Frighted Peace
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| Title: | Frighted Peace |
| Publisher: | Orion Press |
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| Author(s): | E. Brooks |
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| Date(s): | 1991 |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TNG |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Online here |
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Frighted Peace is a gen Star Trek: TNG 129-page novel by E. Brooks. It is also in Trichord.
From Media Monitor: "Jean-Luc is stricken with an illness which renders him helpless. Beverly can heal his body, but can she heal his soul?"
Publisher's Note From the Zine
What is it that attracts new authors to Star Trek: The Next Generation fandom? In the case of many, it is the opportunity to explore a relationship between two characters, a relationship which may not necessarily make for good television, yet does make for good fiction. Such may be the case of the Jean-Luc Picard/Beverly Crusher relationship, or P/C as it is often abbreviated.P/C has evolved quite a bit since the debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The second episode of the series, "The Naked Now," holds much promise of an intimately romantic relationship, but little became of it aside from the occasional hint of intimacy which could be read as either friendship or love, and the occasional "tease," the most notorious of which occurs in "The High Ground" wherein during a crucial conversation/romantic scene, there is a dramatic power outrage, and the scene is cut short by their near demise and rescue.
Some of the evolution of their relationship stems from Gates McFadden's departure from the series at the end of the first season, and her subsequent return at the start of the third. Fans have written tomes of material explaining her "mysterious" decision to pursue an opportunity at Starfleet Medical. Another crucial element was was added to the evolution in the episode "Allegiance," wherein we see Beverly Crusher actually turn down a suggestion of increased involvement from Picard's double (whom she did not realize was a double). Two more crucial pieces come from the episodes "Transfiguration" (wherein Beverly Crusher develops a relationship with the alien John) and "Captain's Holiday" (Jean-Luc Picard gets involved with Vash, a female Indiana Jones).
E. Brook's novel reconciles their relationship, bring it back to the romantic one which was so stressed in the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation by using the time-honored hurt/comfort scenario. Captain Picard is stricken with a disease which renders him completely helpless. Beverly Crusher, with the help of Doctor Selar, is able to treat his body but can they heal the wounds of his soul?
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