Publisher's description
From the back cover: The crew of the Starship Defiant is trapped in a future in which the Pah-wraiths have triumphed -- as the greatest epic adventure in the saga of Deep Space 9 continues....
In the last days of the twenty-fourth century, caught in the crossfire of the apocalyptic confrontation between the Bajoran Prophets and the Pah-wraiths, Captain Benjamin Sisko, and his crew face what might be the final millennium. On one side, the Pah-wraiths' new Emissary -- Kai Weyoun -- promises his followers that when Bajor's two Celestial Temples are restored as one, all beings in the universe will ascend to a new and glorious existence with the True Prophets. On the other side, the scientists of Starfleet predict that when the two Bajoran wormholes merge, they will create a Warp 10 shock wave of infinite destructive power.
With the Federation on the brink of collapse, and Starfleet consumed by Admiral Jean-Luc Picard's obsessive quest to build the largest starship ever conceived, Sisko enters the ultimate race against time for the biggest stakes of all -- the survival of the universe itself.
References
Characters
- Arla Rees • Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • The Doctor • Dukat • Elim Garak • Karon • Kira Nerys • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Jean-Luc Picard • Quark • Thomas Riker • Rom • Benny Russell • Seven of Nine • Ryle Simons • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Sarah Sisko • T'len • Vash • Weyoun • Worf
- Prophet guises
- Michael Eddington • Vic Fontaine • Kira Nerys • Martok • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Opaka Sulan • Jean-Luc Picard • William Ross • Jennifer Sisko • Joseph Sisko • Solok • Zek
- Referenced only
- Zefram Cochrane • Wesley Crusher • Damar • Data • Eilin • Albert Einstein • Stephen Hawking • Hugh • Ishka • Kathryn Janeway • Kahless the Unforgettable • Krueger • Geordi LaForge • Mardah • Martok • Leonard McCoy • Mora Pol • Naradim • Naomi Pedersen • Q • William Ross • Deanna Troi • B'Elanna Paris • Tom Paris • Shabren • Khan Noonien Singh • Sokath • Winn • Kasidy Yates • Zek • Lewis Zimmerman
Locations
- Alpha Quadrant • Bajor • Bajor-B'hava'el • B'hala • Starbase 53 • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards
- Referenced only
- Adigeon Prime • Alpha Centauri • Andor • AR-558 • Bajoran Central Protectorates • Beta Quadrant • Ba'Syladon • Boreth • Cardassia • Cestus III • Crab Nebula • Deep Space 9 • Deep Space Station K-7 • Delta Quadrant • Deneva • Erelyn IV • Fire Caves • Gaia • Gamma Quadrant • Greenwich • Hub Colonies • Largo system • New Berlin • New Orleans • New Sydney • Romulus • San Francisco • Starfleet Museum • Syladdo • Trivas system • Tyree • Union Territories
Starships
- Altanex • USS Augustus (Tiberius-class) • Cerulean Star • Chimera-class • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • USS Opaka • USS Phoenix (Starfleet timeship)
- Referenced only
- Akira-class • Borg cube • USS Bozeman • Daedalus-class • USS Destiny • USS Discovery • USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise • Galor-class • USS Garneau • IKS Heart of Kahless • Jem'Hadar attack cruiser • Sovereign-class • USS Voyager
Races and cultures
- Bajoran • Bion • Cardassian • Centaurian • Changeling • Ferengi • Grigari • Human • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Pah-wraith • Prophets • Romulan • Trill • Vorta • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Andorian • Breen • Bynar • Erelynian • Iconian • Miradorn • Tellarite • Tiburonian
States and organizations
- Ascendant • Bajoran Ascendancy • Bajoran Militia • Cardassian Union • Dominion • Imperial Commandos • Imperial Legion • Klingon Empire • Obsidian Order • Regulus Science Academy • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Tal Shiar • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Borg Collective • Cult of the Pah-wraiths • Federation Department of Temporal Investigations • Founders • Great Link • Klingon-Cardassian Alliance • Maquis • Section 31 • Starfleet Bureau of Standards • Starfleet Temporal Warfare Division • Vulcan Science Academy
Other references
- 2388 • The Adventures of Flotter • Alth'Indor • Amojan • Anslem • antimatter bomb • antimatter pod • Bantaca • baseball • bat'leth • Battle of Earth • Battle of Rigel VII • Battle of Wolf 359 (mirror) • Books of Eilin • B'nai candle • casualty list • Cochrane space • contact mine • Day of Ascendancy • dedication plaque • diarrhea • Dominion War • Emissary of the Prophets • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • Feynman curve • Flotter • Forest of Forever • Fourth Age of Kahless • Gaia class • Glob fly • Grandfather paradox • Great Material River • Greenwich Mean Time • Headskirt • Kai • Guardian of Forever • Heisenberg compensator • Hew-mon • Houdini • industrial replicator • inertial dampener • Integrated Systems Manager • Irumodic Syndrome • isolation suit • Kente cloth • Kosst Amojan • k'Roth ch'Kor • Kukalaka • Local Planetary Time • Marauder Mo • Martian terrier • Messiah • Mirror universe • multi-vector assault mode • Nanite • Nanoassembler • Nanoconstructor • Nanospore • Nanotechnology • Naradim's Third Vision • Occupation of Bajor • Orb of Time • Orthodox Andorian Vengeance Cycle • Pagh • Parallel universe • particle web • Pauli • peridaxon • Prime Directive • Project Guardian • Project Looking Glass • Project Phoenix • Q Continuum • quantum stasis field • Ragnarök • Reckoning • Red Orbs of Jalbador • Red wormhole • Remington • Romulan War • root beer • sarsaparilla • Second Battle of Wolf 359 • Slingshot effect • Speaker of the Borg Collective • stardate • Sto-vo-kor • temporal anomaly • temporal causality loop • Temporal displacement policy •Temporal mechanics • Terran • transwarp • travelpod • Treaty of Wolf 359 • Trevis • trilithium • Vanilla • Vedek • Verteron • Vole • Vulcan Love Slave • Vulcan Love Slave, Part II: The Revenge • War of the Prophets • Warp bubble
Appendices
Background information
- Worf comments about time travel and how the Klingon Empire dispatched temporal assault teams into the past to destroy their enemies before they ever developed into a threat. However, the fates of these forces is unknown.
Related Stories
- The events of several TNG and DS9 episodes are mentioned, including "Cause and Effect", "Emissary", "Parallels", "Prophet Motive" and "Sacrifice of Angels".
External link
- The War of the Prophets article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Connections
- The War of the Prophets article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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