Years before they served together up to speed the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM, Commander William Riker and ship’s counselor Deanna Troi had a tempestuous love affair on her house world of Betazed. Right now, their passions possess cooled and they serve jointly as friends. The memories of this time linger and Riker and Troi stay Imzadi – a powerful Betazoid term that explains the enduring bond they still share.

During delicate negotiations with an aggressive race known as the Sindareen Deanna Troi mysteriously falls sick and dies. But her death is only the beginning of the adventure for Commander Riker, an experience that will consider him across period, pit him against one of his closest close friends, and force him to select between Starfleet’s strictest rule and the main one he phone calls Imzadi.