The Enterprise is in a state of transition. It has been repaired following the events of the tenth film - Star Trek: Nemesis - but for Picard what will take longer to fix than the physical damage to his ship is the void caused by the absence of Riker, Troi and Data.

Picard is certain he has the right man to replace Riker as first Officer in Commander Worf, but the big Klingon is not so sure and rejects the promotion. Add to that Starfleet, despite his desire for another Betazoid, have sent him a Vulcan counsellor to replace Troi and things are not going exactly to plan for the French captain.

However their new assignment is one of exploration once more and so Picard may have a chance to shape his new crew. But when he begins to hear the voices of the Borg in his head once more he knows he must act before they can regroup and attack.

Admiral Janeway is not so sure and orders him to wait until he can be joined by Seven-of-Nine who will be able to correctly assess any Borg threat. So Picard takes the only action he believes he can and disregards Janeway's order and heads off to prevent the birth of a new Borg Queen. But it is not Picard who will be able to do so, for this mission he must once again become Locutus.

It's good to read a book that addresses the issues of what would have happened onboard the Enterprise following the loss of Data and departure of Troi and Riker. Picard would need time to forge new relationships, to gain understanding of the strengths of his new crewmembers and build his team.

Re-introducing the Borg is always a good idea - they were just about the best villains of the Next Generation canon. Having them also being a state of recovery and disorganisation is superb. With the Borg in the Alpha Quadrant having their Queen killed and being cut off from the rest of the collective with the collapse of their Transwarp Conduits would require a period of rebuilding. But the author has also kept them dangerous and very capable of killing.

It's such an easy book to read, having much that is familiar on hand to ease you into your own reading comfort zone. But with new crew members being introduced there is also much that is fresh here, new people with their own desire, interests and ambitions, so it does not feel like old ground needlessly being retread.

It will be interesting to see what is next in store for the crew of the Star Ship Enterprise.

Synopsis
Like Homecoming did for Star Trek: Voyager and Avatar did for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Resistance picks up the Star Trek: The Next Generation story after the TV/movies are complete and tells all-new stories about favourite Next Generation characters and their subsequent lives. After the fall of Shinzon (as seen in the feature film, Star Trek: Nemesis) the elite of the Romulan Empire are battling over who will seize control. Caught up in this struggle are the Kevrata, a once proud people, now strangled under Romulan domination. When a biogenetic disease threatens to wipe out their race, Starfleet assigns its new Chief Medical Officer, Dr Beverly Crusher, to aid the populace. But when she suddenly goes missing and is presumed dead, Jean-Luc Picard must race to try and locate Crusher and help find a cure for the disease that could kill millions.