With the debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Paramount took a closer role in supervising the books, disallowing story elements that were said to conflict with Gene Roddenberry's idea of Star Trek.
Instead of being rejected, Probe was heavily edited and ultimately mostly written by Gene DeWeese.
[3] Bonanno's public disavowal of the book[3] included her sharing her original manuscript Music of the Spheres at Star Trek conventions.
[2] This led to Bonanno being blacklisted from the Star Trek publishing universe for over 11 years;[3] in 2003 she returned with Catalyst of Sorrows,[3]: 463 part of the Star Trek: The Lost Era series.
[5] Bonanno, who had lived in the Los Angeles area, died on April 6, 2021, aged 71.