The Fall of Terok Nor is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. It was published in 2000. It is the first novel of the Millennium trilogy.
Introduction (blurb)[]
Bajor is in flames. The corridors of Terok Nor echo with the sounds of battle. It is the end of the Cardassian Occupation -- and the beginning of the greatest epic adventure in the saga of Deep Space 9....
Six years later, with the Federation losing ground in its war against the Dominion, the galaxy's greatest smugglers -- including the beautiful and enigmatic Vash -- rendezvous on Deep Space 9. Their objective: a fabled lost Orb of the Prophets unlike any other, rumored to be the key to unlocking a second wormhole in Bajoran space -- a second Celestial Temple.
Almost immediately, mysterious events plague the station: Odo arrests Quark for murder; Jake and Nog lead Chief O'Brien to an eerie holosuite in a section of the station that's not on any schematic; and a Cardassian scientist whom even the Obsidian Order once feared makes an unexpected appearance. With all those events tied to a never-before-told story of the Cardassian withdrawal, Captain Benjamin Sisko faces the most dangerous challenge of his career: Unless he can uncover the secret of the lost Orb, what began with the fall of Terok Nor will end with the destruction of Deep Space 9... or worse.
Summary[]
Following his encounter with Dukat in the Fire Caves, Captain Sisko has been existing with the Prophets within the wormhole. Sisko has come to realize that the Prophets arranged Sisko's existence as they needed him to teach them about linear existence. Sisko decides to thwll them a story of a different timeline.
Quark is having a nightmare about his experience when the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor came to an end. On Terok Nor, the Day of Withdrawal led to chaos erupting, with Cardassian soldiers killing Bajoran civilians on the Promenade. Quark is also targeted, with Glinn Datar and his men attempting to hang Quark. Quark is saved by another Cardassian and Quark seeks safety in his bar, where he encounters Odo and remonstrates him for not coming to his aid. Odo points out that the charges that Datar had made against Quark were all true. Three Cardassian civilians arrive and force Odo and Quark to walk through the Promenade towards a working turbolift. Quark notices Garak twice, but their Cardassian hostage takers do not. The five enter the turbolift and take it down to the lower core of the station, where a Cardassian woman, a scientist reveals that Gul Dukat when he left the station hours earlier. The woman shoots Odo, but only stunning him, with Garak also being found and stunned as well. The woman only needs Quark to enter a lab where the woman has been undertaking an experiment that has gone awry as the room is bathed with an odd light. Odo hears voices calling him, and evidentally the Cardassians do as well, but Quark hears nothing. Two of the Cardassians are hit by the energy emanating from the room and disappear. Quark moves into the lab, and finds himself in a vision of Ferenginar and sees his mother who makes a terrifying transformation, waking Quark from his nightmare.
References[]
Characters[]
- Arla Rees • Atrig • Base • Julian Bashir • Phraim Betan • Datar • Jadzia Dax • Vic Fontaine • Elim Garak • Kira Nerys • Leen • Morn • Nog • Miles O'Brien • Obanak Keelen • Odo • Quark • Thomas Riker • Rom • Satr • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Sarah Sisko • Leej Terrell • Vash • Winn • Worf • Kasidy Yates
Prophet guises:
- Julian Bashir • Damar • Curzon Dax • Ezri Dax • Jadzia Dax • Michael Eddington • Vic Fontaine • Elim Garak • Kira Nerys • Kira Nerys (mirror) • Nog • Keiko O'Brien • Miles O'Brien • Jean-Luc Picard • Quark • Rom • William Ross • Jake Sisko • Solok • Vash • Weyoun • Worf • Kasidy Yates
- Referenced only
- Alkene • Beta XII-A entity • Bus Betar • Boothby • Pavel Chekov • Lisa Cusak • Audrid Dax • Emony Dax • Joran Dax • Lela Dax • Divine Nagus • Divine Treasurer • Dukat • Kivas Fajo • Felix • Kang • James T. Kirk • Kosst Amojan • Kozak • Leeta • M'Pella • Dal Nortron • Opaka Sulan • William Ross • Montgomery Scott • Jennifer Sisko • Smiling Partner • Spock • Zek
Locations[]
- Bajor • Bajor-B'hava'el • Bajoran wormhole/Celestial Temple • Deep Space 9 • Jalbador • Jeraddo • Promenade • Quark's
- Referenced only
