Wednesday, September 10, 2008

So...there are 2 new DS9 books coming out next year. The first of which is called "The Soul Key" (for now anyways) and is a direct followup on the last volume in the DS9 Relaunch, which means it's a part of Season 9 of DS9.

The 2nd novel is called "The Never Ending Sacrifice", which is also the name of a famous Cardassian novel, within Star Trek, that Garak mentioned on the show. It's just been revealed that this novel: "actually begins in Season 2 of Deep Space Nine, and continues through the current post-TV novels, moving some months beyond Fearful Symmetry and The Soul Key...the decision to begin the story in Season 2 is not a random one, and that readers will learn for the first time what it was like to be on the ground on Cardassia in the years before, during, and after the Klingon invasion, the destruction of the Obsidian Order, the rise of Dukat as Union leader under the Dominion, the Dominion War itself, and the postwar years--all from the perspective of someone who isn't Garak."

That the book isn't from Garak's point of view makes sense, as we've already seen his point of view on many of those events, and he was on DS9 during that time. But this does not preclude him from being part of the post DS9 story in the novel, as Garak IS on Cardassia for that period of time, and I've read previously that Garak is one of the author's favorite characters, which is supported by the fact that the other 2 novels I've read by her heavily featured Garak. Though I have to say that one of these novels I ended up not liking, so I'm slightly nervous about this title. But I'm extremely jazzed about The Soul Key as I loved the book just prior to that one (Fearful Symmetry) which was written by the same author.

   posted by Bald Jason at 03:19 PM
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