A download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The war involved all major powers of the alpha and gamma quadrants, organized into two opposing military alliances. The red meteor shower rained across the sky, a black fog engulfed the world. The dominion war was a major interstellar conflict, fought from 2373 to 2375. Deep space nine novels based on the american science fiction television series of the same name. The dominion war is the core story underlying the entire series, so it deservedly caters a lot of attention. The protagonists struggle to determine whether she is jiang shuyu with a tenyear long dream or guan weijun who reincarnated into jiang shuyus body is believable.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tales of the dominion war star trek. Set at the beginning of the dominion war, books 1 and 3 focus on the crew of the uss enterprisee attempting to prevent the dominion from creating an artificial wormhole, whilst books 2 and 4 are novelizations of the seven episode arc that began with ds9. The federation has to cope with a shady leadership that leads down a dark road. What happens in the star trek universe after voyager, nemesis. The allied forces of the united federation of planets, the klingon empire, and the romulan star empire launched an invasion of the dominionheld cardassian union, with the goal of capturing the dominions capital on cardassia prime. But its not the complete picture of the whole conflict. Im about 60 novels in and in general id say most are pretty good to great. In the end, the heroic redguards fought the aldmeri dominion to a standstill, although the war lasted for five more years and left southern hammerfell devastated. Empire and liberty in north america, 15002000 fred anderson, author, andrew cayton, author.
A star trek series which crosses over between deep space nine and the next generation. The obvious definition that comes to mind is that historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past. Spoilers in the books there are quite a few things, im probably not remembering all of them but here are some major plot points. Most notable in the film is worfs ability to leave the station to join the enterprise, as well as a line about federation diplomats being involved in dominion negotiations, and the federations willingness to work with the sona, who are established as a dominion ally during the war. The war consumed the entire alpha quadrant in one of the most destructive and bloody conflicts in galactic history.
Thus, i took it upon myself to create a complete dominion war viewing guide. Marked by massive military and civilian casualties, including the systematic destruction of the. Based in the universe of star trek, created by gene roddenberry. After waking from a night of torture and agony, humans discovered they no longer dominated the world. July 4, 1902 when in fact it would not end for many years. One day the citizens of the alpha quadrant woke up to peace, the next day they woke up to full scale war. As we know ds9 was the prime focus of the war thanks to proximity to the bajoran wormhole but the war spread throughout the alpha quadrant and would have. A tenepisode arc was outlined to end season seven, the dominion war, and all of. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. A brief history of the dominion war, from the opening of the bajoran wormhole to the battle of cardassia and treaty of bajor. Dominion war part 65 1 the cardassians switch sides duration. Marked by massive military and civilian casualties, including the systematic destruction of the cardassian.
Now, for the first time, see how the dominion war affected the entirety of the star trek universe. The dominion war, book 3 1998 edition open library. The first dominion war ended around 60 years ago, after countless millions were killed, injured, maimed and rendered homeless. Deep space nine, an american sciencefiction television series produced by paramount pictures. The dominion war was a major interstellar conflict, fought from 2373 to 2375, though related conflicts began earlier. Deep space nine introduced a major story arc to the star trek universe and brought the federation closer than it had ever been to total annihilation. Remember in star trek insurrection the discussion that was had regarding the newest potential federation member. Book 3 tunnel through the stars by esther friesner available from rakuten kobo. In the fictional star trek universe, the dominion war is a conflict between the forces of the dominion, cardassian union and, later, the breen confederacy. Post war crises and reconstruction efforts 23792385 following the dominion war, cardassia prime plunges into an economic crisis. The second great war paved the way for amons return.
The end war, also called the final war, was a term used by zeratul to describe the crusade waged by amon against the daelaam, and galaxy as a whole. The dominion of war recasts familiar triumphs as tragedies, proposes an unconventional set of turning points, and depicts imperialism and republicanism as inseparable influences in a pattern of development in which war and freedom have long been intertwined. Unlike the first war, with the period of cold war, then border skirmishes, then open warfare, there was no run up to the war. Apr 07, 2018 the dominion war is the core story underlying the entire series, so it deservedly caters a lot of attention. In the fictional star trek universe, the dominion war is a conflict between the forces of the dominion, cardassian union and, later, the breen confederacy against the alpha quadrant alliance of the united. For claritys sake, it is kept separate from the conflict that was waged by amon in the vision glimpsed at through the overmind and through it, zeratul. The dominion war is a series of four novels published by pocket books in 1998. From the gamma quadrant they came, hordes of merciless jemhadar soldiers commanded by the shapechanging founders, who. Americans often think of their nations history as a movement toward evergreater democracy, equality, and freedom. This book is probably one of the few that offers a longterm historical analysis of americas foreign policy from colonial days to the end of the 20th century. If you were to read the books that were made after the end up deep space nine and tng. In the books outsiders have started to notice the change in starfleet.
