Hi all! I'm finally back with my latest – and final! – season of screenplays for my DS9Continuing project. In my seventh and final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine stories, I return to how the whole thing started – with a largely faithful adaptation of the official DS9 novels into TV episode-length screenplays. After seven years’ worth of these “episodes”, which took more than twice as long to write, and the Pocket Books literary continuity ending anyway in deference to the new Star Trek TV shows, it felt like time to bring this to a close. The novels in question are Zero Sum Game by David Mack, and the epic two-part Plagues of Night / Raise the Dawn by David R George III – with guest appearances from a handful of other stories along the way. That DRG3 duology was always designed as a potential end point for the DS9 story, making this an even more appropriate place to leave my tale. Readers familiar with the DS9 novel line will already know the general shape of this story. But I hope there will still be turns to surprise and delight even the most well-read of DS9 fans. I expanded the story beyond that told in the novels, bringing characters old and new to the forefront, hoping to create a powerful and emotional farewell to those denizens of Deep Space Nine, Bajor and beyond with whom we first fell in love almost 30 years ago. Episodes are available in PDF or ebook format for easy reading. In the meantime, all six previous seasons are available on my website DS9Continuing.com, as below: DS9 Season 8 – "Twist of Faith" DS9 Season 9 – "Fragments and Omens" DS9 Season 10 – "Ascension" DS9 Season 11 – "The Crucible" DS9 Season 12 – "Destiny" DS9 Season 13 – "Typhon Pact" NOTE: The 'cover image' is based on the background of the novel Plagues of Night by David R George III.
14x01 – "Siren" An attack at Utopia Planitia pushes the Federation once more to the brink of war... https://tinyurl.com/14x01-Siren-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x01-Siren-ebook
It's a bit of a mix. Seasons 8 and 9 were mostly straight adaptations of the existing novels, the only changes being to make them fit a TV-length screenplay format. Seasons 10 and 11 were when the novels had fizzled out leaving a cliffhanger, so I came up with my own original stories continuing the abandoned storylines. Seasons 12 and 13 were about half and half - based on the novels, but because those were so few and far between, my own ideas to fill in the gaps and deepen the stories. Season 14 is closer back to the existing novels again, but tweaked and expanded and developed. Where the novels later came back and contradicted what I'd already established, I did my best to find a way to make it all fit anyway, but my own continuity was "canon" in those cases. If you've never read the novels, you'll get a consistent, complete story. And if you have, hopefully you'll still find my work an interesting (and I arrogantly dare say, better) alternative. I hope you'll give them a shot .
14x02 – "Poker Face" Bashir and his ex Sarina infiltrate a Breen world with the help of Dax and the Aventine... https://tinyurl.com/14x02-PokerFace-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x02-PokerFace-ebook
14x03 – "Behind the Mask" Hiding with insurgents, Bashir and Sarina learn more about the Breen – and each other... https://tinyurl.com/14x03-BehindTheMask-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x03-BehindTheMask-ebook
14x04 – "Zero Sum Game" Dax, Bashir and Sarina are pushed to the limit to stop the Breen before it's too late... https://tinyurl.com/14x04-ZeroSumGame-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x04-ZeroSumGame-ebook
14x05 – "Insecurity" DS9 has a new security chief – a Ferengi woman – and Ro does not trust her at all... https://tinyurl.com/14x05-Insecurity-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x05-Insecurity-ebook
14x06 – "True Colours" Kira heads to Cardassia as part of a new exchange, but her visit soon comes under attack... https://tinyurl.com/14x06-TrueColours-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x06-TrueColours-ebook
14x07 – "The Summit" Hoping to avoid war, the Khitomer Accords and Typhon Pact leaders meet on neutral ground... https://tinyurl.com/14x07-TheSummit-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x07-The-Summit-ebook
14x08 – "99 Problems" Caught between Starfleet and the Andorians, Ro turns against her own security chief... https://tinyurl.com/14x08-99Problems-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x08-99Problems-ebook
14x09 – "Crossroads" As Typhon Pact ships arrive at the station, tensions rise and complex plots unfold... https://tinyurl.com/14x09-Crossroads-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x09-Crossroads-ebook Image credit c/o BBC Strictly Come Dancing
14x10 – "In Circles" Sisko and Robinson help to save a Gamma Quadrant world, but can Sisko save himself? https://tinyurl.com/14x10-InCircles-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x10-InCircles-ebook
14x11 – "Nightmare Fuel" While Sisko and crew probe a disaster, the Typhon Pact risk infiltrating the Dominion... https://tinyurl.com/14x11-NightmareFuel-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x11-NightmareFuel-ebook
14x12 – "Helter Skelter" As Sisko and the Romulans race to the wormhole, what is Candlewood's secret project? http://tinyurl.com/14x12-HelterSkelter-pdf http://tinyurl.com/14x12-HelterSkelter-ebook
14x13 – "Fragments" The crews of DS9, Defiant and Robinson react to devastating events in Bajoran space... https://tinyurl.com/14x13-Fragments-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x13-Fragments-ebook
14x14 – "Absolute Beginners" Setting up at a new base on Bajor, Ro and crew struggle to put their lives back together... https://tinyurl.com/14x14-AbsoluteBeginners-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x14-AbsoluteBeginners-ebook Image credit c/o @DS9Teasers
14x15 – "Odysseus' Scar" Prynn arranges a final memorial party for her father, at which old secrets are revealed... https://tinyurl.com/14x15-OdysseusScar-pdf https://tinyurl.com/14x15-OdysseusScar-ebook