Book Three in the New York Times bestselling Cold Equations trilogy set in the expanded universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation ! AT THE CENTER OF THE GALAXY... A planet-sized Machine of terrifying power and unfathomable purpose hurls entire star systems into a supermassive black hole. Wesley Crusher, now a full-fledged Traveler, knows the Machine must be stopped...but he has no idea how. Wesley must enlist the aid of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and...