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~ (Author) "IT LOOKS LIKE they're preparing for an invasion, Jadzia Dax said..." (more)
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Millenia ago, an apocalyptic battle was fought in the Alpha Quadrant. The losers were banished, but what became of the victors?

The Federation is threatened by this ancient mystery when a battered and broken version of the Defiant is found, frozen for five thousand years, in an icy cloud of cometary debris. Captain Sisko and the crew of Deep Space NineTM are summoned to answer the most baffling question of their lives: how and when will their ship be catapulted back through time to its destruction? And does its ancient death mean that one of the combatants in a primordial battle is poised now to storm the Alpha Quadrant? Only the wormhole holds the answer -- and the future of the Federation itself may depend on the secrets it conceals.



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Millenia ago, an apocalyptic battle was fought in the Alpha Quadrant. The losers were banished, but what became of the victors?

The Federation is threatened by this ancient mystery when a battered and broken version of the Defiant is found, frozen for five thousand years, in an icy cloud of cometary debris. Captain Sisko and the crew of Deep Space NineTM are summoned to answer the most baffling question of their lives: how and when will their ship be catapulted back through time to its destruction? And does its ancient death mean that one of the combatants in a primordial battle is poised now to storm the Alpha Quadrant? Only the wormhole holds the answer -- and the future of the Federation itself may depend on the secrets it conceals.


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  • Mass Market Paperback: 338 pages
  • Publisher: Star Trek; 1St Edition edition (July 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671541501
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671541507
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is my favorite book. Of all time., August 19, 2001
By Aislinn09 "Cathi" (Omaha, Ne United States) - See all my reviews
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I recently bought a brand new copy of this book because the original copy I had is falling apart. Pages are falling out, it is water-damaged, it's been with me through two back surgeries and one baby being born. This book has seen much action since I bought it in the fall of 1996. Why? Oh, because it's my favorite book of all time. Here's why:

This is the best-written DS9 book I have ever read as of this writing.

It has time-travel elements--I love time travel. And, the writers have avoided a time-travel paradox.

It is very detailed and portrays the characters accurately.

I can even understand the technobabble, because, as this book was co-written by an actual scientist, it is a combination of ST and real-world science.

The alien horde is appropriately scary, gross, and apparently unstoppable (like the Borg *used* to be).

This is the book that made Jadzia Dax my favorite ST character.

A small summary--

A 5,000 year old version of a crippled Defiant is found embedded in a comet and towed to Starbase One, still embedded in the cometary ice, and allowed to sit while the ice melts from around the ship. The remains of Dr. Bashir and Captain Sisko are aboard, as well as the Dax symbiont in stasis.

Captain Sisko, Dr. Bashir and Jadzia Dax are summoned to Starbase One and ordered NOT to bring the Defiant. Admiral Judith Hayman, an old friend of Curzon Dax, asks Bashir and Sisko to review data records. Sisko realizes that the data records are from the Defiant, and Dr Bashir is the one who figures out that it's a future Defiant. They both conclude that the Defiant was caught in a future battle where the only survivors were Dr Bashir and the Dax symbiont.

Jadzia was brought along because the Dax symbiont is the only living survivor of the battle that took place 5,000 years in the past, and she is the only one who can communicate with the symbiont and find out what happened. Turns out, Dax has spent too long in stasis and is almost incoherent. The message they get is rather chilling: Don't go through the wormhole. Capture one of the invading aliens and talk to what they've eaten.

Starfleet authorizes a study of the wormhole to determine what is going to happen/has already happened that sends the Defiant back in time and destroys the wormhole. A science ship, crewed by Vulcan time specialists, wormhole physicists, one Starfleet cadet (another time-travel specialist), and captained by a very frosty Vulcan female, T'Kreng, a wormhole ("quantum singularity") specialist, heads out of Starbase One with Captain Sisko, Dr Bashir and Jadzia Dax onboard. The wormhole begins acting really wierd and Captain Sisko revokes all travel permits, prompting T'Kreng to transport Sisko, Dax, Bashir and the "kidnapped" Dax symbiont to DS9 and enter the wormhole illegally. When they get to the Gamma quadrant side of the wormhole, their ship is attacked and all the crew are killed, except for the Starfleet cadet, who was put into a medical stasis chamber soon after T'Kreng entered the wormhole, which apparently saved her life.

When they take the Defiant through the wormhole, the "wormhole aliens"/Prophets suck Captain Sisko into a vision where they tell him that they are dampening the upstream echoes of the event that destroyed the wormhole/will destroy the wormhole so that the Defiant can get to the other side and, hopefully, prevent the destruction of the wormhole.

Once there, they find the remains of the Vulcan science ship, with the Starfleet cadet in the stasis chamber, and no warp core. This is where the fun begins and my summary ends.

