Star Trek: Stargazer
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| Author | Michael Jan Friedman | 
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| Language | English | 
| Genre | Science fiction | 
| Publisher | Pocket Books | 
| Published | 2002–2004 | 
| No. of books | 6 | 
| Website | startrekbooks | 
Star Trek: Stargazer is a flagship series of Star Trek tie-in novels written by Michael Jan Friedman. The series is set several decades prior to The Next Generation and follows the exploits of Jean-Luc Picard during the period of his first command, the USS Stargazer (NCC-2893).
Characters
Many of the characters originally appeared in Friedman's 1992 novel Reunion (ISBN 0-671-78755-1).
Main characters in the Stargazer crew include:
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard, commanding officer of USS Stargazer
 - Lieutenant Commander Gilaad Ben Zoma, first officer
 - Lieutenant Commander Jack Crusher
 - Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Wu
 - Lieutenant Gerda Asmund
 - Lieutenant Idun Asmund
 - Lieutenant Nol Kastiigan
 - Ensign Cole Paris (uncle of Tom Paris)
 - Dikembe Ulelo
 - Lieutenant Vigo
 - Lieutenant Phigus Simenon
 - Lieutenant Bill Refsland
 - Lieutenant Peter Joseph
 - Lieutenant Obal
 - Ensign Andreas Nikolas
 - Crewperson Emily Bender
 - Ensign Jiterica
 - Carter Greyhorse
 
Novels
| No. | Title | Author | Date | ISBN | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauntlet | Michael Jan Friedman | April 30, 2002 | 0-7434-2792-0 | 
| 2 | Progenitor | 0-7434-2794-7 | ||
| 3 | Three | July 29, 2003 | 0-7434-4852-9 | |
| 4 | Oblivion | August 26, 2003 | 0-7434-4854-5 | |
| 5 | Enigma | July 27, 2004 | 0-7434-4856-1 | |
| 6 | Maker | August 31, 2003 | 0-7434-4858-8 | 
Related novels
Novels and short fiction which include settings and characters from Stargazer.
| Title | Author | Date | ISBN | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Encounter at Farpoint (novelization) (The Next Generation)  | 
David Gerrold | September 1987 | 0-671-65241-9 | 
| Reunion (The Next Generation)  | 
Michael Jan Friedman | November 1991 | 0-671-74808-4 | 
| Requiem (The Next Generation, Book 32)  | 
Michael Jan Friedman and Kevin Ryan | October 1994 | 0-671-79567-8 | 
| The First Virtue (The Next Generation, Book 56 – Double Helix, Book 6)  | 
Michael Jan Friedman and Christie Golden | August 1999 | 0-671-03258-5 | 
| The Valiant (The Next Generation)  | 
Michael Jan Friedman | April 2000 | 0-671-77522-7 | 
| Pantheon (omnibus) | September 16, 2003 | 0-7434-8511-4 | |
| Tales of the Dominion War (anthology) – "What Dreams May Come" by Michael Jan Friedman  | 
Keith DeCandido, ed. | August 3, 2004 | 0-7434-9171-8 | 
| Tales from the Captain's Table (anthology) – "Darkness" by Michael Jan Friedman  | 
June 14, 2005 | 1-4165-0520-2 | |
| Death in Winter (The Next Generation)  | 
Michael Jan Friedman | September 20, 2005 | 0-7434-9721-X | 
| Shards and Shadows (anthology) – "The Traitor" by Michael Jan Friedman (Mirror Universe)  | 
Marco Palmieri and Margaret Clark, eds. | January 20, 2009 | 978-1-4165-5850-7 | 
| The Buried Age (The Next Generation)  | 
Christopher L. Bennett | June 26, 2007 | 978-1-4165-3739-7 | 
See also
External links
- Official website
 - Star Trek: Stargazer series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
 - Star Trek: Stargazer at Memory Alpha