Beendet Den Krieg - Der Dominion Krieg 4

Star Trek: The Dominion War #4

by Diane Carey, Andreas Brandhorst (Übersetzer)

Based on"Call to Arms"written by Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe"A Time to Stand"written by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler"Sons and Daughters"written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle"Rocks and Shoals"written by Ronald D. Moore"Behind the Lines"written by Rene Echevarria"Favor the Bold"written by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler"Sacrifice of Angels"written by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Fiction, Ebooks, Media Tie In, Space Opera

249 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

Diane Carey also wrote the Distress Call 911 young adult series under the name D.L. Carey.

Diane Carey is primarily a science fiction author best known for her work in the Star Trek franchise. She has been the lead-off writer for two Star Trek spin-off book series: Star Trek The Next Generation with Star Trek: Ghost Ship, and the novelization of the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, Broken Bow.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Carey

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not very familiar with Deep Space Nine, so, a lot of this was lost on me; however, I did find it engaging and well-written, even if I didn't understand most of it.

[Kaotic · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this done in the two days I was at a friends house helping with their garage sale. (In 90° weather, I feel burned to a crisp.)

Like the other volume in this series, I really loved it and really enjoyed the writing, but it wasn't what I was looking for in the arc. The Dominion War is one of my favorite stories in the Star Trek verse and I was excited to get this series to see more things that I hadn't already seen in one of Starfleet's darkest times.

Nonetheless, this was a really strongly written book filled with everything it needed, all the dark times, a little bit of humor, character flaws and ending on a truly bittersweet note.

Actual rating is a 3.5 to 4 star. Because it was good, just not what I was looking for.

(A note to those who want to read this:

Books one and three are a complete story. As with books two and four. But in accordance to the timeline in the books, the order is 2, 1, 4, 3.)

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you are going to novelize (1) one of the greatest DS9 episodes -- pivotal to the entire series, and (2) one the greatest "Star Trek" episodes of all time...then it should be 400 pages of character work, adrenaline-pumping action, and soul-destroying emotion worthy of the episode itself. It certainly shouldn't be what this book delivers. If you have seen the episode, but haven't read the novelization...then move along.

[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fourth and final Dominion War book, which novelises episodes of the sixth season of DS9.
The Federation has been forced to abandon Deep Space Nine and finds itself on the back foot in fighting against the forces of the Dominion. Captain Sisko begins putting together a plan to take the fight to the enemy but is forced to dangerously accelerate his plans when it seems that Gul Dukat is on the verge of reopening the wormhole and getting Dominion reinforcements.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but that's not to say that it's a particularly good one.
I've always loved Trek, but I haven't watched the episodes of DS9 this book adapts since they first aired in the UK in the late 90s. This meant that, for me, reading this book was like reconnecting with old friends. It took me right back into that feeling of desperate tension I had waiting to see how the next phase of the war against the Dominion would unfold week by week.
This was the only time that Trek did a multi-season arc focusing on the Federation becoming embroiled in all-out war and it made for a very different feel to the tone of Trek in general and I, for one, found it to be a welcome change of pace.

All that said, I'm totally aware that my enjoyment of this book was completely based on nostalgia. As a book in its own right it's short on description and depth and is more or less just 'functional' as a novelisation.
Perhaps most important to note is that if you've never seen DS9, you shouldn't even attempt to read this book. Hell, even if you're aware of DS9 at, you should probably have watched at least some of the Dominion stories for this to make sense even then. It spends no time at all introducing the characters and situations and just throws you in off the deep end. I've always felt that even books that are part of a series should be good enough to stand alone on their own merits and this one wouldn't.

So, if you're a Trek fan and want to revisit a classic story arc, then pop your nostalgia goggles on and have a good time, as I did. If that's not you, then probably don't bother.

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[Octavia Cade · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fast-paced and adventurous. It's been a while since I've seen the DS9 episodes that this novelisation is based on, but as I read the book more and more of the scenes came to mind. They really were a great run of episodes... I'm struck, though, as I read, at how abrupt the victory at the end of the story is. I can't quite call it unearned, as all the characters - and the rest of the Federation, as well as the Klingons - are slogging their guts out trying to win the war. Their efforts, however, in practical storytelling terms, are basically there to set up the intervention of the wormhole aliens. It's a very literal deus ex machina, and I'm not sure that I appreciate it. I am sure that I appreciate Sisko's absolute frustration with the wormhole aliens, because their vague meanderings irritate me as well... that kind of portentous dialogue is frequently a very hard sell with me, and the wormhole aliens always get stuck with the worst of it.

I have to say, though, Sisko's a better person than I, in that he can still feel sorry for Dukat at the end. I sure as hell don't. Someone should have quietly shot him in the back of the head when he was weeping over his daughter's body, and good riddance to him. I suppose that behaviour isn't really Star Trek, though, is it.

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as bad as her first effort, which was a relief. Book 2 was a complete mess, this one was still a mess but at least a little more organized and allowed the good parts of these episodes to shine through, for the most part. Critical character moments are lost as her attention seems to be focused on what she can add to the scenes instead of what is actually there and deepened. I'm sure in more capable hands these episodes would have been given a much better treatment without all the padding that she adds.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

ich kann mich eigentlich nur wiederholen und schreiben, was ich zum direkten Vorgänger ebenfalls schrieb:
"Gute Nacherzählung der entsprechenden ST:DS9-Folge, welche mehr Details und Hintergründe darbietet. Careys Schreibstil ist sehr flüssig.
Leider fiel es mir manchmal schwer, mir die Figuren wirklich vorzustellen, da sie nicht ganz so rüberkommen wie ich sie aus der Serie kenne. Das mag aber auch daran liegen, dass ich die Serie mittlerweile nur noch auf Englisch kenne und diese mir vorliegende Ausgabe auf Deutsch ist."

