Centered on Garak and written by the actor who played him, it was based on a post-Deep Space Nine novel by Robinson, and it may be that not having read that book blunted it's impact, that this just isn't a story that can stand on its own. I didn't feel Robinson's "The Calling" was a strong closer. I thought McCormack's "Face Value" the standout story in the book, the one that provoked the greatest emotional reaction-the ending both gave me chills and made me choke up at the same time. Thorne's "Chiascuro" was not only a good Ezri story, but featured the strongest use of science fiction elements in the book. Lang's "Foundlings" was another thoughtful story and deft character portrait-and as fitting concerning a story centered on Odo, a well-done mystery. I very much liked the thoughtful Jarman story, "The Devil You Know" centered on Jadzia-and the ending was both perfect for the story and ironically poignant given Jadzia's fate. "Three Sides to Every Story" is a poignant tale about a friendship between Ziyal and Jake during the Dominion occupation of the station. I adored ".Loved I Honor More" a humorous story about Quark and his Klingon lady love. It says a lot about how strong were almost all the following stories that I wound up rating the book so highly. The next story "Broken Oaths" about Bashir and O'Brien and a crises in their friendship was in my estimation just okay. I was in the middle of the Martin and Magels' "The Orb of Opportunity," centered on Nog, when I decided that rather than putting the book down, I could just skip to the next story. I wasn't taken with Summer's "Ha'mara" and left it thinking that if this were a novel, I might have stopped here, but being an anthology, the other entries might prove stronger-and after all, going by series chronological order as this book was, this being the first didn't mean this was the best the anthology had to offer. Editors usually choose their strongest story to open an anthology, hoping those taking a look will be pulled in. I find that Star Trek pro-fiction can be rather hit or miss-and at first I thought this would be a miss. This is an anthology of ten longish stories focusing on the characters of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine set from right after the pilot episode "Emissary" to well after the end of the series in the aftermath of the Dominion War. Martin and Andy Mangels * Una McCormack * Terri Osborne * Andrew J. DeCandido * Heather Jarman * Jeffrey Lang * Michael A. ![]() These stories, entwined with familiar episodes, reveal the world of Deep Space Nine anew as told byĬhristopher L. Rediscover this extraordinary saga in a landmark collection of tales that confronts assumptions, divulges secrets, and asks as many questions as it answers. ![]() TRUTHS REVEALED.The orphaned alien whose quest for his own identity became the salvation of a quadrant. PATHWAYS TRAVELED.The widowed father struggling to rebuild his shattered life, reborn as a religious icon to millions of believers.ĬHALLENGES CONQUERED.The resistance fighter who aided her former oppressors in their struggle for liberation and emerged as the leader she never imagined herself becoming. From the vastness of space to the darkest depths of the soul, from the clash of empires to the struggles of conscience, from the crossroads of a galaxy to the convergence of hearts - that seven-year journey was both universal and personal, challenging its audience with stories and characters that redefined Star Trek's Human Adventure for all time. Peace and War.įew television series have embraced this symphony of contradictions on the epic scale of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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