Progenitor (novel)

Continuing the adventures of Captain Picard's first command!
Progenitor is a Star Trek: Stargazer novel – the second in the series – written by Michael Jan Friedman. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket:
:Thirty years before the days of , Captain Jean-Luc Picard was thrust unexpectedly into command of another proud vessel: the . Surrounded by a crew he doesn't entirely know or trust, the young Picard must answer the challenges of leadership…
:While Picard and his senior staff accompany Chief Engineer Simenon to his homeworld of Gnala to undergo a ritual, his second officer, Elizabeth Wu, is left in command of the Stargazer. Responding to a distress call from a nearby star system, Wu finds herself in the middle of a mystery involving a damaged ship and a peculiar interstellar phenomenon – one that threatens to destroy the Stargazer if she can't learn its secret.
:Meanwhile, on Gnala, Picard must help his friend undergo the ritual – and find out who is trying to sabotage their chances of completing it before they're all killed!
== Characters ==
;Jean-Luc Picard
;Simenon
;Elizabeth Wu
== References ==
;Gorn
== External link ==
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Category:Novels