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 4 out of 5]

Similar to Book 2 in this Dominion War series, the Ds9-related book is really more of a novelization for the same story in the show instead of original material. In that regard, I sort of appreciate the TNG tie-in books a bit more as they gave us something new while the DS9 books are just okay because we already loved these episodes. Like my review of Book 2, I can cite that I appreciate how it gave us more insight into what characters were theoretically thinking during those episodes, which gives us more information. But it'a also very familiar territory, which makes for very light reading.

[Nabil Hussain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb finale to a thrilling and entertaining Sci Fi epic!

Fabulous and enthralling, this book served as a great climax to a wonderful series of Sci Fi drama! This was brilliantly written by Diane Carey and this was a fine example of thrilling Sci fi drama. John Vornolt's two novels and this along with Diane Carey's other novel proved to be a dynamic and Magnificent epic saga.

[Sean Randall · Rating 4 out of 5]

And that’s our people all back where they’re supposed to be, the world continues on its proper course once again. More brilliant adaptation of the teleplays, and for someone who’s never been able to see the episodes, it’s good to get a little more written depth to things.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this is a retelling of the DS9 story arc of the loss and recapture of the station, the are added pieces. Charlie and his crew are a great addition to the story. Plus this book tries to get in the heads of some of the characters which is rare in a tv show.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good novelization of several episodes of the show. The battle scenes were well done.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another fine novelization.

[Kirby Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second verse same as the first. If you’re just going to be a book adaptation of three episodes, you couldn’t pick three better ones.

[nx74defiant · Rating 3 out of 5]

They spent a lot of time reviewing what happened before, which helped me since I had missed some of the prior books. But, I can see it being annoying if you had read all the prior books.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captured the emotion of the episodes, I loved this retelling. It is a shame that the series doesn't cover the entire Dominion War though.

[Corey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fine, not amazing but it was alright.

[Aaron Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice to expand on Charlie Reynolds role and secrecy in the background that was just assumed on screen. good story.

[Joshua Palmatier · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a little difficult to say much about this book, since it's a novelization of what happened in the show, so this will be brief.

Diane Carey did an excellent job of taking what happened in multiple episodes on TV and welding them into a good book. I liked this second half of the story much more than the first half, simply because the plot had gelled and the focus was much greater here than in the first half. The writing was excellent and smooth, easy to read, and it certainly hyped me up for the ending, which was obvious from the start: Sisko needed to retake Deep Space Nine from the Dominion. The tension as the Dominion and Cardassians began to figure out how to defeat the minefield around the wormhole, and the efforts to distract the Dominion while O'Brien led a raid on the array that was keeping the Dominion aware of all of the Federation's movement, was pulled of well.

So, even though I'd seen this while watching the TV show, I still enjoyed reading the novelization. It got my excited and concerned about the characters and the ending all over again, even though I knew what was going to happen. I think that's about the best thing you can say about the novelization.

[Tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this quite a bit. It is exciting, and (expected) true to form for the characters.

'Sacrifice of Angels' directly follows the events inbook 2 in the Dominion War quartet, instead of book 3. It is a novelization of the final episodes of the Dominion war and the recapture of DS9. I am unsure how much is directly from the episodes versus added context. It has been about ten years since I've watched them. There definitely was a high nostalgia factor, and it made me want to re-watch a bunch of episodes.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a sequel to Call to Arms, which is a novelisation of seven episodes from Deep Space Nine's fifth and sixth season. The threads that were set up in the first part were deftly pulled and wrapped around the story from the episodes to great effect, and the lull during the climax of the book was just heart-wrenching.

[Heather Domin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like the first one, this is a straightforward novelization, though I noticed several extra scenes (and missing scenes) rather than a straight copy of the final script. There is a LOT of action and battle here, I thought it was really well done; I wasn't as fond of the characterization, particularly Bashir as a whiny little bitch and constant descriptions of Dax as pretty/beautiful/doll-like/perfect etc. Still good, though.

[Michael White · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fantastic ending to this portion of this series! I started watching the episodes as I was finishing the book and I was really surprised at how much the author adds into the story. In the show the battle of the sensor array in the argolis cluster is not show. But here you find out exactly what happened and how that mission went. There are several other parts that you find out that more is going on. Overall this book was fantastic!

[Webstartm · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is novelization of several ds9 episodes from Sons and Daughters to Sacrifice of Angels. Very intense and interesting book but has some slow and rather boring moments. We gain insight in characters and some back stories that are only mentioned in episodes but are very well explained in this book.
This book continues directly on the plot from Dominion war,book 2:Call to Arms.

[Alexander Adamson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun read!

[Benjamin Plume · Rating 4 out of 5]

For once, I prefer the TV version...but the book is still OK.

[Ricardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book. I have no other words for it. The end battle is just great!

[Joseph Barnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the same as the Star Trek DS9 shows during the Dominion War. I did enjoy it though...It wraps up everything really nice.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a novelization of a number of episodes on Deep Space Nine. The author is able to expand the story a bit, but most of the action is familiar.

[Devero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una buona novellizazione di alcuni degli episodi più interessanti della guerra contro il Dominio.