”War is good for business.”
—The 34th Rule of Acquisition1
In today’s episode, when the Grand Nagus puts an Orb of the Prophets on eBay, the Bajorans’ max bid gets auto-beaten. But when they respond by booting all Ferengi from their space, Quark and Rom spend their summer at camp—and it ain’t Anawanna. How good was Odo in keyboarding class? Who, what, or where is Rokeg? And why do I have to wait six to eight weeks for my Space Etsy order to arrive? All this and more in The 34th Rule, the book that teases us with the Nechayev tea.
This week, when a scientist of questionable repute dies, the powers of the galaxy race to bid on his creations. But when Wesley stumbles on a way to make gold-pressed latinum grow on trees, the invention falls into the hands of the last people you’d want that sort of thing to. What is Geordi’s major malfunction? Can we break the Bing Klingon translator? And has Data been running a long con this whole time? All this and more in Balance of Power, the book that dirties up nicely.