Fearful Symmetry

Introduction (blurb)
In our universe, a Cardassian sleeper agent--Iliana Ghemor--was once surgically altered to resemble and replace resistance fighter Kira Nerys, future Starfleet captain and hero of the planet Bajor's liberation. That plan never reached fruition, and the fate of the agent remained unknown...until now. Robbed of the past sixteen years, Iliana Ghemor is back with a vengeance. Over a decade and a half of imprisonment and abuse by her former masters has brought her to the brink of madness, sustained only by the twisted belief that she is, in fact, the real Kira Nerys. She has already made one near-successful attempt on the real Kira's life, but instead of assuming the identity of the woman she was intended to replace, Ghemor has set her sights on the most unexpected target of all: Kira's other double, the malicious Intendent, Bajor's iron-fisted ruler in the alternate reality commonly known as the "Mirror Universe." But far more is unfolding in the Mirror Universe than Ghemor realizes, and the heroes of Deep Space Nine somehow must stop the false Kira without derailing the delicate flow of history that must unfold if both universes, and countless others, are to survive. Parallel stories set in both universes reflect and build upon each other in this Two-in-One "Flip Book," the continuation of both the ongoing DS9 saga as well as the Mirror Universe line of books.

Regulars

 * Kira Nerys
 * Elias Vaughn
 * Benjamin Sisko
 * Sam Bowers
 * Ro Laren
 * Julian Bashir
 * Ezri Dax
 * Prynn Tenmei
 * Simon Tarses
 * Nog
 * Quark
 * Cenn Desca
 * Treir
 * Iliana Ghemor
 * Elim Garak

Deep Space 9

 * Etana Kol
 * Lisa Neeley

Mirror Universe

 * Miles O'Brien (mirror)
 * Keiko Ishikawa (mirror)
 * Ezri Tigan (mirror)
 * Michael Eddington (mirror)
 * Luther Sloan (mirror)
 * Iliana Ghemor (mirror)

Orb Experience

 * Skrain Dukat
 * Shakaar Edon

Referenced

 * Tekeny Ghemor
 * Corbin Entek
 * Krissten Richter

Starships and vehicles

 * Deep Space 9
 * USS Defiant (NX-74205) (II)
 * USS Rio Grande (NCC-72452)

Information

 * This will be the next book in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Relaunch, following Warpath.
 * The book will be formatted as a "flip book," containing two parallel tales.
 * This book was originally announced to be written by a new Star Trek author Leanna Morrow, scheduled for release in April 2007. The release was then pushed back to August and later taken off the schedule. In July 2007 it was announced the novel’s authorship had been transferred to Olivia Woods with a new release date of July 2008.