This volume contains 4 novels and a short story which begin the authorised continuation of Deep Space 9 following "What You Leave Behind".
Avatar, Books 1 and 2, by SD Perry introduces us to many of the characters who will populate the post series DS9 universe, and leads us into the continuing lives of well loved personages. IN the wake of Benjamin Sisko's dissapearance, Colonol Kira is now in command of the station. A vedek brings a mysterious artifact to Jake Sisko in the digs at B'hala, comes to the station- and is soon murdered. A long considered heiretical prophecy causes Jake and Kira both to take drastic action- and both their lives are changed.
Abyss, by David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang, brings back the nuch beloved Section 31. With Sloan dead, a new agent has come to change Julian Bashir's plans. A genetically enhanced doctor has found and abandoned Jem Hadar factory and has set himself up as the new Khan. Can anyone but Bashir bring him down?
Demons of Air and Darkness by Keith RA DeCandido is part of the timeline spanning Gateways series. Havoc is wreaked on the sector when Gateways start opening above and on planets. A group of aliens appear claiming to be the ancient Iconians, and they want to bargain for exclusive rights to the Gateway technology. When Nog and the Andorian Shar discover a gap in the Gateway network around the wormhole, they are able to disrupt the Gateways- and expose the aliens.
However, Kira's fateful step into a Gateway is further explored in the short story Horn and Ivory, also by De Candido. Stranded on a planet in the Delta quadrant, Kira was presented by a Gateyay- the went beack and forth between Ops on DS9, and the Celestial Temple. When she stepped through hover, she found herself 30, 000 years in Bajor's past, before B'hala, and at the time the Pah Wraiths ensconced themselves in the Fire Caves. Her journey back to DS9 is one both physical and spiritual.
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