Wrath of the Prophets (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Book 20) [Mass Market Paperback]

Peter David (Author), Robert Greenberger (Author), Michael Jan Friedman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Wrath of the Prophets | Publication Date: April 1, 1997

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 Nine" 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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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 Nine 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.

About the Author

Peter David is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous Star Trek novels, including the incredibly popular New Frontier series. In addition, he has also written dozens of other books, including his acclaimed original novel, Sir Apropos of Nothing, and its sequel, The Woad to Wuin.

David is also well known for his comic book work, particularly his award-winning run on The Incredible Hulk. He recently authored the novelizations of both the Spider-Man and Hulk motion pictures.

He lives in New York.

Michael Jan Friedman is the author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which bear the name Star Trek or some variation thereof. Ten of his titles have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. He has also written for network and cable television, radio, and comic books, the Star Trek: Voyager® episode "Resistance" prominent among his credits. On those rare occasions when he visits the real world, Friedman lives on Long Island with his wife and two sons.

He continues to advise readers that no matter how many Friedmans they know, the vast probability is that none of them are related to him. --This text refers to the Unbound edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek; First Edition edition (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671538179
• ISBN-13: 978-0671538170
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #762,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DS9 #20 Wrath of the Prophets - A true page turner!, May 8, 2004

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K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wrath of the Prophets (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Book 20) (Mass Market Paperback)

Over the years in Star Trek novels there have been several novels that were written by multiple top Star Trek authors that either worked very well or fell flat in the dialogue and overall story, "Wrath of the Prophets" can definitely be counted among the ones that worked extremely well. Of course, given the authors of this novel in Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger, this novel should have and does work well in bringing the characters and story alive, given the feeling of a well made show.

One of the better things about having read so many Star Trek novels by these great authors is that you can pretty much; with a fair amount of certainty tell which parts were written by which author. Overall, the plot setup and execution is done extremely well, the pacing of the novel is phenomenal and the characterizations are done extremely well, especially the "first time" pairing of Major Kira Nerys and former Starfleet officer Ro Laren.

The cover art for this novel, while still coveting the image of two major characters, is a pretty good one and much better than the majority of the novels that were published at the same time as this one.

The Premise:

A fatal disease starts ravaging Bajor and eventually spreads to Deep Space Nine itself. Captain Sisko finds that he must turn to former Starfleet officer, Ro Laren in order to find the source of the alien plague. What follows from there is an extraordinarily well written novel that involves the better part of the crew to solve to mystery as Dr. Bashir struggles to find the cure and somewhere in Dax's past one of her previous hosts has run into this virus. The dialogue between Kira and Ro in this novel is utterly phenomenal and completely believable as to what it might've been had they met on screen.

Overall, I highly recommend this Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel to any and all fans of Star Trek fiction as it is a highly imaginative and wonderfully intriguing story. {ssintrepid}

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great......, July 31, 1998

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David Maramed - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrath of the Prophets (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Book 20) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a BIG fan of Deep Space Nine, so I obviously love to read Deep Space Nine books. But this one, well, wasn't so good. The plot is OK, and the characters are OK, but it just didn't do it for me. The Ro/Kira thing was good, but I didn't think it was right that Ro and Kira took on a whole criminal ring and won. Plus, I didn't think that Sisko would ever let Quark pilot the Defiant, so that was pretty dumb, and why would Sisko leave Deep Space Nine without a crew???? It just doesn't make sense. I'm not a fan of Friedman, and I don't know who the other two people are, but I just hope that the two of you break off relations with Friedman, and write a new Deep Space Nine book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant Star Trek adventure......, December 29, 1999

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Nelson Jimenez "nelsonzz" (stamford, ct USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wrath of the Prophets (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Book 20) (Mass Market Paperback)

I picked this book up for 2 reasons: Peter David and RO Laren. I'm a fan of both. I read anything written by Peter David because he mixes adventure and humor very well. RO was one of my favorite ST characters and Kira is just a pale imitation. I did enjoy the interplay between the 2 Bajorans and the fact that if it wasnt for RO joining the Marquis, she would have been the one assigned to Deep Space 9. The story was so-so but the characters are fun to read especially Quark and Rom. Needed a little more adventure but overall it was a pleasant read.