Deep Space Nine Relaunch

[Mage]

I stopped reading after Warpath, and I know my next novell should be Fearfull Symetry. But after that?

I've been out for a while, but really want to get back into the Relaunch.

 

[Christopher]

Fearful Symmetry is part one of a story that concludes in The Soul Key by the same author, Olivia Woods. After that, the storyline jumps forward five years to Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire by David R. George III, which will be out in January.

 

[neogothboy74]

What Christopher said. Plus, since "Warpath" there have also been the DS9 prequels, which, while not being 'Relaunch' novels do tie into the Relaunch:

Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers (2318-2328)
by James Swallow

Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves (2345-2357)
by S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison

Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles (2360-2369)
by S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison

There's also "The Never-Ending Sacrifice" by Una McCormack, which begins during Season 2 of DS9 (2370) but ends AFTER "The Soul Key".

So:

Fearful Symmetry by Olivia Woods (set in 2377)
The Soul Key by Olivia Woods (set in 2377)
The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack (2370-2378)

Then there are also DS9 characters featured throughout the "Destiny Trilogy" by David Mack & "A Singular Destiny" by KRAD, the present day events of which take place in 2381.

 

[Mage]

Alright then, thanks for the help.

Probably only going to get the three that are out, and the one that's coming. After that, if there's anymore DS9 relaunch, who knows.

 

[JD]

The DS9 characters from who appeared in Destiny and a few other who weren't will also be appearing in this month's new release Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game, which takes place around the same time and Rough Beasts of Empire and after Destiny and A Singular Destiny.

 

[David R. George III]

Neither David Mack's excellent Zero Sum Game nor my Rough Beasts of Empire are, strictly speaking, Deep Space Nine novels, although the former features Bashir and the latter, Sisko. My story picks up Sisko four years down the road from The Soul Key.

 

[shanejayell]

Is there any chance of a 'Full Circle' sort of book to cover the gap between Soul Key and Destiny? I understand there's several years there.....

 

[kkozoriz1]

Neither David Mack's excellent Zero Sum Game nor my Rough Beasts of Empire are, strictly speaking, Deep Space Nine novels, although the former features Bashir and the latter, Sisko. My story picks up Sisko four years down the road from The Soul Key.

How accurate is the back cover blurb on Amazon?

 

[David R. George III]

^ I'd say that the blurbs are reasonably accurate.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Is there any chance of a 'Full Circle' sort of book to cover the gap between Soul Key and Destiny? I understand there's several years there.....

That's the idea of jumping forward: to give characters lots of opportunities to reveal secrets of recent years, as well as secrets from their lives before we met them canonically. Why the hurry to fill in missing years? Let them be revealed over time.

 

[kkozoriz1]

No, the idea of jumping forward is to being all the TNG era books into the same general time so that crossovers are easier to do.

 

[F. King Daniel]

^But it does open the door for lots of interesting non-linear storytelling.

 

[kkozoriz1]

That's true but it's a consequence of the jump, not the cause.

 

[Therin of Andor]

No, the idea of jumping forward is to being all the TNG era books into the same general time so that crossovers are easier to do.

No, it's not necessarily "easier to do" at all. Parallel tales and parts of a close-continuity story arc are probably much harder to keep consistent (as we saw with the character developments in Peter David TNG novel, "Before Dishonor") It was a storytelling choice by the editor after Marco departed.

That's true but it's a consequence of the jump, not the cause.

And you know this because...?

I'm going on what Peter David and Marco Palmieri once said about the jump that occurred in "New Frontier" and, IIRC, what Margaret Clark suggested about the other 24th century series. The strategy is a storytelling choice that gives the readers some new, unknown, recent backstories for the characters that can be revealed even as the new events unfold.

 

[JD]

And even if it doesn't make crossovers easier and more common, it does at least meant they don't have to be as cautious about mentioning anything DS9 related. I know it was bugging me that we were getting all of the cameos and references to pretty much all of the other series, but never much about DS9.

 

[kkozoriz1]

No, the idea of jumping forward is to being all the TNG era books into the same general time so that crossovers are easier to do.

No, it's not necessarily "easier to do" at all. Parallel tales and parts of a close-continuity story arc are probably much harder to keep consistent (as we saw with the character developments in Peter David TNG novel, "Before Dishonor") It was a storytelling choice by the editor after Marco departed.

That's true but it's a consequence of the jump, not the cause.

And you know this because...?

I'm going on what Peter David and Marco Palmieri once said about the jump that occurred in "New Frontier" and, IIRC, what Margaret Clark suggested about the other 24th century series. The strategy is a storytelling choice that gives the readers some new, unknown, recent backstories for the characters that can be revealed even as the new events unfold.

Then why not jump one year or two or ten? Why jump to the exact same timeframe as the other series? And bringing up Peter David and Before Dishonor doesn't really raise my hopes.

Generally speaking I dislike the jump as a story telling device. I didn't like it when The Legion did it, I didn't like it when next Frontier did it As a matter of fact that's right around when I gave up on New Frontier. Some may see it as a jumping on spot, I saw it as a chance to jump off. We'll see how it goes with DS9 but based on the blurbs for Rough Beasts of Empire I'd hate for it to hold true for DS9 as well. We shall see.

 

[JD]

It also might be worth mentioning that yesterday DRGIII said in another thread, that RBE isn't a true DS9 novel, it just had a DS9 character.
EDIT: Found the quote

Neither David Mack's excellent Zero Sum Game nor my Rough Beasts of Empire are, strictly speaking, Deep Space Nine novels, although the former features Bashir and the latter, Sisko. My story picks up Sisko four years down the road from The Soul Key.

Make of that what you will.

 

[David Mack]

Among the DS9-R characters who make at least passing appearances in Zero Sum Game are Dr. Julian Bashir, Ezri Dax, Quark, Ro Laren, Prynn Tenmei, Elias Vaughn, Sam Bowers, Mikaela Leishman, Dr. Simon Tarses, and ops officer Jang Si Naran. Not all of them are still assigned to Deep Space 9, but some of them are.

Alas, I can say no more — I've said too much already.

 

[kkozoriz1]

So it's fair to say that even though there may not be a DS9 story per se, at least two of the books will be setting up the new status quo for DS9-R.

 

[David Mack]

^ That's a reasonable interpretation of the available facts, yes.