Here There Be Dragons

Captain Picard and the USS Enterprise must stop a group of interplanetary trophy hunters from destroying a developing world.
Here There Be Dragons is a Pocket TNG novel – #28 in the numbered series – written by John Peel. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket:
:When Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the receive news of a Human planet hidden in the center of an immense stellar cloud, they immediately investigate.
:Penetrating the cloud, the Starship crew is shocked to discover a world of knights and serfs lifted right out of Earth's Middle Ages. Ruthlessly exploiting the planet is a ring of interstellar trophy hunters preying on the immense, native dragon-lizards, twenty-feet tall and armored like tanks.
:Beaming down, an away team soon becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder. Taken prisoner, Picard, Riker, Data, and Ro must somehow escape and stop the hunters or face destruction from the hunters' ancient weapon, based on an advanced technology capable of utterly annihilating the Starship Enterprise…
== Memorable quotes ==
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes!" 
:- Lukas the magician, summoning Worf
== Background information ==
* This is the first Star Trek novel by John Peel.
* This was the final Pocket TNG novel to be reprinted in the UK by Titan Books; future releases would be distributed by Simon & Schuster UK.
* The castle seen on the cover is the Marksburg, located in Braubach, Germany.
== Characters ==
; Jean-Luc Picard
; William T. Riker
; Data
; Ro Laren
; Miles O'Brien
; Keiko O'Brien
; Reginald Barclay
; Alexander Rozhenko
; Worf
=== First away team ===
; Lukas (Picard) : Musician/magician
; Rosalinde (Ro): singer
; Dieter (Data) : Musician/homunclus
; Martel (Miles): Musician
; Nayfrack : Musician
=== Second away team ===
; Troi : wealthy lady
; Riker : man-at-arms
=== Other Enterprise crew ===
; Smolinske : head of Stores
; Van Popering : member of the relief bridge crew
; Hinner : Ensign
; Nurse Ogawa
; Jenny Mancini : navigation officer
=== Smugglers ===
; Castor Nayfrack
; Dr. Hagan
; O'Leary : deceased
; Tanaka : deceased
; Randolph : leader
=== Locals ===
; Michael Kirsch : scholar
; Martina : servant girl
; The Duke
; Herr Graebel : wine merchant and slaver
; Sigfrid : manservant to Grabel
; Captain Volker : chief jailer?
== References ==
beta-tachyons; ; Preservers
; Aldebaran sand eels : Endangered. Less than 500 individuals left.
; Earth mountain gorilla : Endangered. Less than 500 individuals left.
; Starbase 217
; Vulcan nightclaw : Endangered. Less than 500 individuals left.
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