Warpath Warpath is a Pocket DS9 novel – part of the – written by David Mack . Published by Pocket Books , it was first released in . Summary . After wounding and incapacitating Ro Laren and severely injuring Kira Nerys , Taran ' atar escapes from the station by capturing the runabout " Euphrates " ; because Prynn Tenmei is in there practicing , he takes her hostage . When the crew of DS9 discovers this , Elias Vaughn immediately pursues them with the " Defiant " . Bashir manages to save both Kira and Ro ; Ro has severe injuries in her back , but he can save her and her ability to move and to walk . Kira gets an artificial heart ; while the women are in surgery and later on asleep in the sickbay , Quark watches over Ro – and Benjamin Sisko arrives to watch over Kira . While in her coma , Kira suddenly finds herself in the Celestial Temple , where the Prophet s take the forms of many people she knew , including Jadzia Dax , Tora Ziyal , Bareil Antos , Shakaar Edon , Kira Taban , and Aamin Marritza . She learns that she has to " set the hand upon the path " , but does not fully understand . She then finds herself in the ancient Bajor as a general – trying to defend a fortress against an army of the Ascendants . However , it takes a long time to convince the inhabitants of the fortress – the Ea ' voq , that she is on the same side as they are . When she " dies " in this vision of the old Bajor , she is back in the Celestial Temple – and finally understands ; she is " the hand " of the prophets , and apparently they want her to defend the temple against the Ascendants . Taran ' atar manages to trick Vaughn , making him believe he has killed his own daughter , and escapes with a Klingon smuggler ship ; eventually , the " Defiant " catches the signatures of the ship and continues the pursuit . Meanwhile , Prynn tries to sabotage the ships , but she does not succeed ; ultimately , she ends up in chains . Taran ' atar is heavily disturbed and haunted by images – images of people he knew , and also images of " her " face . On DS9 , Nog and Bashir find out that Taran ' atar was possibly mind - controlled by some messages he received ; they ultimately find out that he is heading for Harkoum – an old Cardassian prison site , now overseen by the Romulan s . While it seemed that Intendant Kira was behind Taran ' atar ' s " abduction " , when he finally meets her , another Kira Nerys joins them – the Intendant thinks it ' s the real Kira , but it is Iliana Ghemor , now looking like a Bajoran . She kills the Intendant , and it then becomes clear that it was her who was influencing Taran ' atar . Vaughn and the " Defiant " s crew ultimately manage to almost catch Taran ' atar , but he escapes at the last minute . At least , Vaughn learns that Prynn is still alive . They reunite and barely manage to escape from the prison , which is self - destructing . They meet the mirror universe ' s version of Ghemor , who tells about the danger posed by Iliana of our universe . References . Alpha Quadrant ; Bajor ; Bajoran ; Deep Space 9 ; Cardassian ; Chalna ; Chalnoth ; ; Dominion ; Dominion War ; Eris ; Ferengi ; Rules of Acquisition ; Founder ; " Gre ' thor " ; Klingon ; Jem ' Hadar ; mirror universe ; Nausicaan ; Odo ; Obsidian Order ; Panora ; Romulan ; sickbay ; Starfleet ; Starfleet Medical ; Tiburonian ; Trill ; United Federation of Planets ; Vorta ; Vulcan ; warbird