Bajor is in flames. The corridors of Terok Nor echo with the sounds of battle. It is the end of the Cardassian Occupation and the beginning of the greatest epic adventure in the saga of Deep Space 9
Six years later, with the Federation losing ground in its war against the Dominion, the galaxy's greatest smugglers, including the beautiful and enigmatic Vash, rendezvous on Deep Space 9. Their objective: a fabled lost Orb of the Prophets unlike any other, rumored to be the key to unlocking a second wormhole in Bajoran Space, a second Celestial Temple.
Almost immediately, mysterious events plague the station: Odo arrests Quark for murder; Jake and Nog lead Chief O'Brien to an eerie holosuite in a section of the station that's not on any schematic; and a Cardassian scientist whom even the Obsidian Order once feared makes an unexpected appearance. With all these events tied to a never-before-told story of the Cardassian withdrawal, Captain Benjamin Sisko faces the most dangerous challenge of his career: Unless he can uncover the secret of the lost Orb, what began with the fall of Terok Nor will end with the destruction of Deep Space 9...or worse.
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"This was a fun book to read. it stayed true to the style of the characters. Reading it you could hear the thunderous echos of a pissed off Ben Sisko, or the interplay between Odo and Quark."
— Eric (5 out of 5 stars)
" First part of what seems to be turning out to be quite a complex trek trilogy. The writing is typical of the genre and authors, and that's not to say bad. I enjoyed it, not so much that I couldn't put it down, but enough to open the next one in the series up and start reading. "
— Sean, 10/4/2013" A great series of DS9 stories. I'd recommend them to any fan. "
— Dustin, 6/24/2012" Mostly setup, but extremely interesting and meaningful setup. Promises something very good from the following volumes. "
— Mikael, 6/18/2012" Read the first chapter online and now I have to read the rest; even though it is obvious that the title was selected under duress. Thanks Matt. "
— Palladin, 5/6/2011Judith Reeves-Stevens writes and works with her husband, Garfield, and together they are the authors of more than thirty books, many of which are New York Times bestselling Star Trek novels.
Garfield Reeves-Stevens is the author of numerous New York Times bestselling Star Trek novels, often in conjunction with his wife. Their joint novel of suspense, Freefall, is a follow-up to their Los Angeles Timesbestseller, Icefire, and is set against the political intrigue and historical conspiracy surrounding the next race to the moon. In keeping with his interest in both the reality of space exploration and the science fiction that helps inspire it, he and his wife were invited to join a NASA Space Policy Workshop for the development of NASA’s goals as put forth in the agency’s 2004 Vision for Space Exploration. The couple then joined the writing staff of Star Trek: Enterpriseas executive story editors.
Joe Morton is a winner of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards for audiobook narration. A graduate of Hofstra University’s drama program, he has an extensive list of film and television credits, including Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Speed, Smallville, and Eureka. He made his Broadway debut in Hair and was nominated for a Tony Award for the musical Raisin. In 2014 he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Scandal.