- Argellius II • Atlantis • Baraddo • B'hal Ta • Brooklyn • Brooklyn Bridge • Bynaus • Cardassia • Deneb IV • Divine Labyrinth • Disneyland • Farpoint Station • Ferenginar • Ir'Abehr Shield • Luna • Mount Ba'lavael • New York City • New Sydney • Old Zimbabwe • Penraddo • Praxis • Praxis Ring • Qo'noS • Qui'Tu • Sagittarius III • Starbase 375 • Tellarus • Tracian Sea • Troyius • Vegan system • Veridian III • Vorta Vor
Starships[]
- Chimera-class cruiser • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • USS Opaka
- Referenced only
- Akira-class • USS Bondar • Borg cube • Constitution-class • USS Garneau • Latinum Queen • USS Saratoga • Solok • IKS Thousand-Taloned Death • USS Thunderchild
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Bajoran • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Lurian • Trill
- Referenced only
- Bandi • Betazoid • Bolian • Borg • Bynar • Gorn • Jem'Hadar • Medusan • Nanth • Nausicaan • Pakled • Reticulii • Sagittarian • Siladian • Tellarite • Tholian • Tkon
States and organizations[]
- Amber Star • Applied Science Directorate • Bajor Division • Bajoran Militia • Cardassian Union • Dominion • Invidian Battalion • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Applied Science Directorate • Bajoran Cooperative Government • Bajoran Lunar Power Commission • Bajoran Resistance • Cardassian Central Records • Cardassian Home Battalions • Choir of Celestial Accountants • Department of Temporal Investigations • Detapa Council • Exalted Tellers • First Contact Office • Klingon Imperial Navy • Obsidian Order • PQ-1 • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • Symbiosis Commission • Tholian Assembly
Science and technology[]
- anesthezine • bicuprodyanide • chroniton • duck blind • Dyson sphere • fermion • holo • holographic viewer • holosuite • Missing Time Syndrome • neural depressant • neurozine • optolythic data rod • Orb of Wisdom • protoplaser • Red Orbs of Jalbador • Richter scale of culture • slingshot effect • station local time • verteron • verteron node
Ranks and titles[]
Other references[]
- Altonian brain teaser • amusement park • Anslem • bat'leth • Cardassian Uniform Code of Military Justice • Carrington Award • Celestial Market • Class Y planet • Colonial Independence Day • dabo • darts • Day of Withdrawal • Days of Atonement • deeth mok • déjà vu • Denevan crystal • Dominion War • The Ferengi Connection • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • first contact • Galeo-Manada • Galor • glitterball • Great Material River • Grumpackian tortoise • headskirt • Higgs • IDIC • ideogram • Imolian butter • Jalkaree • Jefferies tube • jumja • kanar • k'Thatic • krimanganee • latinum • Lauriento massage holoprogram 101A • lemonade • Mandylion • Marauder Mo • Martian • Martian tequila • millipede juice • mooshk • Nagal Doorman • neemuk • Occupation of Bajor • One True Way • orange juice • piano • plexiglass • pon farr • Prime Directive • raktajino • Rite of Kanlee • Rocket to the Moon • Romulan ale • Romulan Wars • Rumtag • Saurian brandy • Snoggin • "Stretch" • Sunday • targ • Teiresian veil • Tiyerta nok • tongo • Trading Tongue • trianium • Vulcan Love Slave • Vulcan Love Slave, Part II: The Revenge • War of the Prophets • w'Han Do • Will of the Prophets
Appendices[]
Related stories[]
Background information[]
- The audiobook of this novel was narrated by Joe Morton.
- A similar plot is present in the game The Fallen.
- The Fall of Terok Nor featured the eighth part of Michael Jan Friedman's Starfleet: Year One.
External links[]
- The Fall of Terok Nor article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Legends of the Ferengi |
DS9 unnumbered novels | Next novel: The War of the Prophets |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Sound of Her Voice |
Next Adventure: The War of the Prophets | |
| Previous Adventure: The Sound of Her Voice |
Deep Space Nine Adventures | Next Adventure: The War of the Prophets |
| Previous Adventure: Inferno Cardassian withdrawl from Terok Nor |
Deep Space Nine Adventures Chapter 1 |
Next Adventure: Emissary |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2374. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Inferno 2369 |
2369 Chapter 1 |
Next Adventure: Debtors' Planet |
| Previous Adventure: Preserver The Ashes of Eden |
2400 Chapter 29 |
Next Adventure: The War of the Prophets |