Masks (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 7)

Masks (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 7)

The <i>U.S.S. Enterprise</i>^{<font size="-2">TM</font>} journeys to Lorca, a beautiful world with a feudal culture where the inhabitants wear masks to show their rank and station. Captain Picard and an away team don masks of their own to begin a quest for the planet's ruler and the great Wisdom Mask that the leader traditionally wears. Their mission is to establish diplomatic relations. <p>But shortly after transporting, Picard and his party lose contact with the ship, and Commander Riker leads a search party down to the planet to find them. <p>Both men, are unaware that their searches, indeed, the ship's entire mission are part of the plan of a madman, a madman who is setting the stage for a trap that will ensnare both <i>U.S.S. Enterprise</i> landing parties, and leave him to seize control of the awesome Wisdom Mask as well as the planet Lorca itself.