{"product_id":"star-trek-the-next-generation-greater-than-the-sum-9781501107177","title":"Star Trek: The Next Generation: Greater Than the Sum","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eStarship Rhea\u003c\/i\u003e has discovered a cluster of carbon planets that seems to be the source of the quantum energies rippling through a section of space.\u003c\/b\u003e A landing party finds unusual life-forms inhabiting one of the planets. One officer, Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen -- a half-Vulcan -- makes a tenuous connection with them. But before any progress can be made, the \u003ci\u003eRhea\u003c\/i\u003e comes under attack from the \u003ci\u003eEinstein\u003c\/i\u003e -- a Starfleet vessel now controlled by the Borg. The landing party can only listen in horror as their comrades are assimilated. The Borg descend to the planet, and just as Chen accepts that she will be assimilated, the lieutenant is whisked two thousand light-years away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A quantum slipstream -- instantaneous transportation -- is controlled by these beings in the cluster, and in the heart of the cluster there is now a Borg ship. Cut off from the rest of the Borg collective, the \u003ci\u003eEinstein\u003c\/i\u003e cannot be allowed to rejoin it. For the sake of humanity, the Borg cannot gain access to quantum slipstream technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Starfleet Command gives Captain Picard carte blanche: do whatever he must to help the beings in the cluster, and stop the \u003ci\u003eEinstein\u003c\/i\u003e no matter the cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBennett, Christopher L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christopher L. Bennett is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, with bachelor's degrees in physics and history from the University of Cincinnati. He has written such critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e novels as \u003ci\u003eEx Machina, The Buried Age, \u003c\/i\u003e the Titan novels \u003ci\u003eOrion's Hounds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOver a Torrent Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, the two Department of Temporal Investigations novels \u003ci\u003eWatching the Clock\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Forgotten History\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Enterprise novels \u003ci\u003eRise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tower of Babel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncertain Logic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLive By the Code\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as shorter works including stories in the anniversary anthologies \u003ci\u003eConstellations, The Sky's the Limit, Prophecy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChange\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Distant Shores\u003c\/i\u003e. Beyond Star Trek, he has penned the novels \u003ci\u003eX Men: Watchers on the Walls \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpider Man: Drowned in Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e. His original work includes the hard science fiction superhero novel \u003ci\u003eOnly Superhuman\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several novelettes in \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e and other science fiction magazines.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBennett, Christopher L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christopher L. Bennett is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, with bachelor's degrees in physics and history from the University of Cincinnati. He has written such critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e novels as \u003ci\u003eEx Machina, The Buried Age, \u003c\/i\u003e the Titan novels \u003ci\u003eOrion's Hounds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOver a Torrent Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, the two Department of Temporal Investigations novels \u003ci\u003eWatching the Clock\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Forgotten History\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Enterprise novels \u003ci\u003eRise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tower of Babel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncertain Logic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLive By the Code\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as shorter works including stories in the anniversary anthologies \u003ci\u003eConstellations, The Sky's the Limit, Prophecy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChange\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Distant Shores\u003c\/i\u003e. Beyond Star Trek, he has penned the novels \u003ci\u003eX Men: Watchers on the Walls \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpider Man: Drowned in Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e. His original work includes the hard science fiction superhero novel \u003ci\u003eOnly Superhuman\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several novelettes in \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e and other science fiction magazines.","brand":"Star Trek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416444408082,"sku":"9781501107177","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eccd51ce-57d4-419f-8067-23cbd6000dc2.jpg?v=1729421178","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/star-trek-the-next-generation-greater-than-the-sum-9781501107177","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}