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By GustavoLeao / 03:53, 6 November 2007 / Trek Books

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Here are the covers for the upcoming Star Trek Deep Space Nine Terok Nor novels, to be published in 2008. Cover art is by John Picacio.

The series will chronicle the Cardassian occupation of Bajor and the history of Terok Nor before it became Deep Space Nine.
 

The first novel will focus on the beginning of the occupation, written by James Swallow.


The remaining two novels will be a connected duology; the first written by S.D. Perry, the second by Britta Dennison.

The novels titles and the release date are :

APRIL

STAR TREK TEROK NOR: DAY OF THE VIPERS by James Swallow (mass)

The beginning of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, from 2318-2328

MAY

STAR TREK TEROK NOR: NIGHT OF THE WOLVES by S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison (mass)

The occupation of Bajor from 2345-2357

JUNE

STAR TREK TEROK NOR: DAWN OF THE EAGLES by S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison (mass)

The occupation of Bajor from 2360-2369

Thanks to TrekWeb reviewer Jeff Ayers for the covers. For larger versions of the DS9 covers, go here.



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By: GreginWA (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 07:20:21 on Nov 06, 2007

They still write Star Trek novels? People still read them? I'm not sure what's worse. And of all the things to write novels about, Terok Nor?? So they are trying to fill in some obscure history about one of the least popular (and my personal favorite) Star Trek series? I'm sure these books will sell really well. And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell ya.


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    By: Sam Cogley (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:17:26 on Nov 06, 2007

    The DS9 Relaunch novels have been damned good. If you haven't read them, and you're a DS9 fan, you're seriously missing out.

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    By: The Noble Robot (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:36:43 on Nov 06, 2007 | Edit History (1)

    Actually, these books do sell well, and they occasionally appear on the NYT bestsellers lists. I agree that most of it is fan-wank (everyone is dying to explain what Scotty is up to now, or what Spock is doing on Romulus), but the DS9 books have been (like the show before it) forward-moving and generally better than the rest.

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I hope these are good | Report this post to moderator
By: Plaid Ninja (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:23:12 on Nov 06, 2007 | Edit History (1)

I just worry that these are going to turn into glorified fan fiction, just like many other Trek novels. For example, how the Trill are related to the slug race from season 1 of TNG, or in Unity how the JemHaddar who disappeared from the wormhole conveniently reappeared. Those are minor since they appear in otherwise good books. Still, there are lots of things I wish hadn't happened, like the Borg mini story involving Vaughn's wife. There were better ways to tell that story. Still, the DS9 books have been far better than some of the horrific TNG entries. (I'm looking at you, Engines of Destiny)


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now THESE look good... | Report this post to moderator
By: Glassman Cometh (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:05:40 on Nov 06, 2007

Now this artwork I like. And the story, if written correctly, sounds like it may be a great series to read. And, it's about time they wrote 'this' story. Even I, Chaotic Asimov, believer in Audio-books, will set aside time to read them...the only thing? It's going to take too long for them all to get out...why not just release all three of them at the same time????

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    By: PatBorg (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:48:34 on Nov 06, 2007

    I'm slowly catching up on Trek books: I just read the Crucible: Spock book and thought that was pretty good. If major characters can "die" in the Star Wars novels, why can't the same happen in Trek books? Wookies and wives are falling fast in that line! I find these books more entertaining because I don't know how characters will end at the close of the book, while in the Treks I know that things will be status quo in the end. Crucible: Spock broke that mold for me--I'm hoping for the same as I'm reading the McCoy one currently.

    I haven't been a big fan of the Trek books in the last two years because they don't seem to want to mess with "canon"--writing something that might go against future TV series, movies, etc. I haven't been a big fan of filling in the "gap" stuff either, although I did like the Captain Sulu and Captain Rachel Garrett books.

    I agree that the post-TV DS9 books have been the best, mostly because it seems as though the writers (editors, publisher, company,...) are willing to change the characters.

    I will purchase these books as they come out because I'm interested in this storyline.


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    • RE: I'll read em cause I'm interested | Report this post to moderator
      By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 09:54:48 on Nov 06, 2007

      These "Lost Era" DS9 books sounds very interesting, I will give them a chance since I am not a big reader of DS9 novels.

      I am reading the latest Shatnerverse novel (The Academy) and enjoying it very much. Good stuff.

      Gustavo

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