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Ntignano was a populated world with a perfect sun -- until the right technology fell into the wrong hands. Now the sun is failing quickly, and the Starship Enterprise has just one chance to evacuate the þeeing refugees. Captain Jean-Luc Picard must succeed in delicate negotiations with the only people who can help them: a prickly neighboring species known as the Tsorans. To assist in that effort, Commander Will Riker was assigned a very different diplomatic task. As a polite formality and show of good faith, he accompanied a young Tsoran prince to an exclusive hunting preserve. There, technology-damping Ãelds and some of the galaxy's deadliest predators were supposed to test the untried noble's ability in the kaphoora -- the hunt. But the shuttlecraft didn't land on Fandre; it crashed. Now, cut off from Tsora and the Enterprise, the survivors of the disaster face the ultimate struggle for survival. Without the aid of tricorders or phasers, Riker, his royal charge, and their would-be rescuers must Ãght for their lives with the only weapons they can muster -- spears and bat'leth, tooth and claw.
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The Enterprise is assigned the diplomatic task of escorting an alien prince on his coming-of-age ritual to the planet Fandre -- a giant hunting preserve filled with deadly, carnivorous creatures. But disaster strikes when the shuttle-craft, carrying its royal charge and honor guards Riker and Worf, is suddenly marooned on this dangerous world...and so begins the primordial battle for their very lives!
Star Trek The Next Generation # 60: Tooth and Claw FROM THE PUBLISHER
Ntignano was a populated world with a perfect sununtil the right technology fell into the wrong hands. Now the sun is failing quickly, and the Starship Enterprise has just one chance to evacuate the fleeing refugees. Captain Jean-Luc Picard must succeed in delicate negotiations with the only people who canhelp them: a prickly neighboring species known as the Tsorans.
To assist in that effort, Commander Will Riker was assigned a very different diplomatic task. As a polite formality and show of good faith, he accompanied a young Tsoran prince to an exclusive hunting preserve. There, technology-damping fields and some of the galaxy's deadliest predators were supposed to test the untried noble's ability in the kaphoorathe hunt. But the shuttlecraft didn't land on Fandre; it crashed.
Now, cut off from Tsora and the Enterprise, the survivors of the disaster face the ultimate struggle for survival. Without the aid of tricorders or phasers, Riker, his royal charge, and their would-be rescuers must fight for their lives with the only weapons they can musterspears and bat'leth, tooth and claw.
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In this exciting adventure, Commander Riker must fight his way out of a wildlife preserve full of carnivores with only a Klingon bat'leth. Riker finds himself in this dangerous position when the shuttle he is driving crashes while carrying an arrogant young Tsoran prince to a trophy hunt. As they fight their way out of the preserve, Riker learns to respect Tsoran customs and teaches the youthful Tsoran a great deal about getting along with others and the value of teamwork. (Star Trek: The Next Generation, #60) KLIATT Codes: JSARecommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2001, Pocket Books, 246p, 18cm, $6.99. Ages 13 to adult. Reviewer: Hugh M. Flick, Jr.; Silliman College, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, May 2001 (Vol. 35 No. 3)