Name: Ken Gagne's review of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers by James Swallow
Item: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers
Rating: 4
Author: Ken Gagne

James Swallow

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 9™...there was the Occupation: the military takeover of an alien planet and the violent insurgency that fought against it. Now that fifty-year tale of warring ideologies, terrorism, greed, secret intelligence, moral compromises, and embattled faiths is at last given its due in the three-book saga of Star Trek's Lost Era... A seemingly benign visitation to the bountiful world of 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 begins as 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 tensions between the Bajorans and the Cardassians quickly spiral out of control, irrevocably shaping the futures of both worlds in an emotionally charged and unforgettable tale of treachery, tragedy, and hope.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers

Ken Gagne

Day of the Vipers, part one of a trilogy, is a prequel to the opening of my favorite Star Trek series, Deep Space Nine. This book addresses the question of how Bajor came to be occupied by the Cardassians, with the main characters being the infamous Skrain Dukat and Darrah Mace, a Bajoran law enforcement officer. The similarities between the two cultures is not nearly as poignant as knowing the holocausts with which the TV show begin and end; reading this book, we know the consequences of the main characters' decisions but are helpless but to watch the inevitable occur.

The epilogue includes an index of the book's people and places and where in Star Trek lore they may have previously appeared. The author deftly weaves in characters that had only cameos or passing references in televised episodes, making me want to watch them again with the new depth Day of the Vipers gives them.

An excellent yet melancholy tale fitting of the DS9 mythos.

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