The Death of Princes
The crew of the USS Enterprise must cure a plague – and protect the Prime Directive!

The Death of Princes is a Pocket TNG novel – #44 in the numbered series – written by John Peel. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
Dangerous assignments come in pairs when Captain Picard and his crew are confronted with two desperate missions on two different worlds.

On the planet Buran, newly linked to the Federation, a mysterious disease devastates the population – and turns them against the visitors from the . Meanwhile, on nearby Iomides, a renegade Federation observer has disappeared, intent on violating the Prime Directive by preventing a tragic political assassination.

While Dr. Crusher struggles to find a cure for the plague ravaging Buran, Commander Will Riker leads an away team to Iomides. Their forces divided, Picard and his crew find themselves the only hope of two worlds.

Background information 
 The novel is set before .
 The title references a quote from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: "The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of  princes."

Characters 
Jean-Luc Picard
William T. Riker
Data
Beverly Crusher
Deanna Troi
Worf
Geordi La Forge
Reginald Barclay
Ro Laren

Maria Wallace

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