Star Trek: Stargazer is a series of Star Trek novels written by Michael Jan Friedman. The novels are about the adventures of the USS Stargazer (NCC-2893), which was Jean-Luc Picard's first command. While not official canon, these stories can be viewed as a prequel to the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Chronologically, this series is followed by the Lost Era Picard novel The Buried Age.
Many of the characters originally appeared in Friedman's 1992 novel Reunion (ISBN ).
Main characters in the Stargazer crew include:
The books currently available include: