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| Image = Worlds of Star Trek Deep Space Nine 3.jpg
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| Author = [[David R. George III]] and [[Keith R.A. DeCandido]]
 
| Author = [[David R. George III]] and [[Keith R.A. DeCandido]]
 
| Publisher = [[Pocket Books]]
 
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| Published = {{d|25|January|2005}}
 
| Published = {{d|25|January|2005}}
 
| Pages = 352
 
| Pages = 352
| Year = [[November]] &<br />[[December]] [[2376]]
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| Year = [[November]] - [[December]] [[2376]]
| ISBN = 0743483537
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| ISBN = 0743483537 (paperback)<br />{{ASIN|B000FCK350}} (Kindle)
 
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The third of three novels focusing on six civilizations, Book Three focuses on the Ferengi and the Dominion.
 
The third of three novels focusing on six civilizations, Book Three focuses on the Ferengi and the Dominion.
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:''[[Ferenginar|FERENGINAR]]: [[Quark]]'s profit-driven [[homeworld]] is rocked with scandal as shocking allegations involving his brother's first wife, the mother of [[Nog]], threaten to overthrow [[Rom]] as [[Grand Nagus]] of the [[Ferengi Alliance]]. Making matters worse, Quark has been recruited by [[Rom]]'s political adversaries to join their ''coup d'état'', with guarantees of all Quark ever dreamed if they succeed in taking his brother down. While Ferenginar's future teeters on the edge, the pregnancy of Rom's current wife, [[Leeta]], takes a difficult turn for both mother and child.''
 
:''[[Ferenginar|FERENGINAR]]: [[Quark]]'s profit-driven [[homeworld]] is rocked with scandal as shocking allegations involving his brother's first wife, the mother of [[Nog]], threaten to overthrow [[Rom]] as [[Grand Nagus]] of the [[Ferengi Alliance]]. Making matters worse, Quark has been recruited by [[Rom]]'s political adversaries to join their ''coup d'état'', with guarantees of all Quark ever dreamed if they succeed in taking his brother down. While Ferenginar's future teeters on the edge, the pregnancy of Rom's current wife, [[Leeta]], takes a difficult turn for both mother and child.''
   
:''THE [[Dominion|DOMINION]]: Since its defeat in the war for the [[Alpha Quadrant]], the [[Great Link]] &ndash; the living totality of the shape-shifting [[Founder]]s &ndash; has struggled with questions. At its moment of greatest doubt, its fate, and that of the Dominion itself, is tied to [[Odo]]'s investigation of his kind's true motives for sending a hundred infant [[changeling]]s out into [[the galaxy]].''
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:''[[Dominion|THE DOMINION]]: Since its defeat in the war for the [[Alpha Quadrant]], the [[Great Link]] &ndash; the living totality of the shape-shifting [[Founder]]s &ndash; has struggled with questions. At its moment of greatest doubt, its fate, and that of the Dominion itself, is tied to [[Odo]]'s investigation of his kind's true motives for sending a hundred infant [[changeling]]s out into the [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]].''
   
 
:''As Odo searches for answers and takes a hard look at his past choices, [[Taran'atar]] reaches a turning point in his own quest for clarity... one from which there may be no going back.''
 
:''As Odo searches for answers and takes a hard look at his past choices, [[Taran'atar]] reaches a turning point in his own quest for clarity... one from which there may be no going back.''
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=== Olympus Descending (The Dominion) ===
 
=== Olympus Descending (The Dominion) ===
On the world of the Founders, Odo observes a new light in the sky - obviously a [[nova]] or something similar. He feels some excitement in the Great Link, and finally understands why: The Founders believe that the Progenitor, a deity they believe in, has returned. It is then that Odo learns from another, old [[Changeling]] called Indurane, that Changelings cannot procreate - and that the [[Hundred Changelings]] were sent out in order to get the Progenitor back to the Founders.
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On the world of the Founders, Odo observes a new light in the sky - obviously a [[supernova]] or something similar. He feels some excitement in the Great Link, and finally understands why: The Founders believe that the Progenitor, a deity they believe in, has returned. It is then that Odo learns from another, old [[Changeling]] called Indurane, that Changelings cannot procreate - and that the [[Hundred Changelings]] were sent out in order to get the Progenitor back to the Founders.
   
When Odo, [[Laas]] and some other changelings use a [[Jem'Hadar]] vessel (which is lead by the new clone of [[Weyoun]]) to travel to the light spot in the sky, they finally find Changeling [[DNA]] - and it turns out what they have found are the remains of a recently killed, very big Changeling. It also becomes clear that it has been killed by the Ascendants - the race that hunts down the Founders.
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When Odo, [[Laas]] and some other Changelings use a [[Jem'Hadar]] vessel (which is lead by the new clone of [[Weyoun]]) to travel to the light spot in the sky, they finally find Changeling [[DNA]] - and it turns out what they have found are the remains of a recently killed, very big Changeling. It also becomes clear that it has been killed by the Ascendants - the race that hunts down the Founders.
   
The changelings of the great link are heavily disturbed when they learn that the being of which they believe is the Progenitor, is dead - and see no meaning in their lives any more. One after another, they leave their homeworld, leaving essentially Odo and Laas as "The Dominion"...
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The Changelings of the great link are heavily disturbed when they learn that the being of which they believe is the Progenitor, is dead - and see no meaning in their lives any more. One after another, they leave their homeworld, leaving essentially Odo and Laas as "The Dominion"...
   
 
Meanwhile, Taran'atar has asked to visit the [[female Changeling]] - who is imprisoned on Ananke Alpha, a [[Federation]] high-security [[prison]]. He has recently become more and more restless, and has heavy doubts about the mission Odo sent him on. He hopes that the female Changeling can relieve him - but she has no desire to speak with him, and even worse, she tells him that she is by no means a god.
 
Meanwhile, Taran'atar has asked to visit the [[female Changeling]] - who is imprisoned on Ananke Alpha, a [[Federation]] high-security [[prison]]. He has recently become more and more restless, and has heavy doubts about the mission Odo sent him on. He hopes that the female Changeling can relieve him - but she has no desire to speak with him, and even worse, she tells him that she is by no means a god.
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* Brunt is no longer serving the FCA, but has teamed up with Gaila.
 
* Brunt is no longer serving the FCA, but has teamed up with Gaila.
 
* Leeta has given birth to Bena, a Bajoran-Ferengi baby.
 
* Leeta has given birth to Bena, a Bajoran-Ferengi baby.
* When Odo and the female Changeling joined (see {{DS9|Behind the Lines}}), Odo later also slept with her, in order to show her how solids feel proximity.
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* When Odo and the female Changeling joined (see {{DS9|Behind the Lines}}), Odo later also slept with her, in order to show her how solids experience intimacy.
 
* The Great Link is dissolved - all the Founders have left their home planet, leaving only Odo and Laas behind.
 
* The Great Link is dissolved - all the Founders have left their home planet, leaving only Odo and Laas behind.
 
* The female Changeling is kept in a high-security Federation prison on Ananke Alpha.
 
* The female Changeling is kept in a high-security Federation prison on Ananke Alpha.
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;[[Leck]] : an [[eliminator]]
 
;[[Leck]] : an [[eliminator]]
 
;[[Prinadora]] : First wife of Rom, mother of Nog
 
;[[Prinadora]] : First wife of Rom, mother of Nog
;Treir : [[Orion]] female, [[dabo girl]] in Quark's bar
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;Treir : [[Orion]] female, [[dabo girl]] in Quark's Bar
;Hetik : Dabo boy in Quark's bar
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;Hetik : Dabo boy in Quark's Bar
   
 
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The third of three novels focusing on six civilizations, Book Three focuses on the Ferengi and the Dominion.

Summary

From the book jacket
Within every federation and every empire, behind every hero and every villain, there are the worlds that define them. In the aftermath of Unity and in the daring tradition of Spock's World, The Final Reflection, and A Stitch in Time, the civilizations most closely tied to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine can now be experienced as never before... in tales both sweeping and intimate, reflective and prophetic, eerily familiar and utterly alien.
FERENGINAR: Quark's profit-driven homeworld is rocked with scandal as shocking allegations involving his brother's first wife, the mother of Nog, threaten to overthrow Rom as Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance. Making matters worse, Quark has been recruited by Rom's political adversaries to join their coup d'état, with guarantees of all Quark ever dreamed if they succeed in taking his brother down. While Ferenginar's future teeters on the edge, the pregnancy of Rom's current wife, Leeta, takes a difficult turn for both mother and child.
THE DOMINION: Since its defeat in the war for the Alpha Quadrant, the Great Link – the living totality of the shape-shifting Founders – has struggled with questions. At its moment of greatest doubt, its fate, and that of the Dominion itself, is tied to Odo's investigation of his kind's true motives for sending a hundred infant changelings out into the galaxy.
As Odo searches for answers and takes a hard look at his past choices, Taran'atar reaches a turning point in his own quest for clarity... one from which there may be no going back.

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Satisfaction not guaranteed (Ferenginar)

Quark is contacted by one Ferengi named Chek, CEO of Chek pharmaceuticals. He and some friends want to restore the old Ferengi as it used to be before Rom became Grand Nagus. They want Quark to join them; Quark resists, but finally decides to go to Ferenginar; he has Ro Laren come with him, as well as Nog.

Rom has some difficulties in ruling Ferenginar - and additionally, his wife Leeta is about to give birth to their child, but the pregnancy is difficult because of the big Ferengi head of the child. Leeta ultimately has to go to a hospital. Due to Rom's difficulties, Ishka is with him and helps him, breaking her holiday with Zek on Risa.

