the Stargazer survivors stalks the others. One of the major story lines is the murder-mystery side. It is very light on investigation, mostly consisting of action scenes of considerable variety. The other major component is the stories from the Stargazer days. The reason it all works is simple: quality of writing and characterisation. This author's writing is usually rather flat, particularly in dialogue and characterisation. This time, he presents the Stargazer crew as though they are as fully developed as any of the TNG regulars. The portrayals are strong and vivid enough that by the time of the first murder attempt, you already care about whether the characters survive it. The quality of writing in general is very high. The Stargazer stories here are better written and more interesting than any of the Stargazer books, except The Valiant. The `treknobabble' side to getting out of the subspace anomaly is only a minor part of the story, but also very well presented. All in all, the quality of this book and the entertainment value it provides is extremely high.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Reunion written by Michael Jan Friedman is a Captain Jean-Luc Picard who-done-it mystery with flashbacks to his U.S.S. Stargazer days.The author does a really good job at blending in the Stargazer part of the book to the general theme of the book. Long before Captain Jean-Luc Picard was Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise he was the Captain of the legendary deep space exploration vessel the U.S.S. Stargazer. For an incredible twenty-two years the Stargazer was on an exploration mission. "Reunion" is an excellent adjunct for the for the author's Stargazer series of books ("The Valiant, Double Helix #6, Gauntlet, and Progenitor").Friedman works his storytelling magic with Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander Rike, and Lt.Commander Data with the rest of the Enterprise crew together with the Stargazer to join forces to solve a murder. I found the book full of action-adventure and the prose moved with a fast-paced style. The character development is well-thought out and so is the plot. The ending is typical for a Freidman novel... that's all I'm going to say so I won't spoil it.Past and present come together in this book and I'd recommend reading this book along with the others I mentioned above giving the reader a more rounded experience with the U.S.S. Stargazer characters. This is an excellent read and I would recommend it.

Reunion was the first look in novel form at Captain Picard's past, intermixed with his current life aboard the Enterprise. While I'm not especially into murder mysteries, the author does a wonderful job. We see here, many of the characters aboard the USS Stargazer that he continues to use in later works. The characters, in keeping with the authors style, are all very well thought out. In minor agreement with other reviewer's, I would have to say that the villain's motivations were not really well detailed. The story does move along very well and it has an excellent ending to it. Overall a very good book and I would suggest reading this one prior to reading the other Stargazer books. Thank you to the author for a very good read.

An incredible story on the past of the Stargazer, and is very suspenseful to the very end. However, recommend readers to read the Valiant, also by Michael Jan Friedman, before you read this book. It gives even more surprise to the ending.

entangled in a web of mystery and emotion, this is a book you have to read, spellbonding and thought provoking, it's high on my rating as a startrek TNG book