The Borg have returned, along with their oldest enemies.
When the Orokan offer to open negotiations with the Federation by first giving Jean-Luc Picard an award for his efforts in defeating the Borg in their first incursion, they gladly seize the opportunity.
But things are not all that they seem and it’s not long before Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D are pulled into the middle of a bitter feud between the Orokan and the Borg…
Set in the months before the Enterprise met her fate at Veridian III, Picard fights a battle he is not certain that anyone can win, but perhaps there’s a third way..