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Synopsis
Captain Jean-Luc Picard has long enjoyed playing the part of Dixon Hill, a hard-boiled private eye straight out of American pulp fiction. His holographic excursions into 1940s San Francisco, a colorful world of gunplay and gangsters, provide a welcome diversion from his hefty responsibilities as a Starfleet captain. But not this time. The starship USS Enterprise has lost power and control, its own momentum carrying it ever deeper into a dangerous zone of warped space and time. And the only way out is hidden somewhere in the mean streets and back alleys of old 'Frisco. But so is a cold-blooded murderer… Now Dixon Hill, alias Jean-Luc Picard, must get to the bottom of a tangled mystery that threatens the lives of everyone aboard the Enterprise!
Is A Hard Rain appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
Captain Picard must solve a murder mystery in a holographic 1940s San Francisco while the Enterprise drifts into dangerous space. Expect pulp noir-style gunplay and danger typical of detective fiction, but without graphic detail.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include murder and violence.
Who'll love this
Teens who love Star Trek will enjoy seeing Picard play detective in a noir mystery where the holodeck adventure becomes the key to saving the ship.