Sent to deliver emergency famine relief to the planet Thiopa -- the Federation's only allies in a critically important sector of space -- the crew finds a brutal dictatorship -- one more concerned with preserving its own powers than protecting its citizens, or the world they all share. Captain Picard is hesitant about turning over the supplies to the corrupt goernment: he fears they may never reach their intended destination. But can he convince the ruling council to change their ways, before it is too late -- for the government, and Thiopa itself?
- ISBN10 0671746480
- ISBN13 9780671746483
- Publish Date 1 August 1991 (first published 1 April 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 September 2009
- Publish Country NZ
- Publisher Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
- Imprint Macmillan Publishers New Zealand
- Format Paperback
- Language English