Ascendance
Subtitle: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
By: David R. George III
Series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Relaunch
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: December 29, 2015
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781501103704
Subjects: Space stations; Revenge; Fiction
Other titles: Ascendance; Deep space nine.
Description: On the original Deep Space Nine, Captain Kira Nerys watches as the nearby wormhole opens and discharges a single, bladelike vessel. Attempts to contact its crew fail, and the ship is soon followed by another vessel of similar design. When an armada subsequently begins to emerge from the wormhole, it seems clear that DS9 is under attack. Kira orders her first officer, Commander Elias Vaughn, to board the U.S.S. Defiant and defend the station, and alerts Starfleet to send additional forces as her crew prepares DS9's shields and weaponry for the onslaught to come. Meanwhile, on the lead ship, Iliana Ghemor considers launching an attack on DS9 and finally ending the life of Kira, the fountainhead of all the ills in her miserable life. Her vengeance demands more than mere death, though--it requires pain. Ghemor refocuses, choosing to follow her plan to mete out her revenge on the captain by first decimating the population of Bajor.
Notes: "Based upon Star trek and Star trek: the next generation created by Gene Roddenberry and Star trek: deep space nine created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller."