A Time to Sow

A Time To Sow is book 3 in the "A Time To..." series, written by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.

After clearing their names for attacks against the Onatailians, Picard and crew are still being ostracised, and are sent on a mission to an unexplored sector as punishment. They are to find the remains of a civilization that should have died two centuries earlier. However, upon arrival, the Dokaalans are still alive.

This peaceful civilization however, is under extreme strains as their civilization seems to be experiencing a lot of unfortunate "accidents" as of late, and it's up to the Enterprise to help them out.