# DS9 novels. Where should I start? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346 "2016-01-16T20:23:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346/1 "2016-01-16T20:23:08Z")
All suggestions welcome. Would like to start post TV series. Even if it is with a whole new set of characters. Thanks for any input. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346/2 "2016-01-16T20:29:24Z")
I’ve read a few that I’ve really liked: “Time’s Enemy” by LA Graf is very good. Part of a four-book series collectively called Invasion!, each from a different Trek series, but they each can stand alone. “The 34th Rule” by Armin Shimerman, quite good, obviously based on the Ferengi. “Dark Passions” is a two-volume series by Susan Wright, focusing on the lovely ladies of the “Mirror Universe.” It includes characters from TNG and Voyager as well, but I seem to recall it was largely DS9 based. My copy uses the DS9 font on the cover, at any rate! ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346/3 "2016-01-16T20:30:05Z")
Geez criminy. I found it impossible to believe that novels would continue to be published even after the TV series was over, but it looks like they are. Which means I have no advice, really, except that Peter David wrote one or two early ones, and he’s always a delight. If there have been more, they’d be my first pick. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346/4 "2016-01-16T20:34:29Z")
I was always a fan of Peter David – the only DS9 novel I recall was written way way back in the 90s, I think during the first or second season, called “Siege” or “The Siege”, about a serial-killer onboard the station. It was quite good, from my memory – scary and intense. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346/5 "2016-01-16T22:39:22Z")
Most of the works cited above were published during the run of the series and are “stand alones” not part of the “greater continuity”. Since DS9 (not to mention TNG and Voyager are now done, the 24th century Trek novels are kind of under a larger umbrella continuing the adventure of the respective crews forward from the ends of the various series. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346/6 "2016-01-17T01:54:22Z")
“The Siege” is very good, and “Fallen Heroes” is another thrill-ride of a novel, taking place in an alternate timeline. If you’re looking for _post-series_ novels, though, I’d start with “Avatar”, books one and two, and from there just go through the DS9 relaunch novels. A couple of them are doorstoppers, but they’re very good. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346/7 "2016-01-17T02:46:16Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Most of the works cited above were published during the run of the series and are “stand alones” not part of the “greater continuity”. Since DS9 (not to mention TNG and Voyager are now done, the 24th century Trek novels are kind of under a larger umbrella continuing the adventure of the respective crews forward from the ends of the various series. And this continuity is intricate. I mean intricate: [![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iMhc5ShjHTg/VNn4G7wo1PI/AAAAAAAAhII/UsvNXcjvpUo/s0/The%2BAlmighty%2BStar%2BTrek%2BLit-verse%2BReading%2BOrder%2BFlow%2BChart%2BMark%2BIV.jpg) ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iMhc5ShjHTg/VNn4G7wo1PI/AAAAAAAAhII/UsvNXcjvpUo/s0/The%2BAlmighty%2BStar%2BTrek%2BLit-verse%2BReading%2BOrder%2BFlow%2BChart%2BMark%2BIV.jpg) (Large image) If you want to read the DS9 relaunch in a specific order, I’d suggest this site: > **[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reading List](https://startreklitverse.com/deep-space-nine.php)** > > A reading list for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Relaunch and other related Lit-verse novels in chronological order. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ds9-novels-where-should-i-start/743346/8 "2016-01-17T03:38:12Z")
There is a Post series storyline but for a first book I would recommend Day of Vipers by James Swallow. It is technically part of a trilogy but is actually a stand alone story. It is a prequel that outlines how the Cardassians conquered Bajor and it it doesn’t go the way you expect.