If this sounds interesting, buy the book and enjoy! It's one terrific book, and here's the story to turn into a DS9 movie. This book doesn't have much to say about the Furies...but who cares? The alien enemy in this book is way more complicated and interesting than the Furies are. This is the standout of the Invasion series, and way better than all the books in the Invasion series. Comparing those books to this one is like comparing Green Eggs & Ham to Gone With the Wind. This book is really that good. This is a must-have for any DS9 fan.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You might not read a better Star Trek novel than this one, November 9, 2000
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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It took me 8 pages into Chapter 1 of "Time's Enemy" to know that Book Three in the Invasion series was better than its immediate predecessor. By the time I finished the book I was stunned to realize that "L. A. Graf" (sci-fi author Julia Ecklar and university scientist Karen Rose Cercone) have written as fine a Star Trek novel as I have ever read. The hook on "Time's Enemy" is itself an absolute stunner. Captain Sisko, Jadzia Dax and Dr. Bashir are clandestinely called to Starbase One by a Starfleet Admiral to look at log records. Sisko recognize them as the final moments of his ship, the Defiant, under his command. The trio are then shown the Defiant, buried in ice for over 5,000 years in Earth's Oort Cloud. Aboard are the remains of Sisko and Bashir, as well as the Dax Trill, still alive after all that time in a stasis chamber. On its last mission the Defiant was blasted into the past. Whatever happened, this time line must be avoided at all costs.

There are two major plot lines in "Time's Enemy" with two trios of Deep Space Nine characters involved in each. Sisko, Bashir and Jadzia try to figure out what happened when the Defiant went through the worm hole and take steps to change its tragic future history. Meanwhile, Major Kira, Odo and Chief O'Brien are dealing with the threat of sabotage on Deep Space Nine. I appreciate that Graf did not feel obligated to work in all the other DS9 characters (Quark is only seen briefly, Jake and others not at all). I also thought the use of science in this novel was well grounded and theoretically viable, which is amazing because the only physics book I ever read was "The Physics of Star Trek" and that stuff was all way over my head. However, the most impressive part of the book for me was the characterization, not only of each individual character but more importantly of their relationships with each other (except for the usually unflappable Sisko being so short with the Vulcan scientist T'Kreng, but then she is new).

In terms of the Invasion series Book Three finally gets around to answering the question of who (or what) cast out the Furies millennia ago. At first I found specific way of saving the known universe that Sisko and crew come up with to be a bit of a stretch, but there was a very memorable little payoff that makes it all worthwhile. "Time's Enemy" is a well written novel that can stand on its own, so if you are interested in just DS9 and not the entire Invasion series will present no problems to you whatsoever. All I know is that I do not read all of the Star Trek novels, but that I going to check out anything else written under the Graf name. I highly recommend this book.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The L.A. Graf crew make it happen., September 30, 2000
By S Smyth (Belfast, Co Antrim United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Commander Sisko, Jadzia-Dax, and Doctor Julian Bashir are summoned by Star Fleet to examine material recovered from an intercepted block of space-debris. This turns out to be the remains of the Defiant and her crew. But from thousands of years in the past. With time against them, Sisko and his colleagues, with assistance from the surviving old, old Dax, have to figure out what happened to the Defiant, and stop the event from happening.

I was very impressed with this book's quality of writing; something I don't really expect much of from TV-tie-in titles. ( Okay, K. W. Jeter does good ones, too ). The only letdown was the use, yet again, of the 'Alien' theme, which has by now, I would have thought, been more than flogged to death.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy of all 5 stars
I agree with the majority of the other reviewers - The plot and writing is very good! I had high expectations because of the high ratings, and I weren't let down at all. Read more
Published on December 18, 2005 by nkl

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good.
I read this book before reading either book one or book two of the "Invasion" series; as such, I was quite pleasantly surprised by how well this book was able to stand on its own... Read more
Published on December 9, 2005 by James Yanni

5.0 out of 5 stars DS9 #16 Invasion! Time's Enemy - Absolutely brilliant!
"Time's Enemy" is, quite easily and hands down the best Star Trek novel written by the LA Graf writing team of Julia Ecklar and Karen Rose Cercone that I've ever read... Read more
Published on December 7, 2003 by K. Wyatt

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely one of the better books
I think what makes thsi book very good is that it crosses over with the other series books, in a wide spanning tale. Read more
Published on March 14, 2003 by Omni

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely intriguing story
Goodness, this is still my favorite book ever since I bought it in '96. DS9 was not my favorite series until I read this book. Read more
Published on September 23, 2002 by Cassandra

3.0 out of 5 stars Sadistic Aliens Spoil Otherwise Good Plot
Graf's writing strengths are quite evident in "Time's Enemy", but this reviewer is one of those unfortunate who can't stand to watch pain, torture or prolonged death in any form... Read more
Published on March 8, 2002 by Tripleguess

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely gripping
Ok, so in the beginning it was slow, and I was wondering why all the putting around with the petty stuff. Then, it became more intense after about 50 pages. Read more
Published on June 1, 2000 by Leej Terrell

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!
That was incredible. I mean it! That has got to be the best Star Trek book I have read in my life, it's engrossing, and woderfully written! Read more
Published on November 30, 1999 by Smush

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent DS9 story!
I really liked this 3rd book in the series. Part One is the best, but the DS9 book comes a close second. Read more
Published on November 13, 1999 by Brad Turner

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story by two great authors.
I'm currently on chapter four of this book, make that five. LOL! Anyhow, so far it's a five star book. I very rarely read a star trek novel I didn't like. Read more
Published on September 29, 1999

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