num_pages: 244
description: Under the best circumstances, terraforming is a tough, dangerous task that pits the hardiest of pioneers against an unforgiving environment. When the terraformers on the planet Paradise fall behind schedule, Commander Riker is given temporary leave from the USS Enterprise and sent to assist.Riker's replacement on the Starship Enterprise is a volatile officer named Stone whose behavior soon raises questions about his ability and his judgment. Meanwhile, Commander Riker has become enmeshed in a life and struggle with Paradise's brutal landscape. However, he soon learns that not all of the planet's dangers are natural in origin – as he comes face to face with Paradise's greatest danger and most hideous secret.
language: English
title: A Rock and a Hard Place
titlecomplete: A Rock and a Hard Place (Star Trek: The Next Generation #10)
characters: Beverly Crusher, William Thomas Riker, Jean-Luc Picard, Quintin Stone, Deanna Troi, Jackson Carter
genres: Space, Tv, Speculative Fiction, Media Tie In, Star Trek, Science Fiction Fantasy, Star Trek The Next Generation, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1662
series: Star Trek: Die nächste Generation, Star Trek: The Next Generation
publisher: Pocket Books