Star Trek: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers is a “Lost Era” novel set prior to the events of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television series.
Before the Dominion War and the decimation of Cardassia. . .
Before the coming of the Emissary and the discovery of the wormhole . . .
Before space station Terok Nor became Deep Space Nine . . .
There was the Occupation: the military takeover of an alien world, and the violent insurgency that fought against it.
The Terok Nor trilogy reveals the true story behind one of the greatest tragedies of the Star Trek universe – and the rise of some of its greatest heroes. A decade ahead of its time, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine began with an eerily prophetic and untold backstory.
Now that fifty-year tale of warring ideologies, terrorism, greed, secret intelligence, moral compromises and embattled faiths is at last given its due in a three-book saga of the Lost Era – STAR TREK: TEROK NOR
In book one, a seemingly benign visitation to the bountiful planet Bajor from the resource-poor Cardassian Union is viewed with cautious optimism by some, trepidation by others, and a calculating gleam by unscrupulous opportunists.
What began with a gesture of compassion soon becomes something very different. Seen through the eyes of participants on both sides — including those of a young officer named Skrain Dukat — the personal, political, and religious struggles between the Bajorans and the Cardassians quickly spiral out of control, irrevocably shaping the futures of both worlds in an unforgettable, emotionally charged tale of tragedy and hope.
AUTHOR NOTES
To say that this book was been something of a departure for me would be a real understatement; as a writer my comfort zone is firmly in the action-adventure end of storytelling, and when I was offered the chance to pen the first of this trilogy of Star Trek political thrillers, I knew it would be a challenge.
The pre-history of Bajor and Cardassia prior to the events of Deep Space Nine have always been shrouded in mystery and half-truths. To be given the chance to jump in and bring some of the “true story” of that time to light was a terrific opportunity, and as the work of the book went on, I found myself enjoying it more and more. It’s not every day that one gets the chance to fill in a missing piece of the Star Trek mythos, and I’m honoured to have the opportunity.
Day of the Vipers is followed by Night of the Wolves and Dawn of the Eagles, by S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison.
Day of the Vipers won the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Fiction in 2009.
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