The Genesis Wave, Book One

An awesome weapon from the past returns to menace a new generation!
The Genesis Wave, Book One is a Pocket TNG novel – the first novel in The Genesis Wave series – written by John Vornholt. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in hardback in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket
:Intended to create life from nothingness, the Genesis Device had the potential to become a weapon of awe-inspiring destructiveness, capable of rearranging matter and life energy on a planetary scale. After the cataclysmic explosion of the , and the Klingon Empire's attempt to steal the top-secret technology, Starfleet wisely decided to destroy all data and records on Project Genesis, hoping to bury its deadly secrets forever.
:But now a mysterious wave of energy is sweeping across the Alpha Quadrant, transforming matter on a molecular level to create bizarre new landscapes and life-forms. Billions of living beings and hundreds of inhabited worlds lie in the path of the mutagenic wave, which is expanding outward toward Earth.
:To discover the origin of the wave, Captain Picard and his crew must probe long-buried mysteries. But even if he can uncover the shocking history of the Genesis Wave, is there any way to save the future from its unleashed fury?
== Background information ==
* The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett.
* This novel, along with its follow-up, was collected in a Science Fiction Book Club-exclusive omnibus, .
=== Cover gallery ===
File:The Genesis Wave Book One audiobook cover, US cassette edition.jpg|Audiobook cover, US cassette edition
File:The Genesis Wave Book One audiobook cover, CD edition.jpg|Audiobook cover, CD edition
File:The Genesis Wave Book One audiobook cover, digital edition.jpg|Audiobook cover, digital download edition
== Characters ==
;Jean-Luc Picard : Starfleet captain of the .
;Leah Brahms : Federation scientist.
;Tejeda : Captain of .
;Landwaring : Captain of Neptune.
;Baldoru : Captain of freighter Rich Prize.
;Tomalak : Romulan commander.
; : Romulan commander.
;Damarkol: Romulan commander.
;Horek: Romulan commander.
;Carol Marcus
;Maltz
== References ==
;Balboa : Enterprise-E shuttle (Stellar-class).
;D'Arvuk : Romulan warbird, commanded by Commander Jagron.
; : Federation starship.
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;G'Anohok : Romulan warbird, commanded by Commander Damarkol.
; : Klingon attack cruiser. Leah Brahms was given command.
; : Klingon starship.
;Livex : Romulan warbird, commanded by Commander Horek.
; : starship, commanded by Captain Landwaring, destroyed.
;Rich Prize : Ferengi freighter, commanded by Baldoru.
; : Sovereign-class.
; : Romulan warbird, commanded by Commander Tomalak.
== External link ==
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