The 34th Rule

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Author:	Armin Shimerman and David R. George III
From a Story by:	Armin Shimerman, David R. George III and Eric A. Stillwell
Illustrator:	Sonia Hillios
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket DS9
Published:	1 January 1999
Pages:	425
Year:	2372
Stardate:	Unknown
Reference #:	ISBN 0671007939

Quark's biggest deal — by the actor who brings him to life!

Summary

From the book jacket

For once, business is going well for Quark, not that anyone on Deep Space Nine truly appreciates his genius for finding profit in the most unlikely of circumstances. Quark is even looking forward to making the deal of a lifetime — when he suddenly finds himself stuck in the middle of a major dispute between Bajor and the Ferengi Alliance. It seems that the Grand Nagus is refusing to sell one of the lost Orbs of the Prophets to the Bajoran government, which has responded by banning all Ferengi activity in Bajoran space.

With diplomatic relations between the two cultures rapidly breaking down, Quark loses his bar first, then his freedom. But even penniless, he still has his cunning and his lobes, and those alone may be all he needs to come out on top — and prevent an interstellar war!

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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.

Regular and recurring characters

Quark

Ferengi businessman.

Rom

Quark's brother.

Zek

The Grand Nagus.

References

Cardassia; Ferenginar.

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