A Time to Love
A Time to Love is a Pocket TNG novel – the fifth novel in the A Time to… series and the first novel in a duology – written by Robert Greenberger. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterprise has never been told.

Until now.

One hundred years ago, the recurring conflicts between the Bader and the Dorset ended mysteriously when both races colonized the distant planet Delta Sigma IV – a world located far from the destructive wars of their people – and quickly became the Federation's perfect example of interspecies cooperation. But there are now rumblings of trouble in paradise, as an investigation led by Kyle Riker – Commander William Riker's estranged father – into this harmonious society has discovered a shocking, immutable truth: over the next few generations, the reaction to a native gas will spell the extinction of Delta Sigma IV's inhabitants.

Captain Picard and his crew, still recovering from the tragic events that have tarnished the career of one of the Federation's most decorated captains, must come to the aid of a world that once knew only peace, but now faces emerging violence and chaos…and Commander Riker must confront the reality that his own father may be held responsible for Delta Sigma IV's almost certain downfall!

Background information 
 Author Greenberger was tapped to contribute to the series shortly after his contact with Marvel Comics was terminated. His original concept for the duology was for Kyle Riker to be caught up in a civil war which led to his death. Pocket editor John Ordover rejected this outline, and between Greenberger, Ordover and Keith R.A. DeCandido (who, in addition to writing the final volume of the series, took on some editing duties), the final version of the story was developed over the summer of . ()

Characters 
Jean-Luc Picard  Enterprise captain
William T. Riker  Enterprise commander

Kyle Riker

References 
Delta Sigma IV  Planet.

External link 
 

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