Avatar , Book One Avatar , Book One is a Pocket DS9 novel – the first novel in the and the " Avatar " duology – written by S . D . Perry . Published by Pocket Books , it was first released in . Summary . " Three months after . . . " The " Enterprise " discovers an abandoned Cardassian freighter in the Badlands . On the " Enterprise " , Starfleet veteran commander Elias Vaughn is traveling along ; he forms part of a team that rescues the Bajoran " Orb of Memories " from the freighter . All members of the away - team have orb - experiences – Commander Vaughn amongst them . He later discovers that Ben Sisko was part of his experience , but does not know what this means . Picard decides to visit Deep Space 9 and to bring the orb there . Meanwhile , the discovery of an old text on B ' hala changes a lot – the old text not only contains a prophecy of an " Avatar " , obviously referring to the still unborn child of Benjamin Sisko and Kasidy Yates , but also a prophecy about the son of the Emissary searching for his father and returning with him . As he reads the text , Jake decides to head for the wormhole and return his father , but tells no one about his plans – not even Quark , whose shuttle he buys for this mission . The text also causes trouble aboard DS9 , when a prylar is murdered . Newly assigned security chief Ro Laren , who has some troubles adapting to DS9 and especially getting along with the new CO , Kira Nerys , is assigned to the investigation and finally finds the old book hidden somewhere on DS9 . She discovers that the book ' s prophecies all have come true , and she also reads that before the Avatar is born , 10 , 000 people will die . The arrival of Vedek Yevir Linjarin apparently has something to do with the book – he is on some secret mission , obviously to find and to destroy the " book of obscenities " . DS9 ' s troubles are not limited to Yevir ' s arrival ; the station is suddenly attacked by a squadron of Jem ' Hadar ships – the station is ill - equipped to respond , since the station has not enough personnel and is heavily under repair , as is the . The attackers are ultimately overwhelmed , but newly assigned second - in - command , commander Tiris Jast , is killed , and the USS " Aldebaran " , is destroyed . Only the sudden arrival of another Jem ' Hadar ship which attacks its fellows prevents the destruction of the station . Ezri Dax takes command of the " Defiant " during the battle , jettisoning the ship ' s warhead to take out a Jem ' Hadar fighter , and the experience gives her a new impetus . Later , a Jem ' Hadar soldier , Kitana ' klan , is discovered aboard Deep Space 9 – he claims that he was sent by Odo to assist Kira , and explains that it was his crew who helped wiping out the attacking Jem ' Hadar , and that the attackers were some renegades , not acting according to the will of the Founder s . Admiral Ross decides to launch a peacekeeping fleet to the Gamma Quadrant – not sure of whether this could provoke the Dominion again . . . Relationships between some of the new ( and old ) command crew evolve and develop , including Julian Bashir and Ezri Dax , whose relationship is in some sort of troubles ; newly - assigned Andorian science officer , Ensign Thirishar " Shar " ch ' Thane and Nog ; and finally , Quark and Ro , who seem to get along quite well . References . Andorian ; Bajoran ; Ba ' ku ; Beta Kupsic ; Kendra Valley Massacre