Mab

Zine
Title:	Mab
Publisher:	The Nannyte Press, out of the UK
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Author(s):	Debbie Lee
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Date(s):	October 1993
Medium:	print
Size:	A4
Genre:	gen
Fandom:	Star Trek: TNG
Language:	English
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Mab is a 130-page gen Star Trek: TNG novel by Debbie Lee.

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Summary

Summary from an ad in IDIC #31: "A face from Ensign Ro's past poses a threat to Counselor Troi's future. Riker and Crusher have their suspicions, but no proof! Will Ro Laren say something before it's too late? And why does Captain Picard seem so reluctant to interfere?"

Reactions and Reviews

A figure from Ro Laren's past returns to the Enterprise, intent on Ro's silence or cooperation, by any means. However, he has an unseen ally in this, desperate to return to her own universe... Paris Acheledes is a toe-rag. From the beginning he treats everyone he meets as lesser beings. His 'aide', a multi-dimensional being called MAB is just as immoral and at one point 'borrows' Troi's body to attain her ends.

The finale is well-thought-out poetic justice - one of Debbie Lee's strong points.

The story owes its inspiration to an earlier one which dealt with the relationship between a physical and a metaphysical being, and develops the idea very well, though there could have been more of an idea of MAB's impermanence - she 'tied time in a knot'. If you're a fan of Debbie Lee - and unfortunately I am - this is one for the collection.