Author(s):	Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman & Robert Greenberger
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket DS9 #20
Published:	May 1997
Pages:	274
Stardate:	Unknown (2372)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671538179 (paperback) ISBN 9780743420518 (eBook) ASIN B000FC0X1E (Kindle)

After Bajor is struck by a deadly disease, the crew of Deep Space 9 must accept help from former Starfleet officer Ro Laren.

SummaryEdit

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.

Memorable QuotesEdit

QUOTES

Background InformationEdit

• 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".

CharactersEdit

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 charactersEdit

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

External linkEdit

• Wrath of the Prophets at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works