Template:Realworld After Bajor is struck by a deadly disease, the crew of Deep Space 9 must accept help from former Starfleet officer Ro Laren.
Summary
- From the book jacket
- When a fatal disease spreads over Bajor, threatening the entire planet with extinction, Captain Sisko must accept aid from an unexpected source: Ro Laren, Starfleet officer turned Maquis renegade. Major Kira and Ro reluctantly join forces to track the alien plague to its source - even as the disease claims new victims on Deep Space 9 itself. Dr. Bashir struggles to find a cure, but the secret of the virulent invader may hide deep in the shadows of Dax's past.
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Background Information
- Although Ro Laren becomes familiar to the senior staff of Deep Space 9 in this novel, this meeting is not recalled later in the "relaunch" series where she replaces Odo in security.
- This novel takes place between "The Adversary" and "The Way of the Warrior".
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
- Benjamin Sisko
- Starfleet captain, the CO of Deep Space 9.
- Kira Nerys
- Odo
- Julian Bashir
- Jadzia Dax
- Quark
- Jake Sisko
- Miles O'Brien
- Ro Laren
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