The Peacekeepers (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 2)
Gene DeWeese

The Enterprise encounters a derelict craft in the middle of nowhere... and things go downhill from there. The story keeps you interested, but it literally takes you two-thirds of the book to finally get a clue what is really going on. Then the story sort of spirals into strange areas, new ideas, and new characters to finally end the book. The main focus of the story is on Geordi and Data, although the others are represented. All of the main TNG characters are well-written, with the exception of Captain Picard constantly interrupting everyone. I can accept the occasional cutoff of Data's tendency to be long-winded, but I think he interrupts every member of the bridge crew! I gave it three stars, because although the author has given some interesting insight into a few main characters, the story just feels like it lacks focus, and I'm not terribly interested in picking it up again.