The conspirators around Chek also convince Brunt to join them - and it is he who comes up with the claim that Rom, the Grand Nagus himself, has broken a contract - the marriage contract with his first wife, Prinadora. While Rom is not sure whether this could be true or not, Quark does not believe so. He hires Leck to break into the Glat Archive, a place where all Ferengi contracts are stored. Leck manages to steal the original marriage contract, and Quark and his friends are able to prove that Brunt lied. Brunt is expelled from the Economic Congress, but later teams up with Gaila, who, also aiding the conspiracy, tried to bring the former Grand Nagus Zek on their side - together, they are up to new business...

Meanwhile, Nog visits his mother Prinadora, only to find out that she is a "true" Ferengi female - she barely remembers him and is not able to talk about anything but meaningless smalltalk. Nog leaves, sad, but acknowledges that his mother was raised that way by her father, Dav.

Ro, who accompanied Quark to Ferenginar, definitively decides that she does not like this humid planet - and she also makes clear to Quark that she wants their relationship to be a platonic friendship, not more.

Finally, Leeta gives birth to Bena, daughter to the Grand Nagus - and with Rom restored fully to power, the reforms on Ferenginar can go on.

Olympus Descending (The Dominion)

On the world of the Founders, Odo observes a new light in the sky - obviously a supernova or something similar. He feels some excitement in the Great Link, and finally understands why: The Founders believe that the Progenitor, a deity they believe in, has returned. It is then that Odo learns from another, old Changeling called Indurane, that Changelings cannot procreate - and that the Hundred Changelings were sent out in order to get the Progenitor back to the Founders.

When Odo, Laas and some other Changelings use a Jem'Hadar vessel (which is lead by the new clone of Weyoun) to travel to the light spot in the sky, they finally find Changeling DNA - and it turns out what they have found are the remains of a recently killed, very big Changeling. It also becomes clear that it has been killed by the Ascendants - the race that hunts down the Founders.

The Changelings of the great link are heavily disturbed when they learn that the being of which they believe is the Progenitor, is dead - and see no meaning in their lives any more. One after another, they leave their homeworld, leaving essentially Odo and Laas as "The Dominion"...

Meanwhile, Taran'atar has asked to visit the female Changeling - who is imprisoned on Ananke Alpha, a Federation high-security prison. He has recently become more and more restless, and has heavy doubts about the mission Odo sent him on. He hopes that the female Changeling can relieve him - but she has no desire to speak with him, and even worse, she tells him that she is by no means a god.

Heavily disturbed and frustrated, Taran'atar returns to DS9 - and finally, out of his anger, destroys his whole quarter. When Ro and Kira, alarmed by the violent outbreaks that showed up on their scanners, go to seek Taran'atar, he finally accepts that he has failed Odo; and with a clear thought on what to do next, he shoots Ro and injures Kira very badly - then, he shrouds and leaves.

Background Information

  • Brunt is no longer serving the FCA, but has teamed up with Gaila.
  • Leeta has given birth to Bena, a Bajoran-Ferengi baby.
  • When Odo and the female Changeling joined (see DS9: "Behind the Lines"), Odo later also slept with her, in order to show her how solids experience intimacy.
  • The Great Link is dissolved - all the Founders have left their home planet, leaving only Odo and Laas behind.
  • The female Changeling is kept in a high-security Federation prison on Ananke Alpha.
  • Taran'atar abandons his duties, and in the process of departing Deep Space 9, critically – perhaps fatally – injures Kira and Ro.
  • The Ascendants were previously encountered in the novel Rising Son.

Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket DS9 characters.

Satisfaction not guaranteed

Quark
Barkeeper and Ferengi ambassador on Bajor
Rom
Grand Nagus
Leeta
wife of Rom
Nog
Son of Rom, chief engineer on DS9
Brunt
Former FCA member
Gaila
Quark's cousin
Ro Laren
Security officer on DS9
Ishka
Mother of Quark and Rom and lover of Zek
Zek
Former Grand Nagus
Krax
Zek's son, now Rom's aide
Leck
an eliminator
Prinadora
First wife of Rom, mother of Nog
Treir
Orion female, dabo girl in Quark's Bar
Hetik
Dabo boy in Quark's Bar

Olympus Descending

Odo
Changeling, one of the Hundreds
Laas
another changeling, also one of the Hundreds
Female Changeling
leader of the Dominion during the Dominion war; now imprisoned by the Federation
Kira Nerys
Captain on DS9
Ro Laren
Chief of Security on DS9
Taran'atar
Jem'Hadar warrior on assignment on DS9 by orders of Odo
Weyoun
Vorta
Vannis
Vorta

References

USS Brahmaputra
DS9 runabout
USS Yolja (NCC-75353)
DS9 runabout
USS Mjolnir
Norway-class starship

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