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CHRONOLOGY / SYNOPSES:  
This section expands the Deep Space Nine chronology created in the Title Timeline. It includes:
 
period A   Events preceding the Federation takeover of DS9
period B   Year 1:  Benjamin Sisko becomes commander of DS9. 
period C   Year 2:  Sisko's first encounter with the Jem'Hadar of the Dominion. 
period D   Year 3:  The Dominion infiltrates the Federation. 
period E   Year 4:  Worf is transferred to DS9 to advise on Klingon affairs. 
period F   Year 5:  Cardassia allies with the Dominion and attacks the Federation. 
period G   Year 6:  The War with the Dominion. 
period H   Year 7:
 
 
 
 
Deep Space Nine
period A
 
 
Events preceeding the Federation
 takeover of Deep Space Nine. 
 
 
Trials & Tribble-ations 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1996 

An "Original Series" crossover novel 

Novelization of the TV episode. Thrust back in time, Sisko and his crew must prevent the assassination of Kirk by a bitter former Klingon spy. A sequel to the TV episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". 
                                             see also: DS9 period F
Emissary 

     Dillard, J.M. 
               Pocket, 1993          DS9 #1 

 A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

Novelization of the TV episode. Sisko's wife dies at Wolf 359 when Picard (as Locutas) leads the Borg in a major attack against the Federation. (told in flashback) 
                                             see also: DS9 period B 
 
 
Deep Space Nine
period B
 
 
Year One:
 
The Federation takes control of Deep Space Nine
from the Cardassians.
Occurs in Year Six of Next Generation.  
 
 
Emissary 

     Dillard, J.M. 
               Pocket, 1993           DS9 #1 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

Novelization of the TV episode. Still bitter from the death of his wife during the Borg attack at Wolf 359, Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko reluctantly takes control of Deep Space Nine, a former Cardassian space station near the planet Bajor. 
                                             see also: DS9 period A 
The Siege  

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1993          DS9 #2 

While Odo chases a shapeshifting serial killer, Bashir tries to save a child whose parents won't let him be treated because of their religious beliefs. 
Bloodletter 

     Jeter, K.W. 
               Pocket, 1993          DS9 #3 

A Bajoran fanatic sabotages an away mission, trapping Bashir in the wormhole so he can stalk and murder Kira unimpeeded in the Gamma Quadrant. 
The Big Game 

     Schofield, Sandy 
               Pocket, 1993          DS9 #4 

Quark hosts a poker tournament, complete with a mysterious killer, while Sisko and Kira try to find the source of an energy wave causing death and destruction throughout the sector. 
Valhalla 

     Archer, Nathan 
               Pocket, 1995          DS9 #10 

The computer from a derelict alien ship takes over the computers on the station and starts causing lethal malfunctions so it can study death. 
Warchild 

     Friesner, Esther 
               Pocket, 1994          DS9 #7 

Bashir goes AWOL to halt a plague killing hundreds of children in Bajoran refugee camps. 
Warped 

     Jeter, K. W. 
               Pocket, 1995 

The crew of DS9 discovers that sabotaged holosuite programs are responsible for a string of psychopathic murders. 
 
 
Deep Space Nine
period C
 
 
 Year Two:
 
The Circle stages a coup on Bajor.
Bashir and Kira enter a violent parallel universe which
years earlier trapped Kirk. 
Sisko is kidnapped by the Jem'Hadar. 
 
 
Proud Helios 

     Scott, Melissa 
               Pocket, 1995          DS9 #9 

Kira and O'Brien are captured by pirates raiding local shipping. 
Fallen Heroes 

     Dafydd ab Hugh 
               Pocket, 1994          DS9 #5 

A mysterious device locks Odo and Quark in stasis for three days, and when they emerge they discover everyone on the station has been killed in a horrific battle. 
Betrayal 

     Tilton, Lois 
               Pocket, 1994          DS9 #6 

A Bajoran terrorist bombs the station, and Sisko grants asylum to a young Cardassian facing politically motivated murder charges. 
Antimatter 

     Vornholt, John 
               Pocket, 1994          DS9 #8 

Sisko, Dax and Odo infiltrate a crew of pirates who hijaked a shipload of antimatter intended to power a Bajoran built starship. 
Devil in the Sky 

     Cox, Greg & John Gregory Betancourt 
               Pocket, 1995          DS9 #11 

Newly hatched baby Horta, intended to revitalize the mines on Bajor, begin consuming the space station. 
 
