The Badlands, Book One
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The Badlands, Book One is a  novel – the first novel in  The Badlands duology – written by Susan Wright. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
Located dangerously near the Cardassian border, the unstable region of space known as the Badlands has long been a hazard to interstellar navigation, characterized by violent plasma storms and other even stranger phenomena. Many starships have faced destruction there, including at least two incarnations of the Starship Enterprise…

James T. Kirk braves the perils of the Badlands to confront a Romulan Bird-of-Prey that has entered Federation space in pursuit of a fleeing smuggler. But trespassing Romulans may be the least of Kirk's problems when the mysterious forces at work in the Badlands threaten both his ship and his crew!

A generation later, Jean-Luc Picard faces the same phantom menace when he commands his Enterprise into the Badlands on a mission vital to Federation-Cardassian relations. With Will Riker's life on the line, and the entire ship in jeopardy, it's up to Lieutenant Commander Data to determine the true nature of the Badlands' hidden danger!

Background information 
 The novel contained Chapter Five of the serialized novel Starfleet: Year One.
 An extract from this novel appeared in .

Characters 
 James T. Kirk
 Spock
 Leonard McCoy
 Montgomery Scott
 Uhura
 Hikaru Sulu
 Pavel Chekov
 Christine Chapel
 Jean-Luc Picard
 William T. Riker
 Geordi La Forge
 Worf
 Beverly Crusher
 Deanna Troi
 Data

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