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Love and Hate. Faith and Doubt. Guilt and Innocence. Peace and War.

Few television series have embraced this symphony of contradictions on the epic scale of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. From the vastness of space to the darkest depths of the soul, from the clash of empires to the struggles of conscience, from the crossroads of a galaxy to the convergence of hearts -- that seven-year journey was both universal and personal, challenging its audience with stories and characters that redefined Star Trek's Human Adventure for all time.

PATHWAYS TRAVELED... The widowed father struggling to rebuild his shattered life, reborn as a religious icon to millions of believers.

CHALLENGES CONQUERED... The resistance fighter who aided her former oppressors in their struggle for liberation and emerged as the leader she never imagined herself becoming.

TRUTHS REVEALED... The orphaned alien whose quest for his own identity became the salvation of a quadrant.

Rediscover this extraordinary saga in a landmark collection of tales that confronts assumptions, divulges secrets, and asks as many questions as it answers.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction: "What We Left Behind" - essay by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block
• 3 - Revisited, Part One - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - shortstory by Anonymous
• 11 - Ha'mara - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novella by Kevin G. Summers
• 67 - The Orb of Opportunity - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novelette by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
• 109 - Broken Oaths - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novelette by Keith R. A. DeCandido
• 133 - ...Loved I Not Honor More - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novelette by Christopher L. Bennett
• 171 - Three Sides to Every Story - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novella by Terri Osborne
• 217 - The Devil You Know - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novella by Heather Jarman
• 269 - Foundlings - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novella by Jeffrey Lang
• 305 - Chiaroscuro - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novelette by Geoffrey Thorne
• 349 - Face Value - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novelette by Una McCormack
• 387 - The Calling - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - novella by Andrew J. Robinson
• 431 - Revisited, Part Two - [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] - shortfiction by Anonymous

Statesman, scholar, scientist. Engineer, officer, ambassador. Mother, father... and murderer. Virtually immortal, the symbiotic Trill named Dax -- an alien creature who must join with a humanoid host to survived -- has experienced nine very different lives over 357 years of Star Trek history. Part historical epic, part anthology, The Lives of Dax tells the story of each of those incarnations, ranging from the formative days of the Federation to the terror of the war.

The first all-professional Star Trek ever published, The Lives of Dax features stories from award-winning authors such as Steven Barnes, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, L.A. Graf, and many others.Packed with major Star Trek guest stars and surprises, designed to appeal to fans of every version of Gene Roddenberry's star-spanning saga, The Lives of Dax is one the most important -- and unique -- events in Star Trek publishing history.

Table of Contents:

• ix - Introduction (The Lives of Dax) - essay by Marco Palmieri
• 1 - Second star to the right... - novelette by Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
• 43 - First Steps - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• 91 - Dead Man's Hand - novelette by Jeffrey Lang
• 131 - Old Souls - novelette by Michael Jan Friedman
• 167 - Sins of the Mother - novelette by S. D. Perry
• 199 - Infinity - novelette by Susan Wright
• 227 - Allegro Ouroboros in D Minor - novelette by S. D. Perry and Robert Simpson
• 263 - The Music Between the Notes - novella by Steven Barnes
• 313 - Reflections - novelette by Julia Ecklar and Karen Rose Cercone [as by L. A. Graf ]
• 357 - ...and straight on 'til morning - shortstory by Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens