DS9 / Mirror Universe Books question

[Julio Angel Ortiz]

OK, so the last DS9 book I read was Fearful Symmetry (ok, I read Zero Sum Game, but I mean in the DS9 MU saga). I heard one or more of the short novels in the Mirror Universe books tie-in to the overall DS9 MU saga. What are the stories and can someone give a recommended reading order? For example, do I need to read them before reading the wrap-up in The Soul Key? Thanks.

 

[David Mack]

^ You should read Saturn's Children in the Obsidian Alliances anthology.

 

[neogothboy74]

You don't have to read the other Mirror Universe novels to understand what happens in "The Soul Key". It's another Star Trek book where anything you need to know is pretty much explained as you go. However, if you wanted to read / watch the other Mirror Universe entries they'd go something like this:

2063:
01 Enterprise Episode: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I (Teaser)

2155:
02 Enterprise Episode: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I
03 Enterprise Episode: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II
04 Glass Empires: Age of the Empress

2156:
05 Shards and Shadows: Nobunaga

2248:
06 Shards and Shadows: Ill Winds

2264:
07 Shards and Shadows: The Greater Good

2267:
08 TOS Episode: Mirror, Mirror
09 The Sorrows of Empire [Pages 1-30]

2268:
10 The Sorrows of Empire [Pages 31-58]
11 TOS Episode: The Tholian Web

2269-2276:
12 The Sorrows of Empire [Pages 59-162]

2277-2295:
13 Shards and Shadows: The Black Flag
14 The Sorrows of Empire [Pages 163-449]

2333:
15 Shards and Shadows: Three

2344:
16 Shards and Shadows: The Traitor

2353:
17 Obsidian Alliances: Cutting Ties [Pages ??? - ???]

2354:
18 Obsidian Alliances: Cutting Ties [Pages ??? - ???]

2358:
19 Shards and Shadows: A Terrible Beauty [Pages 313-315]

2361:
20 Shards and Shadows: A Terrible Beauty [Pages 319-323]

2365:
21 Shards and Shadows: A Terrible Beauty [Pages 326-329]

2369:
22 Seven Deadly Sins: Lust: Freedom Angst

2370:
23 DS9 Episode: Crossover

2371:
24 DS9 Episode: Through the Looking Glass
25 Glass Empires: The Worst of Both Worlds
26 Shards and Shadows: The Sacred Chalice
27 Obsidian Alliances: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent
28 Shards and Shadows: Bitter Fruit

2372:
29 Shards and Shadows: A Terrible Beauty [Pages 335-340]
30 DS9 Episode: Shattered Mirror
31 Shards and Shadows: Family Matters

2374:
32 DS9 Episode: Resurrection

2375:
33 DS9 Episode: The Emperor's New Cloak
34 Shards and Shadows: A Terrible Beauty [Pages 344-351]
35 Obsidian Alliances: Cutting Ties [Pages ??? - ???]
36 Obsidian Alliances: Saturn's Children

2376:
37 Shards and Shadows: A Terrible Beauty [Pages 316-318, 323-326, 329-340-344, 352-358]
38 Shards and Shadows: Homecoming
39 New Frontier: Turnaround
40 Shards and Shadows: Empathy
41 Shards and Shadows: For Want of a Nail
42 DS9: Fragments and Omens
43 DS9: Olympus Descending

2377:
44 DS9: Warpath
45 DS9: Fearful Symmetry
46 DS9: The Soul Key

2378:
47 Rise Like Lions ?

I made this list awhile back and any mistakes are my own.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ 47...

 

[JD]

2378:
47 Rise Like Lions ?

I made this list awhile back and any mistakes are my own.

The historical note in the RLL preview on the S&S site says the book begins in January 2377, and ends in 2381.

 

[Christopher]

Under 2333, shouldn't that be Stargazer: Three? And I don't think it was ever entirely clear whether that was actually the Mirror Universe or just something very similar. My impression is that it was deliberately left ambiguous.

 

[Julio Angel Ortiz]

Thanks for the responses. While I understand you don't need to read every book before The Soul Key to understand it, as a DS9 relaunch fan, I want to get the fuller story. But I was only asking relating to the DS9 MU saga, not the Mirror Universe in general (I should have made that clearer).

Sounds like Saturn's Children will be it. Thanks all!

 

[ATimson]

Under 2333, shouldn't that be Stargazer: Three? And I don't think it was ever entirely clear whether that was actually the Mirror Universe or just something very similar. My impression is that it was deliberately left ambiguous.

Turnaround is equally ambiguous - perhaps more so, since the enemy Alliance is shown using Federation ships instead of Klingon/Cardassian ones. If it's included, I don't see a reason to omit Three.

 

[Christopher]

^But it's listed as Shards and Shadows: Three instead of Stargazer: Three, which is my main point.