Worlds of Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , Volume Three " Worlds of Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , Volume Three : The Dominion and Ferenginar " is a Pocket DS9 novel – part of the and the third novel in the " " series – written by David R . George III and Keith R . A . DeCandido . Published by Pocket Books , it was first released in . Summary . Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed ( Ferenginar ) . Quark is contacted by a Ferengi named Chek , CEO of Chek Pharmaceuticals . He and some friends want to restore the old Ferengi as it used to be before Rom became Grand Nagus . They want Quark to join them ; Quark resists , but finally decides to go to Ferenginar ; he has Ro Laren come with him , as well as Nog . Rom has some difficulties in ruling Ferenginar – and additionally , his wife Leeta is about to give birth to their child , but the pregnancy is difficult because of the big Ferengi head of the child . Leeta ultimately has to go to a hospital . Due to Rom ' s difficulties , Ishka is with him and helps him , breaking her holiday with Zek on Risa . The conspirators around Chek also convince Brunt to join them – and it is he who comes up with the claim that Rom , the Grand Nagus himself , has broken a contract – the marriage contract with his first wife , Prinadora . While Rom is not sure whether this could be true or not , Quark does not believe so . He hires Leck to break into the Glat Archive , a place where all Ferengi contracts are stored . Leck manages to steal the original marriage contract , and Quark and his friends are able to prove that Brunt lied . Brunt is expelled from the Economic Congress , but later teams up with , who , also aiding the conspiracy , tried to bring the former Grand Nagus Zek on their side – together , they are up to new business . . . Meanwhile , Nog visits his mother Prinadora , only to find out that she is a " true " Ferengi female – she barely remembers him and is not able to talk about anything but meaningless small talk . Nog leaves , sad , but acknowledges that his mother was raised that way by her father , Dav . Ro , who accompanied Quark to Ferenginar , definitively decides that she does not like this humid planet – and she also makes clear to Quark that she wants their relationship to be a platonic friendship , not more . Finally , Leeta gives birth to Bena , daughter to the Grand Nagus – and with Rom restored fully to power , the reforms on Ferenginar can go on . Olympus Descending ( The Dominion ) . On the world of the Founders , Odo observes a new light in the sky – obviously a supernova or something similar . He feels some excitement in the Great Link , and finally understands why : The Founders believe that the Progenitor , a deity they believe in , has returned . It is then that Odo learns from another , old Changeling called Indurane , that Changelings cannot procreate – and that the Hundred Changelings were sent out in order to get the Progenitor back to the Founders . When Odo , Laas , and some other Changelings use a Jem ' Hadar vessel ( which is lead by the new clone of Weyoun ) to travel to the light spot in the sky , they finally find Changeling DNA – and it turns out what they have found are the remains of a recently killed , very big Changeling . It also becomes clear that it has been killed by the Ascendants – the race that hunts down the Founders . The Changelings of the great link are heavily disturbed when they learn that the being which they believe is the Progenitor , is dead – and see no meaning in their lives any more . One after another , they leave their homeworld , leaving essentially Odo and Laas as " The Dominion " . . . Meanwhile , Taran ' atar has asked to visit the female Changeling – who is imprisoned on Ananke Alpha , a Federation high - security prison . He has recently become more and more restless , and has heavy doubts about the mission Odo sent him on . He hopes that the female Changeling can relieve him – but she has no desire to speak with him , and even worse , she tells him that she is by no means a god . Heavily disturbed and frustrated , Taran ' atar returns to DS9 – and finally , out of his anger , destroys his whole quarter . When Ro and Kira , alarmed by the violent outbreaks that showed up on their scanners , go to seek Taran ' atar , he finally accepts that he has failed Odo ; and with a clear thought on what to do next , he shoots Ro and injures Kira very badly – then , he shrouds and leaves .