The Death of Princes

The crew of the USS Enterprise must cure a plague – and protect the Prime Directive!
The Death of Princes is a Pocket TNG novel – #44 in the numbered series – written by John Peel. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket:
:Dangerous assignments come in pairs when Captain Picard and his crew are confronted with two desperate missions on two different worlds.
:On the planet Buran, newly linked to the Federation, a mysterious disease devastates the population – and turns them against the visitors from the . Meanwhile, on nearby Iomides, a renegade Federation observer has disappeared, intent on violating the Prime Directive by preventing a tragic political assassination.
:While Dr. Crusher struggles to find a cure for the plague ravaging Buran, Commander Will Riker leads an away team to Iomides. Their forces divided, Picard and his crew find themselves the only hope of two worlds.
== Background information ==
* The novel is set before .
* The title references a quote from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: "The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes." 
== Characters ==
;Jean-Luc Picard
;William T. Riker
;Data
;Beverly Crusher
;Deanna Troi
;Worf
;Geordi La Forge
;Reginald Barclay
;Ro Laren
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;Maria Wallace
== External link ==
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