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| Author: | Heather Jarman |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket DS9 Mission Gamma #2 |
| Published: | 7 October 2002 |
| Pages: | 396 |
| Year: | 2376 |
| Stardate: | Unknown |
| Reference #: | 0743445627 |
The Defiant continues its voyage of the Gamma Quadrant, while a lasting peace between the Bajorans and the Cardassians moves closer.
Plot Summary
From the book jacket: During its continued mission in the Gamma Quadrant, the Starship Defiant becomes ensnared in the sensor webbing of the Cheka. As nanobots invade the ship, causing systems to fail and consoles to explode, an alien vessel arrives, and a new contact is made.
Back on Deep Space Nine, Colonel Kira Nerys is disturbed by a message from Gul Macet of the Cardassian vessel Trager. Macet is bringing Ambassador Natima Lang to the station, and they want a meeting with First Minister Shakaar. Shortly after receiving Macet's message, Kira finds Lieutenant Ro Laren examining religious artifacts outside her quarters. The station's Chief of Security suspects some sort of religious uprising, and Kira believes it could be related to a schism forming in the Vedek Assembly, something that has been brewing since her Attainder.
As Commander Vaughn and Lieutenant Nog work to make a defense against the nanobots, Lieutenant Ezri Dax works with the Yrythny to end the dispute between the Houseborn and the Wanderers of their society and Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane searches for the secret of their Turn Key genetic code in hopes of saving his own people.
On the station, a message from a victim of war brings hope of a new peace between the Bajorans and the Cardassians and a tragic loss is discovered. On Bajor, the gift of a B'hala figurine gives Vedek Yevir a new inspiration for his future.
Background
The second novel in the Mission Gamma series.
References
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