"Star Trek: The Next Generation: Imzadi" by Peter David

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Years before they became crewmates on the U.S.S. Enterprise, Commander William Riker and ship's counsellor Deanna Troi had a tempestuous love affair on her home planet of Betazed. Now, as their passions have cooled, the two serve together as close friends. Yet the memories of what passed between them linger and Riker and Troi remain Imzadi, a powerful Betazoid term that describes the enduring bond they still share. On a delicate mission involving negotiations with an aggresive race called the Sindareen, Deanna mysteriously falls ill...and dies. But her death marks the start of an incredible adventure for Riker - an adventure that takes him across time, pits him against one of his closest friends, and forces him to choose between Starfleet's strictest rule and the one he calls Imzadi.

A wonderful story that explains how Riker and Troi first met. Once scene from the book is right out of TNG's episode 1 at Farpoint Station.

Author: Peter David
Narrator: Johnathan Frakes
Running Time: 3 hours
Book Rating: ****
Production: ****
(out of 5 stars)

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