A Time to Hate

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A Time to Hate is a 2004 novel by Robert Greenberger set in the fictional universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the 6th in the series "A time to..." novels, depicting the events that took place before Star Trek: Nemesis. It is a sequel to A Time to Love (Star Trek) and prequels A Time to Kill

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After saving the Dokaalan's from being exploited by another race, the Enterprise is sent on another mission that no one else wants. Delta Sigma IV was seen as the perfect example of interspecies cooperation as two normally rivalling species the Dorset and Bader found peace and settled there own colony. However on the verge of intra planetary celebrations a murder takes place, a murder has not taken place on Delta Sigma IV for over 100 years.

The murder takes place between two test subjects who were finishing the finally stages of treatment that should of cured Delta Sigma IV's population of an early ageing disease. The cure came form the Federation and after the Federation representative Kyle Riker disappears after the murderer the tension between the crew of the Enterprise and the colonists mounts. Soon acts of violence erupt across the planet and only the crew of the Enterprise can stop this civilisation from spiralling into destruction.