The Genesis Wave, Book One
An awesome weapon from the past returns to menace a new generation!

The Genesis Wave, Book One is a Pocket TNG novel – the first novel in The Genesis Wave series – written by John Vornholt. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in hardback in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
Intended to create life from nothingness, the Genesis Device had the potential to become a weapon of awe-inspiring destructiveness, capable of rearranging matter and life energy on a planetary scale. After the cataclysmic explosion of the , and the Klingon Empire's attempt to steal the top-secret technology, Starfleet wisely decided to destroy all data and records on Project Genesis, hoping to bury its deadly secrets forever.

But now a mysterious wave of energy is sweeping across the Alpha Quadrant, transforming matter on a molecular level to create bizarre new landscapes and life-forms. Billions of living beings and hundreds of inhabited worlds lie in the path of the mutagenic wave, which is expanding outward toward Earth.

To discover the origin of the wave, Captain Picard and his crew must probe long-buried mysteries. But even if he can uncover the shocking history of the Genesis Wave, is there any way to save the future from its unleashed fury?

Background information 
 The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.
 This novel, along with its follow-up, was collected in a Science Fiction Book Club-exclusive omnibus, .

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Characters 
Jean-Luc Picard  Starfleet captain of the .

Leah Brahms  Federation scientist.
Tejeda  Captain of .
Landwaring  Captain of Neptune.
Baldoru  Captain of freighter Rich Prize.

Tomalak  Romulan commander.
  Romulan commander.
Damarkol Romulan commander.
Horek Romulan commander.
Carol Marcus
Maltz

References 
Balboa  Enterprise-E shuttle (Stellar-class).
D'Arvuk  Romulan  warbird, commanded by Commander Jagron.

   Federation starship.

G'Anohok  Romulan warbird, commanded by Commander Damarkol.
  Klingon attack cruiser. Leah Brahms was given command.
  Klingon starship.
Livex  Romulan warbird, commanded by Commander Horek.
   starship, commanded by Captain Landwaring, destroyed.
Rich Prize  Ferengi freighter, commanded by Baldoru.
  Sovereign-class.
  Romulan warbird, commanded by Commander Tomalak.

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