Customer Reviews

The Conquered: Rebels Trilogy, Book 1 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, No. 24)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

The dissapointment was WHO THE HECK WERE THOSE PEOPLE ON THE COVER?!? Other than that, it is a great triliology for any Kira or Kai Winn fan. The overall plots were very good. One character problem was Odo's bitterness and ugliness to Quark. I know very well that they are rivals, but the author went to the extremes on that. I found that part very unbelievable. Kia Winn was described well, which is a first for me. But one more thing...WHO ARE THE PEOPLE ON THE COVER?!?!? And, not to mention, the summary on the back of the first book has nothing to do with the story itself. But other than that, it's really good.

As stated in the title of this review, patience IS a time honored virtue. I found myself almost ready to put this book back on the shelf and forget about the other two as well. This is somewhat like a "Clancy" novel where you have to trudge through some of the minutia to get to the good stuff which is in the second and third books. I found the second and third books to be very insightful and an extreme joy to read, and in keeping with the authors style of good writing. In a way, this is no different than a single novel where it starts off slow and finishes very fast. Pocket books should've put this out in hardback as a single novel, however, sinced KW Jeter's "Warped" fiasco, they've steered clear from DS9 hardbacks. I would definitely recommend this small trilogy to any true trek fan.

I love reading DS9 novels, but this one puzzled me. Where is this series headed? I don't like the way the book focused so much on the Defiant away team, and the planet that they are trying to help. It's hard to really care about the aliens on this planet, because we don't get much information on them, and what we do know makes them seem annoying and not too bright. I was much more interested in the situation on DS9, with the mysterious invasion taking place. But there are very few pages devoted to this assault. I'm hoping that the next book will put the focus back where it should be -- Deep Space Nine.

The Rebels Trilogy was a great edtion to the Star Trek Universe and I think it was a great series. I liked hearing more about Kai Winn and here life during Cardassian Rule. I also Think that Daffyd Ad Hugh is a great writer and has done well with most of his Star Trek books!

THE PLOT:
This is the first of a 3-book series dealing with a time when Bajor takes over the station for a trial period of 60 days. Kai Winn is in command, and her past is revealed through a series of flashbacks to the Occupation and her actions to help the resistance. Worf, Sisko, O'Brien, Quark and Odo are stranded on a planet where all the citizens have advanced technology that has reduced them to a complete dependency relationship. Renegade Cardassians have invaded the planet and have no trouble picking off the inhabitants -- all they have to do is cut the power to the technology. Dax and Bashir are also on the planet in a different environment.

WHAT I LIKED:
Dax and Bashir's trials and tribulations aren't bad and there is interesting interplay with some cadets.

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
Kai Winn's character comes off far too "mature" for the period, and belies the changes when she actually reached power. Major Kira's character is barely fleshed out, and mostly appears as a caricature of her future self. None of the four stranded characters are worth reading about here, and are pale imitations of the real characters on the series.

THE BOTTOM LINE:
The Conquered indeed are defeated and the book doesn't put up much of a fight to be interesting: 2.00 lilypads out of 5.00

Other information:
* Source: New
* Original date of review: 2001, updated 2011
* Format Reviewed: Softcover
* Series: Star Trek / Rebels Trilogy / Deep Space 9 / Order: 01 (Rebels), 024 (DS9)
* Tags: Action, Adventure, Deep Space 9, Fiction, Rebels, Sci-Fi, Star Trek

In this fast-moving trilogy, set during the 4th season, the Federation allows Bajor to run DS9 for a trial period. Kai Winn has herself appointed head of the Station (with Kira as her reluctant XO) while the Defiant crew (with Odo and Quark) find themselves stranded in the Gamma Quadrant on a world loaded with technology, latinum, and invading Cardassians. DS9 is then invaded. Meanwhile, the Defiant crew decides to help the planet's natives against the Cardassians--who are being led by a man from Winn's past. Winn haters will wonder what happened to the vindictive woman who let Vedek Bareil die for politics and who patronized Kira at every turn during the 4th season. She isn't in this book. Another characterization quibble: Dax is much more bloodthirsty in this trilogy than she was/is on the show. If you want Daffyd ab Hugh at his best, go back and read 'Fallen Heroes,' not this book. Still, it's a quick, fun read. The different plotlines and Winn's flashbacks are well set-up and I'm looking forward to the conclusion, when it comes out.

After reading the pathetic Vengeance by Dafydd ab Hugh, I hated to buy this book, but since I'm a collector, I had to. The best part throughout the whole book is when we see Kai Winn's past. The rest sucks. Dafydd still thinks that Starfleet's ranking system is set up like the US Navy's, which it is not. He has no idea the setup of the Defiant, and there are some many little errors in the book I wanted to burn it so bad. The only reason I gave it 1 star is because I couldn't give it zero. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK UNLESS YOU'RE A COLLECTOR!!!!!!

Daffyd ab Hugh has never impressed me with his writing of Star Trek Deep Space Nine novels; I think that this is the third of his that I've read. But this one is even much worse than the previous two; not only is his phrasing clumsy and his proofreading poor (as has been the case in previous novels) but he has even LESS feel for the characters that he's working with in this one than he did in those,(he makes Jadzia Dax into an insecure, whiny, incompetent coward, as just one example) and that's saying something. In addition, his plot is weak. When we add to this my usual complaint about stories that are incomplete in one book having no satisfactory ending, all I can say is, if I wasn't intent on reading every Star Trek book, I would certainly not read the next two of this series. There is almost nothing to recommend this story.

This novel started off well with the depiction of life under Cardassian rule for Sister (future Kai) Winn being shown. If it had stayed there or at least phased back and forth like "Spock's World" then this might had been a very interesting book. The Cardassians have captured the imaginations of many of us Deep Space Nine fans and most of us would love to learn more about them, but unfortunately this is neither the proper series nor author to do it. His writing style is poor at best. None of our beloved characters are developed or written well. Instead, it is as if the author had simply read a short description of each en lieu of ever watching the show. O'Brien is written by simply using every Irish parody ever created, Odo and Quark's witty repartee in the show falls completely flat here; simply put, none of these characters have any spark. The ones we know are one dimensional and the new ones just don't pull us in. The story, which involves renegade Cardassians invading a small planet populated by former Bajoran settlers who now worship techology sounds interesting enough, but it just doesn't translate into a very thrilling story (certainly not enough for a trilogy). I'm very glad that I didn't buy all three books in this series as I usually do with DS9 books. I have no intention on finishing this series since I could barely get through this book. If you love DS9 and want some new material, check out "A Stitch in Time", "ShadowMen", and "Unity". These are fantastic and deal with the issues and characters that made all of us love DS9 in the first place.

I'm suprised to see that so many people hated this book so much I thought it was very enjoyable. I hate how Worf isn't in a lot of the TNG books so I loved that he had a good part in this one. I was kinda shocked that the cover of the book didn't mention anything about Captain Sisko and training the Tenakis at all. Kai Winn's portion of the story was very brief and that was all that was advertised.

The book revolves around Captain Sisko and most of the major characters on DS9 going on a mission the a foreign planet leaving Kira behind to help manage Kai Winn who is on a 60 day trial of command of the station. The team finds a race of people who use special "tech" to get around their daily lives. But attacking people know how to cut off the tech so the crew has to teach the people how to fight. I dunno where the story is headed but it's going to be a tough one to pull off for the team.