had decided to go back in time and kill Deanna to prevent this discovery. When Deanna announces that the Sindareen are behaving duplicitously, the Sindareen makes a last-ditch effort to kill Deanna, which is thwarted by Admiral Riker. Once Deanna is safe, everyone from the future return to their proper timeline, where the Guardian of Forever intones that "All is as it was." Data is chagrined that he never thought to ask whether Admiral Riker was correct about the timeline being altered. Now that it has been restored, Admiral Riker and the others have no way of knowing what awaits them. Riker hears his Imzadi's voice inside his mind, welcoming him home. Sequel Imzadi II: Triangle The 1998 sequel Imzadi II: Triangle addresses Worf's romantic interest in Troi, William Riker's renewed interest and Thomas Riker's resentment at his lost opportunity with Troi. Imzadi II: Triangle brings in additional characters and multiple plot lines. Other versions Both Imzadi novels were re-released in 2003 as the omnibus collection Imzadi Forever. Abridged versions of the novels were also released as audiobooks. Imzadi was read by Jonathan Frakes (the actor who played Riker), and Imzadi II by Robert O'Reilly (whose recurring onscreen role was the Klingon Gowron). Extracts from both books were included in Star Trek: Adventures in Time and Space, which was described by the editor as featuring clips from the best of twenty years of Pocket Books official Star Trek line. In 2020, in the 7th episode of Picard, titled,"Nepenthe," at 22:54, Riker, while mildly admonishing Troi for reprimanding Picard, exclaimed,"Easy there, Imzadi."(https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8806524/) Reception Imzadi is rated 4 out of 5 on Google books. A TrekMovie.com reviewer writing in 2010 about Peter David's later works mentioned that Imzadi remained his favorite Star Trek book of all time. In 2015, "Imzadi" was noted as one of better Star Trek novels, noting an audio book narrated by Jonathan Frakes himself (who played Commander Riker on the TV show). In 2015, John Bardinelli of Barnesandnoble.com highlighted this as among of the best Star Trek novels. References External links Novels by Peter David Star Trek terminology Novels based on Star Trek: The Next Generation Novels set in the 24th century Novels set in the 25th century Pocket Books books Words originating in fiction