As mighty fleets clash in the deadly battleground of space, the fate of the entire alpha quadrant hangs in the balance. It offers a new perspective on americas attempts to define its role in the world at. After the apocalypse, i struggled for survival for ten bitter years, but ultimately couldnt escape. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read tales of the dominion war.
Theres 1 or 2 voyager novels not on there, and the post ds9 novels are missing so i just used this to read all the post ds9 and voyager books as well. These haunted seas 2008 is a collection of books 1 and 2. Remember, they have a significantly less advanced technology than ours. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read star trek. The prometheus was a ship i always wanted to see more of and it. Did starfleet change after the dominion war the trek bbs. These novels and comics provide voyages of the enterprisee during the dominion war bold indicates the most relevant stories. All novels published as paperback editions, except where indicated. My favorites are definitely the titan and dti books. Now that the dominion has entered into an unholy alliance with the cardassian military regime and seized control of deep space nine, starfleet finds itself fighting a losing war against unbeatable odds. Postwar crises and reconstruction efforts 23792385 following the dominion war, cardassia prime plunges into an economic crisis.
In insurrection, its mentioned that the enterprise had been moved to a diplomatic role since the federation diplomatic corps was too busy trying to end the dominion war. Unfortunately, some of the books are all well have to go on, and even those can be. The dominion war is an extended plot concept developed in several story arcs of star trek. But the reality is, however, that almost everyone and this includes readers, authors, publishers, agents, and the press seems to have his or her own idea of what. The cause of the second dominion war also remains a mystery to this day.
By 2616 less than 15,000 jemhadar ships remain, compared to the 55,000 which the dominion maintained during the occupation and the 20,000 warships during the first dominion war. This needs the price to drop to accomodate for the fact it is a. I know the dominion war books state that some factions returned to the federation but it doesnt elaborate what happened to them. What happens in the star trek universe after voyager. The redguards say that this proves that the whitegold concordat was unnecessary, and that if titus ii had kept his nerve, the aldmeri could have been truly defeated by the combined. The battle of cardassia was the final battle of the dominion war, fought in late 2375. Dec 28, 2018 if you were to read the books that were made after the end up deep space nine and tng. The dominion of war and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. I hope everything survives until the end of the war. The war is frequently mentioned in pocket books novels and reference books, and. What happened to the cardassian union after the dominion war. They talk about the recovery and rebuilding efforts of the federation after the dominion war and after the borg supercrisis in the destiny trilogy. The next generation kindle edition by author, unknown, decandido, keith r. With the dominions attention drawn in too many directions at once, the alliance begins systematically destroying the jemhadar breeding facilities and shipyards.
The paperback of the tales of the dominion war by keith r. Tales of the dominion war is an anthology of stories which deals with the events within starfleet and the federation during the timeframe of deep space nine as covered in the television show. In the fictional star trek universe, the dominion war is a conflict between the forces of the dominion, cardassian union and, later, the breen confederacy against the alpha quadrant alliance of the. The dominion war, book 3 by john vornholt, 1998, pocket books edition, in english. Spanning the end of the regency, ackroyd takes readers from. The dominion war as seen in seasons 5,6 and 7 of star trek. But for a show that is 2 hours long, it can be a bit intimidating to dive in, especially if you only want to follow the dominion war arc. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion.
Unfortunately, some of the books are all well have to go on, and even those can be a bit inconsistent with canon. All in all, definitely a great book that i enjoyed immensely just ended way too quickly. With the discovery of the bajoran wormhole in 2369, several of the alpha quadrants regional powers began to send explorers to the distant gamma. The crimson shadow covers what goes on on cardassia following the end of the war. Moore opines the production staff succeeded in ensuring the dominion war acted as a means of deepening characterization. Star trek fiction, interplanetary voyages, fiction, benjamin sisko fictitious character, star trek, deep space nine television program. Deep space nine aficionado familiar with the dominion war can tell you that the conflict took place between the federation alliance the united federation of planets, klingon empire and romulan star empire and the dominion, cardassian union, breen confederacy, and sona command. Tales of the dominion war ebook written by keith r. Nov 01, 2018 a brief history of the dominion war, from the opening of the bajoran wormhole to the battle of cardassia and treaty of bajor. Click on the title of a volume to jump to the the list of chapters for the corresponding volume, and then click on the chapter to start reading it.
The cardassian colonies were probably the first to be taken in the war as the dominion expanded its territory. Dominion war memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. In late 2373, the federation thus decided to mine the entrance to the bajoran. Yu wo did not back away from delving into the protagonists identity crisis.
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