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From the back cover: While a crucial peace conference fills Deep Space Nine with rumors of intrigue and conspiracy, Major Kira and Lt. Commander Worf embark on a dangerous undercover mission deep in the heart of the Gamma Quadrant. Their mission: to find the secret of the addictive substance that the Changelings use to control their Jem'Hadar warriors. But how long can Worf and Kira remain undetected in the midst of the Dominion? Odo may be their only hope; but to save them, he'll have to stand against his own people.

References

Characters

AuronJulian BashirColfaxDan CzirakyJadzia DaxDulevHarold DuQuesneElim GarakGerazhJezrakKira NerysKloranKoratta JaelMyriam KravitzMcCormickRel MekkarRen MekkarMiles O'BrienOdoOrvorQuarkRomSelannSenoshBenjamin SiskoSnoct SneydHarold StrockmanT'PaoThokPhilip TwofeathersWerronWinn AdamiWorfZheronnZhosh
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DaxCurzon DaxGoffJames KirkKurnLoran DevysOpakaJean-Luc PicardPolattaAlexander RozhenkoJake SiskoJoseph Sisko

Locations

Alpha QuadrantBajorDaborat VDaborat systemDeep Space 9Founders' homeworldGamma QuadrantHall of JusticeOperations centerPromenadeQuark'sSkovar IVSkovar VI
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Arvanus VIBelmastCardassiaCarnalia VIIIDorvantoEarthGalagos VIIleph-BOctyne IIIOrjax ClusterThe ProdigalQo'noSRetollan MonastaryStarbase 201Valtusia

Starships and vehicles

USS Excalibur (Ambassador-class) • Galactic Queen (Delphi-class) • Jakar-classProgress (Delphi-class)
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USS DefiantUSS EnterpriseUganda

Races and cultures

AndorianBajoranCardassianCaxtonianChangelingDenuvianFerengiGroxxinHumanIffalianIgridJem'HadarKlingonTalticTrillValtusianVulcan
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RomulanProphetsThelorian

States and organizations

Bajoran MilitiaCardassian UnionDetapa CouncilCardassian GuardDominionFounderMaquisStarfleetUnited Federation of Planets
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Brooklyn DodgersObsidian OrderStarfleet Academy

Other references

Antwerp ConferenceBajoran prophecyBajoran religionbaseballblood screeningbrush devilcarbonCherokeecoffeedabodabo girldartsDNADNA scannerdress uniformduraniumEmissary of the ProphetsFederation-Cardassian WarFerengi Rules of AcquisitionholosuitehovercarhyperspaceJefferies tubekaiketracel-whitelatinumMay'boqNative AmericanOccupation of Bajororange juiceOslan silkPanzer's Syndromeprune juiceQualian sea brandyretrovirusRomulan alespiced aleSub-Garntricorderwarp coil

Information

  • "The Heart of the Warrior" marks the first appearance of Worf in a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel, not counting the novelization of "The Way of the Warrior".
  • The historian's note gives the novels name as The Trojan Spaceship.
  • In Voyages of Imagination, John Gregory Betancourt states that he considers The Heart of the Warrior to be his best novel. Parts of it were later contradicted in DS9 itself.

Related stories

  • The Changeling characters recall the events of "The Adversary", where Odo became the first Changeling to kill another.
  • Sisko recalls the events of "Homefront" and Paradise Lost", especially the bombing of the conference and believing his own father was a Changeling.

Connections

published order
Previous novel:
Time's Enemy
DS9 numbered novels Next novel:
Saratoga
chronological order
Previous Adventure:
Meld
Pocket Next Adventure:
Sons of Mogh
Previous Adventure:
Return to Grace
Deep Space Nine Adventures Next Adventure:
Sons of Mogh
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