NOVEL
Fallen Heroes
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine, No. 5
Author(s):	Dafydd ab Hugh
Narrator(s):	Rene Auberjonois
Publication information
Published:	paperback - February 1994
Pages:	282
ISBN:	ISBN 067188459X
Chronology
Date:	2370
Stardate:	47237.8

Contents 1 Description 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Locations 3.3 Starships 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Technology 3.7 Other references 4 Appendices 4.1 Related stories 4.2 Background 4.3 Connections 4.4 External links

DescriptionEdit

When a troop of alien warriors demands the return of an imprisoned comrade—a prisoner no one on Deep Space Nine knows anything about—Commander Benjamin Sisko has a deadly fight on his hands. Under sudden attack from the heavily armed warriors, Sisko and his crew struggle desperately to repel the invaders and save the lives of everyone on board.

Meanwhile, a strange device from the Gamma Quadrant has shifted Ferengi barkeeper Quark and Security Chief Odo three days into the future to a silent Deep Space Nine. To save the station they must discover what caused the invasion to take place -- and find a pathway back through time itself.

SummaryEdit

Trader Square Deal Djonreel comes to Deep Space 9 and leaves with Quark, for sale by consignment, a Cardassian strong box that Quark opens, discovering some sort of device inside. When he activates it under Odo's supervision, it sends the two three days into the future, where everyone on the station is apparently dead.

At the same time (subjectively speaking), an unknown alien species attacks and boards Deep Space 9, claiming one of their people is being held on the station as a hostage. Armed with chemically-propelled projectile shooters and heavily armored, they overwhelm station security and cause massive destruction, killing all in their path in their quest for the alleged hostage.

Quark and Odo search through the entire station, finding one comrade after another dead of violent causes, though they do find Jake Sisko and Molly O'Brien alive. Eventually, they discover the aliens are known by the Cardassian name for a badger-like animal, the Bekkir, are very xenophobic, and must somehow retreat back the three days to prevent the attack from starting. They must reason out how the aliens were stopped to begin with and retrieve an intact tool from one of the invaders.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Julian Bashir • Bata Huri • John Broome • Mari Ni Connal • Dahnu • Jadzia Dax • Djonreel • Doran • Cory Ewin • Ashley Grayson • Kira Nerys • Moru • Nog • Keiko O'Brien • Miles O'Brien • Molly O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Rom • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko

Referenced only 

Abraham • Bareil • B'Etor • Robert Burns • Dukat • Henry Ford • Elim Garak • Isaac • Janri Kash • Jenkins • Keldar • Abraham Lincoln • Locutus • Lursa • Moses • Opaka • Jean-Luc Picard • Rank • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego • William Shakespeare • Siras • Jennifer Sisko • Lwaxana Troi • Winn • Tasha Yar

LocationsEdit

Bajoran wormhole • Deep Space 9 • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's

Referenced only 

Bajor • Bajoran sun • Dresden • Durut Kun • Gamma Quadrant • Earth • Ordover system • Sol • Starbase 13 • Starbase Neil Armstrong • Wales

StarshipsEdit

USS Orinoco (Danube-class) • USS Rio Grande (Danube-class) • Square Deal

Referenced only 

USS Clifford Simak • USS Enterprise • Margin • USS Saratoga • USS Thule

Races and culturesEdit

Bajoran • Bekkir • Betazoid • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Lonat • Trill • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Borg • Born • Brekkian • Klingon • Prophets • Romulan • Stroptophan

States and organizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Spacelings

TechnologyEdit

fusion reactor • phaser • phaser grenade • phaser rifle • photon torpedo • reactor pod • replicator • tractor beam • universal translator • weapon sail • warp pod

Other referencesEdit

30-06 • Ae Fond Kiss • Aerobics • Alice in Wonderland • antimatter • aphasia • Bajoran religion • baseball • baseball bat • Bekirr • bogeyman • bullet • Cardassian language • Chordat-77 • cretite • crossover bridge • dabo • The Dear, Green Place • digfish • duotronic • Englishman • Federation-Cardassian War • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • ferrotite • GarTadGar-11 • Gokto Lottery • Gorgon • greeka • Hail Mary • holosex • holosuite • The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Irish whiskey • A Journey to the Center of the Earth • jumja stick • King Lear • The King in Yellow • krutu • kuluk • Kylarghian fire gem • latinum • Louis XVI desk • Macbeth • Macduff • Master General • The Merchant of Venice • narcotic • nectar spider • Occupation of Bajor • particle accelerator • petty officer • Popular Starvoyaging • Prime Directive • Quasimodo • rifle • Rumpelstiltskin • Arne Saknussen • Sassenach • Saxon • Scotsman • sexually transmitted disease • sodium • Susurrora • synthehol • Turach-tai • Uniform Alliance Act of Balor II • universal translator • Uta Dul dynasty • vertigo • Wars of Succession • xenophobia

AppendicesEdit

Related storiesEdit

• The events of several first season Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes are mentioned, including "Babel", "If Wishes Were Horses", "The Forsaken" and "In the Hands of the Prophets".

BackgroundEdit

• The audiobook of this novel was read by Rene Auberjonois.
• When Dafydd ab Hugh was planning Fallen Heroes, he thought of breaking the number one rule of science fiction literature (not killing off a regular character) by finding a way to kill all the characters. (Voyages of Imagination)
• An excerpt of Fallen Heroes appears in Adventures in Time and Space.
• Fallen Heroes is often mentioned as being one of the best numbered Deep Space Nine novels. Christopher L. Bennett has called it "superb" and Greg Cox has described it as being "definitely worth checking out". Keith R.A. DeCandido has said its reputation as being one of the best numbered novels along with A Stitch in Time and The 34th Rule, is "well earned". [1]
• Fallen Heroes is a favorite novel of Jamahl "Jammer" Epsicokhan. [2]

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous novel: The Big Game	DS9 numbered novels	Next novel: Betrayal
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Rules of Acquisition	Pocket	Next Adventure: Force of Nature
Previous Adventure: Rules of Acquisition	Deep Space Nine Adventures	Next Adventure: Necessary Evil

External linksEdit

• Fallen Heroes article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Fallen Heroes article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.