Star Trek The Next Generation - Metamorphosis
It's an all-new crew -- an all-new starship -- but the same Star Trek magic that has thrilled audiences for almost twenty-five years! Now join Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the men and women of the starship Enterprise for their most challenging, exciting mission yet...

Metamorphosis

In the bestselling tradition of Spock's World and Enterprise: The First Adventure, comes another epic Star Trek adventure -- a sweeping saga of transformation and tragedy.

Unexplained gravitational disturbances summon the Enterprise to the planet Elysia, and the android Lieutenant Commander Data to a date with destiny. For on this alien world, he will be drawn into an impossible quest, leading him to consequences both heartwarming and disastrous, as he finally dares to pursue his fondest desire: to become human.
American Science fiction, Jean Luc Picard (Fictitious character), Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, collectionID:TNGorig
Jean Lorrah
Jean Lorrah (born 1940) is a science fiction and fantasy author. She has produced several Star Trek novels, frequently with her writing and business partner Jacqueline Lichtenberg. Her most recent[when?] work with Lichtenberg is on the Sime~Gen Universe. Her fantasy series The Savage Empire, from the 1980s, is mostly solo work.

Lorrah taught English at Murray State University from 1968-2008 and received her Ph.D. from Florida State University. She was the first female non-nursing/home economics doctorate professor hired at MSU.