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The Valiant

By: Michael Jan Friedman
Narrated by: Anthony Stewart Head
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 Three hundred years ago, the S.S. Valiant was destroyed during an ill-fated attempted to cross the legendary Galactic Barrier. Starfleet had always assumed that the Valiant had perished with all hands aboard, until a pair of unusual humanoids arrive at Starbase 209, claiming to be the descendants of a handful of Valiant survivors who found refuge on an M-Class planet beyond the Barrier.

Even more shocking, the visitors warn that a hostile alien species, the Nuyyad, are preparing to invade our galaxy. Starfleet orders the U.S.S. Stargazer to investigate at once.

Lieutenant Commander Jean-Luc Picard is second office on the Stargazer and yet to command a vessel of his own. He soon develops a special bond with one of the visitors, a strikingly beautiful woman who has inherited mysterious psychic abilities from her alleged Starfleet ancestors. But can Picard truly trust her?

His doubts deepen when the Stargazer is ambushed by Nuyyad warships. Picard finds himself in command - trapped on the wrong side of the Barrier, cut off from Starfleet. Not only the Stargazer, but perhaps the entire Federation, may depend on the decisions he must make.

The Valiant is a gripping saga that explores an untold chapter in the life of Jean-Luc Picard - and reveals the making of a captain!© & (P)2000 Paramount Pictures, All Rights Reserved; AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division., Simon & Schuster Inc. Adventure Fiction First Contact Hard Science Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera Star Trek Interstellar

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I linked this book , though I must admit I downloaded it because I really like the narrator Anthony Head rather than the book.
However the book surprised me and I enjoyed it too .

Great narrating

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One of my favourite stories but being abridged it lost to much of the narrative. I liked Anthony Stewart heads reading of the story.

Don't like abridged stories

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