 
 Deep Space Nine
period D
 
 
Year Three:
 
DS9 gets a warship to fight the Dominion.
Dax learns she had a murderous host.
The Dominion destroys the Cardassian / Romulan fleet
and infiltrates the Federation.  
 
 
The Search 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1994 

Novelization of the TV episode. Sisko is given command of the starship Defiant to deal with the threat from the Dominion, but is unhappy at the Federation negotiations with the tyrants from the Gamma Quadrant. 
The Laertian Gamble 

     Sheckley, Robert 
               Pocket, 1995          DS9 #12 

Bashir is suckered into a poker game where he can't lose, and where his every win causes a dire event to happen somewhere in the Federation. 
Station Rage 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1995          DS9 #13 

A group of Cardassians are awakened from an 80-year hibernation in the depths of DS9 and set about trying to take over the station. 
Klingon 

     Smith, Dean W. & Kristine K. Rusch 
               Pocket, 1996 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel 

Meeting on station Deep Space Nine to negotiate with the Klingons, Picard, Sisko and their crews must prevent the assassination of Chancellor Gowron
Saratoga 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1996          DS9 #18 

A reunion of Sisko and his surviving crewmates from the Saratoga could be the death of them all when the Defiant is trapped in the energy flux of two supernovas. 
Caretaker 

     Graf, L.A. 
               Pocket, 1995          VOY #1 

A "Voyager" crossover novel 

Novelization of the VOY TV episode. Voyager docks at Deep Space Nine just prior to her fateful trip to the badlands.
Objective: Bajor 

     Peel, John 
               Pocket, 1996          DS9 #15 

Sisko must stop an immense starship inhabited by billions of beings from another galaxy from destroying Bajor. 
Wrath of the Prophets 

     David, Peter, et al. 
               Pocket, 1997          DS9 #20 

Sisko and Kira reluctantly accept the assistance of Maquis Ro Laren in tracing the source of a plague decimating Bajor. 
Invasion   (click here for complete synopsis) is a 4-part series encompassing all the TV shows.  

Time's Enemy  (DS9) 

     Smith, Dean W. & Kristine K. Rusch 
               Pocket, 1996          DS9 #16 

 
 

The discovery of the Defiant,trapped in a comet for five thousand years, seems to indicate that Sisko and his crew will have a fatal confrontation with the Furies in the near future. 

The Long Night 

     Smith, Dean W. & Kristine K. Rusch 
               Pocket, 1996          DS9 #14 

An interstellar war threatens when Sisko discovers the cryogenically preserved body of a religious leader who fled an uprising centuries before. 
 
 
 Deep Space Nine
period E
 
 
Year Four:
 
Worf is transferred to DS9. 
The Klingons break the Federation treaty.
Quark lands in Roswell, N.M. 
Lwaxana Troi marries Odo. 
Bashir tries to cure Dominion biological warfare.
The Dominion makes Odo human. 
 
 
Triangle: Imzadi II 

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1998 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel

Odo helps foil a plot to destroy the Klingon 
homeworld. 
                                             see also: DS9 period H
The Return 

     Shatner, William 
               Pocket, 1996 

An "Original Series / Next Generation" crossover novel 

An unusual visitor arrives on Deep Space Nine, Captain James T. Kirk, who has been  resurrected by the Borg and programmed to kill Picard. 
The Way of the Warrior 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1995 

Novelization of the TV episode. After the destruction of the Enterprise-D, Worf is transferred to DS9 to observe and advise on the Klingon buildup along the Cardassian border. 
The Tempest 

     Wright, Susan 
               Pocket, 1997          DS9 #19 

Keiko and Dax undertake a dangerous mission studying a plasma storm close up, while Worf investigates an attack on a Federation starship. 
Trial by Error 

     Garland, Mark 
               Pocket, 1997          DS9 #21 

Sisko investigates when ships near DS9 and the wormhole are attacked by phantom lookalike vessels. 
Where I Fell Before My Enemy  

     Bonasso, Vince, 1998 

  
An "Original Series" crossover story

An attack on a starship leads Sisko to a confrontation with the Gorn who dueled Kirk. 

