DS9: The Dominion War: Call to Arms Review Thread (Spoilers!)

[bok2384]

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Call to Arms by Diane Carey is the second book in The Dominion War series and forms a duology with the fourth entry, Sacrifice of Angels. This novelization adapts the sixth season DS9 episodes "A Time to Stand" and "Rocks and Shoals" in their entirety, as well as portions of "Behind the Lines" and "Sons and Daughters".

Blurb on forward sensors:

Based on:

"Call to Arms" written by Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
"A Time to Stand" written by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler
"Sons and Daughters" written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle
"Rocks and Shoals" written by Ronald D. Moore
"Behind the Lines" written by René Echevarria
"Favor the Bold" written by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler
"Sacrifice of Angels" written by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler

 

[Paul Weaver]

Are these novelisations really worth reading if you've watched the episode dozens of times? Are there many added scenes, background information, and if so do they fit in with the wider trek universe?

 

[Christopher]

Are these novelisations really worth reading if you've watched the episode dozens of times? Are there many added scenes, background information, and if so do they fit in with the wider trek universe?

Carey's novelizations do reinterpret the story. She adds subplots and characters, mostly involving Sisko pursuing his own devious master plan against the Dominion behind the scenes. Which is tough to reconcile with the parts in "Behind the Lines" where he's frustrated about being stuck behind a desk while the Defiant goes off without him -- and in fact I think Carey has him go off on a secret mission of his own during that period. But it does give an interesting alternate perspective on things. As for whether it fits in, that's for the individual reader to decide, though I think it's pretty iffy.

 

[DS9Continuing]

^^^ Yeah, I'm definitely not happy with that part. I think it turns Sisko's storyline into pretty much the exact opposite of what the onscreen scenes intended.

But I did like the added scenes of the Defiant under Dax's command at the exact same time.

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[DS9forever]

I remember being disappointed that the novelization began mid-battle in "Call to Arms".