Introduction[]
- Like a lethal bacillus coursing through the bloodstream of the galaxy, a fiendish master plan has spread death and terror across the 24th century—until two heroic captains risk everything to stamp out the evil at its source!
- For more than a decade, since the very beginning of the starship Enterprise's mission, unknown enemies have unleashed a string of deadly biological weapons throughout the Alpha Quadrant, inflicting ghastly epidemics upon the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Bajorans, and even the Federation. Now, at long last, Captain Jean-Luc Picard joins forces with Captain Mackenzie Calhoun of the starship Excalibur to track down and confront the hidden architects of the plagues—and avenge the deaths of thousands!
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Benz • Beth • Burgoyne 172 • Mackenzie Calhoun/Qadril • Camboni • Cho • Si Cwan • Zolon Darg • Data • Elias Frobisher • George Garfield • Gwix • Janos • Edward Jellico • Kapel • Kat'leen • Zak Kebron • David Kendrow • Geordi La Forge • Robin Lefler • Lodec • Macaskill • Joe Mankowski • Maxwell • Mark McHenry • McKean • Monastero • Joe Morris • Alynna Nechayev • O'Shea • Mike Palumbo • Petronella • Jean-Luc Picard/Kwint • Morgan Primus • The Professor • William T. Riker • Sela • Selar • Elizabeth Shelby • Shunabo • Silver • Soleta • Stonn • Gerrid Thul • Deanna Troi • Vandelia/Vara Syndra • Worf • Zeen
- Referenced only
- Mendan Abbis • Aronin • Borg Queen • Jack Crusher • Richard Daystrom • Dikson • DiSpigno • Falkar • Gazillo • Henderson • Jay • Jack McNicol • Bruce Carmel Mudd • Thaddius Riker • Thomas Riker • Lwaxana Troi • Wattanbe • Horatio Wrigley • Natasha Yar
Starships and vehicles[]
- Andorian prison ship • USS Enterprise-E • escape pod • USS Excalibur • USS Grissom • USS Independence • Romulan warbird • runabout • shuttle
Locations[]
- Alpha Quadrant • Archaria III • Argelius II • Daystrom Station • Earth • Kara's • Narobi II • San Francisco • Ten-Forward • Thul Sphere • Wrigley's Pleasure Planet
- Referenced only
- Bajoran wormhole • Cardassia • Danter • Deep Space 4 • Delta Quadrant • Demilitarized Zone • Estarcion IV • Hell • Mars • Risa • Romulus • Starbase 18 • Terok Nor • Topeka • Xenex
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • android • Brikar • Capitano • Danteri • Hermat • Human • Klingon • Kreel • Narobi • Orion • Pazinian • Romulan • Tan'gredi • Tellarite • Thallonian • Vulcan • Xenexian
- Referenced only
- Argelian • Bajoran • Borg • Cardassian • Deltan • Zynterian
States and organizations[]
Science and technology[]
- animal • Bendii syndrome • black hole • blaster • bomb • bone • bullet • chronometer • circuit • cloaking device • comm unit • communicator • cryo-mist • cyborg • dermaplast • disruptor • Double Helix virus • Dyson sphere • Guardian of Forever • headache • heart • holodeck • hologenerator • hologram • holo unit • hypersonic shower • isolinear chip • light • microchip • microscope • muscle • nanite • Omega 9 • phaser • photon torpedo • plasma torpedo • psychic backlash • replicator • scanner • sensor • skin graft • supernova • time • tooth • transponder • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • Venus drug • warp core • Zynterian camouflage field
Ranks and titles[]
Other references[]
- asteroid field • baseball bat • beanbag • bicentennial • catwalk • cat • dagger • day • devil • Dominion War • espionage • finger cymbal • glove • Great Bird of the Galaxy • grozit • katra • klaxon • knife • latinum • money • month • pasteboard • philosophy • pip • playing card • pon farr • Prime Directive • Resolution of Non-Interference • rope • scalpel • sex aid • shampoo • shawl • sickbay • Stone Age • sword • tennis • tiger • Tolasian night slicer • Vulcan nerve pinch • weapon • whip • year
Appendices[]
Background[]
- The Double Helix series was a Next Generation storyline that featured each installment crossing over with another franchise series. "Double or Nothing" in particular crossed TNG with Star Trek: New Frontier.
Images[]
Cover image.
German language cover.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Quarantine |
TNG numbered novels | Next novel: The First Virtue |
| Previous novel: Double Time |
NF Stories | Next novel: The Quiet Place |
| Previous novel: Quarantine |
Double Helix miniseries |
Next novel: The First Virtue |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: What You Leave Behind Chapters 11-15 |
Next Adventure: The Left Hand of Destiny, Book One | |
| Previous Adventure: The Human Factor |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) |
Next Adventure: I, Q |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2376. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Suspicions |
2369 Seven Years Earlier |
Next Adventure: Progress |
Translations[]
- 2012
- German : Doppelt oder nichts, translated by Bernhard Kempen. (Cross Cult)
External link[]
- Double or Nothing article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.