          A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

The Heart of the Warrior 

     Betancourt, John Gregory 
               Pocket, 1996          DS9 #17 

Worf and Kira seek a cure to the addiction that keeps the Jem'Hadar loyal to their Changeling masters. 
The Captain's Table  (click here for complete synopsis) is a 6-part series encompassing all the TV shows and New Frontier.  

Book 3: The Mist (DS9) 

     Smith, Dean W. & Kristine K. Rusch 
               Pocket, 1998

Sisko's story of an attempted Klingon / Cardassian attack on beings from another dimension evokes the wrath of the Klingon captain involved in the incident.
Day of Honor   (click here for complete synopsis) is a 5-part series encompassing all the TV shows.  

Book 2: Armageddon Sky  (DS9) 

    Graf, L.A. 
               Pocket, 1997 

An "Original Series" crossover novel 

The rituals of the Day of Honor offer Worf and the crew of the Defiant their only means to rescue the crew of a science vessel attacked by the Klingons, and to save a planet from ecological disaster. 
 
 
 Deep Space Nine
period F
 
 
 Year Five:
 
Odo exposes a Klingon general as a Changeling.
Kira gives birth to Keiko's baby. 
Cardassia allies with the Dominion.
Bashir's DNA resequencing is discovered.
The Dominion declares war on the Federation.   
 
 
Trials & Tribble-ations 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1996 

An "Original Series" crossover novel 

Novelization of the TV episode. A bitter elderly Klingon spy steals the Bajoran Orb of Time in a scheme to kill the man who ruined his life: Capt. James T. Kirk. A sequel to the TV episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". 
                                             see also: DS9 period A
Life's Lessons 

     York, Christina F., 1998 

Keiko's jealousy of the pregnant Kira causes her to form an uneasy alliance with Nog. 

          A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: First Contact 

     Dillard, J. M. 
               Pocket, 1996 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel

Novelization of the movie. Evacuated to the Enterprise-E from the crippled Defiant during the Borg attack on Earth, Worf accompanies the ship back into the past to prevent the assimilation of all humanity, and questions Picard's handling of the situation.
Vengeance 

     Dafydd ab Hugh 
               Pocket, 1998          DS9 #22 

While Sisko investigates evidence pointing to a possible Klingon/Dominion alliance, Worf, O'Brien and Bashir must defend the station when it is attacked by Worf's Klingon blood brother.  
 
  
 
 Deep Space Nine
period G
 
 
  Year Six:
 
The war with the Dominion strains Federation resources.
Starfleet liberates DS9 from the Dominion.
Worf and Jadzia marry.
Bashir predicts the Federation will lose the war.
Bashir is recruited by a covert agency.
Sisko uses deceitful means to obtain Romulan support.
Odo finally declares his love for Kira.
Jadzia is murdered by Gul Dukat.
 
 
Planet X 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1998 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel

Called to the Enterprise-E for a strategy session on the war with the Dominion, the newly married Worf is uncertain of the reception he will receive from his old shipmates.
Far Beyond the Stars 

     Barnes, Steve 
               Pocket, 1998 

Novelisation of the TV episode. After experiencing severe headaches, Sisko finds himself living the life of a black man in the bigoted 1950s. 
 
  
 
 Deep Space Nine
period H
 
 
  Year Seven:
 
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Triangle: Imzadi II 

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1998 

A "Next Generation" crossover novel

Struggling to come to terms with Jadzia's death, Worf recalls the tense romantic triangle of he, Troi and Riker. 
                                             see also: DS9 period E
 
 
 
 




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