In today’s episode, the Bajorans get to run the station for two months, and Kai Winn has a lot of changes in mind. Meanwhile, over in the Gamma Quadrant, the effort to whip a planet getting steamrolled by the Cardassians into shape is hamstrung by their reliance on their toys. Is Kai Winn secretly an awesome boss? Why do some authors fixate so much on Odo’s shapeshifting? And did we all already forget about what just happened to Quark? All this and more in The Conquered, the first book in the trilogy that doesn’t have the titles on the cover for some reason?
The Conquered
Author: Daffyd ab Hugh
Pages: 233
Published: February 1999
Prerequisites: General knowledge of events, characters, and lore up through roughly season 4
In today’s episode, when a Bajoran leader turns to the black market for solutions, her refurbished replicators come with an unwanted extra. But when a certain well-known Maquis makes an offer Sisko can’t refuse, the station’s snark levels threaten to reach critical mass. Is this town big enough for two strong-willed Bajoran women? Why is Dax spacing out all the time? And don’t you hate it when Kai Winn is right? All this and more in Wrath of the Prophets, the book that pours kerosene on the “O’Brien is the worst husband ever” fire.
This week, a species called the Hive sucks a Bajoran colony world dry, but it’s hardly a happy ending. But when the Hive does the splits, Sisko has to throw together a basic etiquette lesson plan as both Bajor and Cardassia Prime get ready to fight back. Is the Great Design all it’s cracked up to be? Will young Tork turn into a Young Turk? And is this yet another job for the Emissary? All this and more in Objective: Bajor, the book that’s awfully stingy with the uniforms.