Time's Enemy is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by L.A. Graf. It was published in July 1996, the 16th book in Pocket Books' series of numbered DS9 novels, and the third part of four in the Invasion! crossover.
Description
- Millennia ago, an apocalyptic battle was fought in the Alpha Quadrant. The losers were banished, but what became of the victors?
- The Federation is threatened by this ancient mystery when a battered and broken version of the Defiant is found, frozen for five thousand years, in an icy cloud of cometary debris. Captain Sisko and the crew of Deep Space Nine are summoned to answer the most baffling question of their lives: how and when will their ship be catapulted back through time to its destruction? And does its ancient death mean that one of the combatants in a primordial battle is poised now to storm the Alpha Quadrant? Only the wormhole holds the answer—and the future of the Federation itself may depend on the secrets it conceals.
Summary
Starfleet finds an ancient version of the Defiant near Earth, prompting fears of the Furies using the Bajoran wormhole to invade the Alpha Quadrant again.
References
Characters
- Julian Bashir • Jadzia Dax • Michael Eddington • Fernandez • Gerjuoy • Goldman • Judith Hayman • Hovan • Kaddo'Borawn • Kira Nerys • Kirschbaum • Maile • Manan'Agar • Alynna Nechayev • Nes • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Pak Dorren • Heather Petersen • Pritz • P'sel • Quark • Rom • Shakaar Edon • Hajime Shoji • Benjamin Sisko • T'Kreng • Winn Adami • Yevlin Meris
- Referenced only
- Curzon Dax • Joran Dax • Torias Dax • Glotfelty • Elim Garak • Kirich • Morn • Nog • Keiko O'Brien • Molly O'Brien • Jean-Luc Picard • Regitz • Robb • Jake Sisko • Jennifer Sisko • Solvik • Stel • Sterchak
Locations
- Alpha Quadrant • Bajor • Bajoran wormhole • Deep Space 9 • Jem'Hadar station • Operations center • Oort cloud • Starbase 1 • Gamma Quadrant
- Referenced only
- Andor • Badlands • Brin Planetarium • Brundage Station • Cochrane Memorial • Earth • Furies Point • Kotar killing field • Okana shipyard • Organia • Pluto LaGrangian colonies • Qo'noS • Rigel sector • Sol • Terok Nor • Trill • Veska Province • Vulcan
Starships and vehicles
- USS Breedlove (Galaxy-class) • Corsair-class • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • Jem'Hadar fighter • Kronos-class • USS Mukaikubo (Galaxy-class) • USS Platte (Danube-class) • USS Rio Grande (Danube-class) • Sreba (Vulcan science vessel) • Vinca-class
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise-D • USS Saratoga
Races and cultures
- Referenced only
- Andorian • Borg • Cardassian • Elasian • Furies • Klingon • Lethean • Orion • Romulan • Tellarite • Tholian
States and organizations
- Referenced only
- Bajoran Trade Commission • Founders • Maquis • Obsidian Order • Shakaar resistance cell • Shesh caste • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command
Science and classification
- alien • ansible technology • antenna • antigen • artificial wormhole • biopsy • boromine citrate • brain • carapace • cerebral cortex • cloaking device • comm badge • deep space station • defense sail • diazradol • difluorine • dilithium • disease • energy • engineering tricorder • euthanasia • event horizon • fusion bomb • gravitational field • Haslev-Rahn disease • hydrogen bomb • hypo kit • hypospray • isoboramine • k'fken probe • long-range sensor • Mactru fever • minute • mitochondrial DNA • neurotransmitter • orbit • osteodermal regenerator • Pedone's Law of Imaginary Energy Usage • phaser bank • photon torpedo • plutonium • portable diagnostic scanner • portable replicator • quantum chronodynamics • quantum torpedo • refit • sensor • space station • stasis field • tactical plasma warhead • Tartha pox • temporal displacement • thermal diffuser • thermonuclear bomb • tinnitis • torpedo • tricorder • turbolift • universal translator • Vegan choriomeningitis • vertigo • viroid • wormhole • xenobiology
Ranks and titles
- cadet • captain • chief • doctor • Emissary of the Prophets • ensign • Honored Professor • kai • pharaoh • professor
Other references
- Argelian mocha sorbet • Billy the Brontosaur • B'stella • Chaat juice • Chfera stew • chocolate • Class 5 sector emergency • conference room • couscous • crystal • dabo • day • death icon • déjà vu • duranium • Elasian cloud apple • English language • Ferengi language • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • Ghiachan brandy • grakh'rahad • hematite • iron • jil-bird • Journal of Quantum Medicine • Klingonese • latinum • menorah • money • nickel • Nobel Prize • Occupation of Bajor • planet • Priority 1 • quarters • raktajino • redfruit • Rehk'resen • Rigellian chocolate • shore leave • springball • Subspace Physical Reviews • tongo • transparent aluminum • tritium • Trojan horse • uniform • vole • water • week • Zee-Magnees Prize
Appendices
Related media
- After the crew discover a Jem'Hadar creche, Sisko recalls Quark finding the Jem'Hadar youth in "The Abandoned".
Background
- Julia Ecklar and Karen Rose Cercone consider Time's Enemy to be their best Star Trek novel. (Voyages of Imagination)
- Time's Enemy is also one of David R. George III's favorite novels. [1]
- An excerpt of Time's Enemy appears in Adventures in Time and Space, a collection of the best Star Trek literature.
- The series featured a four-panel cover by Keith Birdsong showing characters from each book surrounding a broken image of one of the Furies. The complete cover art was used for the omnibus edition, but the Furies character's face was obscured by the title. The face could be seen in a promotional poster for the series. Additionally, on this volume it was decided to feature the Defiant, which is shown behind Kira and Sisko, again obscuring part of the Furies character's crown of snakes. The ship was not added on the German language edition by Heyne Verlag. The re-issue of the book released at the end of Heyne's tenure as licensed German publisher used a templated cover where the art was broken up with new space and comet effects added.
Images
Cover image.
Back cover image.
German language edition cover image.
German language edition cover image.
USS Defiant.
One of the Furies.
Connections
| Star Trek: Invasion! Novels |
|---|
| First Strike | The Soldiers of Fear | Time's Enemy | The Final Fury |
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Objective: Bajor |
DS9 numbered novels | Next novel: The Heart of the Warrior |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Elogium |
Next Adventure: The Final Fury | |
| Previous Adventure: Objective: Bajor |
Deep Space Nine Adventures | Next Adventure: Saratoga |
External link
- Time's Enemy article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
