By David Mack
They were created to be killing machines. Highly intelligent, resourceful, and deceptively complex, the Jem'Hadar are a species engineered for war and programmed at the genetic level for one purpose: to fight until death as soldiers of the sprawling stellar empire known as the Dominion. No Jem'Hadar has ever lived thirty years, and not even their masters, the shape-shifting Founders, know what such a creature is capable of becoming were it to be freed of its servitude. One Founder, however, has dared to wonder. Appointed by Odo himself to learn peaceful coexistence aboard Deep Space 9, Taran'atar, an Honored Elder among the Jem'Hadar, had for months been a staunch, if conflicted, ally to the crew of the station, ever struggling to understand the mission on which he was sent... until something went horrifically wrong. Consumed by self-doubt and an ever-growing rage, Taran'atar has lashed out against those he was sworn to aid. While Captain Kira Nerys and Lieutenant Ro Laren both lie near death aboard Deep Space 9, their assailant has taken a hostage and fled into Cardassian space, pursued by Commander Elias Vaughn on the USS Defiant. But as the hunt unfolds, Taran'atar's true objective becomes increasingly less certain, as the rogue Jem'Hadar leads the Defiant to a discovery even more shocking than his crime.
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Additional Information
Publisher:
Pocket Books
Original Release:
28 March 2006
Book Length:
352 pages
Book Canon Year:
2377
Featured Characters:
Aylam Edeen, Julian Bashir, Boehm, Sam Bowers, Ron Broeking, Capril, Cardok, Cenn Desca, Jeannette Chao, Franz Cortez, Ezri Dax, Etana Kol, Greg Forte, Frazelli, Darrell Gervasi, Iliana Ghemor, Grauq, Quin Heins, Hollim Azahn, Michael Ingbar, Jaid, Jarmus Lenn, Jonu, Jull Zehar, Kira Nerys, Koth, Mikaela Leishman, Lorgh, Malk, Minecci, Stefka Merimark, Calvin Moore, Morn, Lisa Neeley, Jang Si Naran, Nog, Orruk, Quark, Qurag, Tariq Rahim, Krissten Richter, Ro Laren, Salmak, Savonigar, Selzner, Sergoz, Benjamin Sisko, Statham, Stov, Michael Strang, Taran'atar, Simon Tarses, Alberto Taveras, Prynn Tenmei, Thron, Treir, Elias Vaughn, Amy Zucca
Review Series:
Deep Space Nine
Cover Type:
Paperback
Book ISBN10:
1416507752
Book ISBN13:
978-1416507758
Book ASIN (Amazon eBook):
B000GCFY1W
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