Ascendance

Ascendance is an upcoming Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by author David R. George III that is to be published in December 2015.

Publisher's description

 * On the original Deep Space Nine, Captain Kira Nerys watches as the nearby wormhole opens and discharges a single, bladelike vessel. Attempts to contact its crew fail, and the ship is soon followed by another vessel of similar design. When an armada subsequently begins to emerge from the wormhole, it seems clear that DS9 is under attack. Kira orders her first officer, Commander Elias Vaughn, to board the USS Defiant (2375) and defend the station, and alerts Starfleet to send additional forces as her crew prepares DS9's shields and weaponry for the onslaught to come.


 * Meanwhile, on the lead ship, Iliana Ghemor considers launching an attack on DS9 and finally ending the life of Kira, the fountainhead of all the ills in her miserable life. Her vengeance demands more than mere death, though – it requires pain. Ghemor refocuses, choosing to follow her plan to mete out her revenge on the captain by first decimating the population of Bajor...

Characters

 * Kira Nerys • Iliana Ghemor • Elias Vaughn

Locations

 * Bajor • Bajoran wormhole • Deep Space 9

Starships

 * USS Defiant (NX-74205) (II)

Races and cultures

 * Ascendant • Bajoran • Cardassian • Human • Prophets

States and organizations

 * Starfleet • United Federation of Planets