Avatar , Book Two Avatar , Book Two is a Pocket DS9 novel – the second novel in the and the " Avatar " duology – written by S . D . Perry . Published by Pocket Books , it was first released in . Summary . The story continues the events described in " Avatar , Book One " . While Jake Sisko is on his way to the wormhole to go looking for his father , finally entering it but losing control of his shuttle , events on Deep Space 9 accelerate . Kitana ' klan , the Jem ' Hadar claiming to be sent by Odo is revealed as an impostor after almost killing Julian Bashir , an event that finally opens the eyes of Ezri Dax to her deep feelings for Julian . With the help of newly - arrived Commander Elias Vaughn , the crew of Deep Space 9 is able to track the renegade Jem ' Hadar down ; heavily wounded , with the help of Vaughn and another , mysterious Jem ' Hadar , Kira Nerys manages to shut the station ' s sabotaged fusion core down . The other Jem ' Hadar named Taran ' atar is the true emissary of Odo ; he carries a recorded message from Odo which not only proves this fact , but on which Odo also states that the Dominion has " closed its borders " and will not interfere if any ship goes on to explore the Gamma Quadrant . Elias Vaughn volunteers for the now - vacant job of second - in - command on Deep Space 9 and manages to convince Starfleet to grant him the position ; Kira is delighted about this choice , especially after she speaks to Elias about the Orb of Memories – which leads to an orb experience of her own . This experience leads to the resolution of another mystery – the one regarding the prophecy in the book recently found by Istani Reyla , the murdered prylar . After Ro Laren finds out that Istani was murdered by a vedek , Vedek Yevir does not deny knowledge of this , although he claims that it was not foreseen that Istani should die , only that she should be stopped spreading heretical words . Kira secretly uploads the text of the book into the Bajoran comm network – something that deeply troubles Kasidy Yates , because the mysterious prophecy is about her unborn child and that 10 , 000 people must die before it is born . However , the orb experience makes Kira travel to B ' hala – and she takes Kas , Ro and Yevir with her . In the ancient city , the group finds an ancient tomb of about ten thousand Bajorans – guardians of the prophecies . Yevir publicly announces that the Vedek Assembly will now accept the book ' s prophecies and seems to be very humble , even admitting his own blindness . However , Quark , watching the speech , has a feeling that the vedek is seeking to get into power . Kira is attained , meaning that , as a result of acting against a vedek ' s will when she uploaded the text , she is not allowed into any temples , nor to pray with other Bajorans or to have orb experiences . Ezri and Bashir finally sort their troubles out ; Ro is flattered by a diner invitation of Quark , " as friends " , as he puts it ( but Nog definitively thinks his uncle is in love ) ; Shar finally feels very uncomfortable after it is revealed that his mother actually holds the Andorian seat in the Federation Council , but is calmed down a little after a chat with Nog , who does not care about such relations ( after all , Nog ' s father Rom is now the Grand Nagus ) . Ro , finally , makes her peace with Jean - Luc Picard and also with Kira , and Ensign Prynn Tenmei feels very bad about having Commander Vaughn on the station – for unknown reasons . References . 2370s ; airlock ; Alpha Quadrant ; Andoria ; Andorian ; Badlands ; Bajor ; Bajoran ; Bajoran Militia ; Beta Quadrant ; Betazed ; Betazoid ; Breen ; Cardassian ; Data ; ; ; Deep Space 9 ; ; Dominion ; Dominion War ; Earth ; emotion chip ; Federation Alliance ; Federation Council ; Ferengi ; flagship ; Gamma Quadrant ; Great Link ; Great Material Continuum ; Grilka ; Jem ' Hadar ; ketracel - white ; Klingon ; ; orb ; Promenade ; Prophet s ; Quark ' s ; Romulan ; Shakaar Edon ; Starbase 375 ; Starfleet ; task force ; Trill ; United Federation of Planets ; vedek ; Vedek Assembly ; Vorta ; Winn Adami