Sacraments of Fire by David R. George III (English) Paperback Book

Description: Sacraments of Fire by David R. George III Synopsis coming soon....... FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The latest novel in the ongoing Next Generation/Deep Space Nine expanded universe crossover, from New York Times bestselling author David George!Days after the assassination of Federation President Nan Bacco on Deep Space 9, the unexpected appearance of a stranger on the station raises serious concerns. He seems dazed and confused, providing—in a peculiar patois of the Bajoran language—unsatisfactory answers. He offers his identity as Altek, of which there is no apparent record, and he claims not to know where he is or how he got there. A quick scan confirms the visitor is armed with a projectile weapon—a firearm more antiquated than, but similar to, the one that took President Baccos life. But the Bajoran liaison to the station believes that Altek has been sent from the Prophets, out of a nearby wormhole. The last time such an event occurred, it was to reassure Benjamin Sisko of his place as the Emissary. For what purpose has Altek now been sent out of the Celestial Temple? ™, ®, & © 2015 CBS Studios, Inc. STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of CBS Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Author Biography David R. George III has written more than a dozen Star Trek novels, including Ascendance, The Lost Era: One Constant Star, The Fall: Revelation and Dust, Allegiance in Exile, the Typhon Pact novels Raise the Dawn, Plagues of Night, and Rough Beasts of Empire, as well as the New York Times bestseller The Lost Era: Serpents Among the Ruins. He also cowrote the television story for the first-season Star Trek: Voyager episode "Prime Factors." Additionally, David has written nearly twenty articles for Star Trek magazine. His work has appeared on both the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller lists, and his television episode was nominated for a Sci-Fi Universe magazine award. You can chat with David about his writing at Facebook.com/DRGIII. Excerpt from Book Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sacraments of Fire 1 Captain Ro Laren stood in the four-pad transporter room adjoining the Hub, the disc-shaped command complex that crowned Deep Space 9. She stared at the stranger who had just materialized there. Ros chief engineer, Miles OBrien, hadnt beamed the man onto DS9, though, but had transported aboard an hourglass-shaped object that glowed green and looked like an Orb of the Prophets. It exited from the wormhole moments earlier, and sensors detected a life-form within it. Once brought aboard, it vanished in a brilliant flash of white light, leaving a Bajoran man standing in its place. "Who are you?" Ro asked. "My name," the man said, "is Altek Dans." The name meant nothing to Ro. She glanced to one side, to her security chief, Lieutenant Commander Jefferson Blackmer. He carried a phaser in one hand, a precaution the captain had ordered before allowing the Orb on board. Ro nodded her head toward the rooms lone freestanding console, where OBrien had stationed himself to operate the transporter. Following the captains unspoken command, Blackmer quickly crossed the compartment. After handing his weapon off to the chief engineer, he took a position beside him and began working a secondary panel on the console. As she heard the feedback chirps of the security chiefs efforts, Ro introduced herself to the stranger, giving her rank and name. She saw no hint of recognition in the mans expression. When he did not respond to her, she scrutinized him. The ridges at the top of his nose identified him as Bajoran, but such characteristics could be faked, and so she would have him examined in Sector General for confirmation. Perhaps a head taller than Ro, he had dark hair, straight and cut short, and dark eyes. A bronze complexion showcased his chiseled features, while several days growth of beard did nearly as much to hide them. He wore grimy, disheveled clothes--heavy black pants and a black, long-sleeved sweater--and well-worn hiking boots. Dirt covered his hands and smudged his face. More than anything, he looked as though he had lived at least the prior few days outdoors. "Are you sky?" the man asked abruptly. He spoke Bajoran, but with a peculiar patois that Ro couldnt place. It raised her suspicions, thinking that perhaps he had learned the language offworld. Offworld, like on Ab-Tzenketh, Ro thought, not without bitterness. Five days earlier, at a ceremony intended to inaugurate the new starbase and to help sow peace in the region, the captain and most of her crew had witnessed the ruthless assassination of Federation President Nanietta Bacco. Initially, a Bajoran national--Enkar Sirsy, chief of staff for the first minister--had been implicated in the monstrous crime, but just the day before, additional evidence had cleared her and pointed instead to Tzenkethi involvement. "Am I . . . sky, did you ask?" The question made no sense, and Ro wondered if shed correctly understood the oddly accented words. The man looked away from her and around the transporter room. He wore a mien of confusion, perhaps even of disorientation, and he began to exhibit signs of agitation. When he eventually peered back at the captain, he blurted, "Im not ice." The avowal seemed as absurd to Ro as his question. Suddenly, the man started forward, toward the two steps that led down from the front of the raised platform. Ro quickly raised her hand, palm out. "I wouldnt," she said sharply, and the man stopped at once. "Weve erected a level-one containment field around the transporter." "I dont . . . I dont know what that means," the man said. "It means that theres a force field surrounding the platform youre standing on," Ro said. The man shook his head as though confused. "Where am I?" he asked. "How did you bring me here?" Before Ro could reply, Blackmer spoke up from the console. "Captain, I cant find any record, in any of our databases, of an Altek Dans." "Well, Mister Altek?" Ro said. "Would you care to tell us your real name, as well as where youre from and what youre doing here?" The captain could not help thinking that the wormhole connected to the Gamma Quadrant--home to the Dominion, an interstellar power that had waged a long and brutal war against the Federation and other Alpha Quadrant nations. Occurring so soon after the assassination, and only a day before Deep Space 9s ten thousand civilian residents would begin to arrive, the unexpected appearance of an unknown individual on the starbase gave Ro serious concerns. "Ive told you my name," the man said. "Im from Joradell, and I have no idea how or why youve brought me here--or even where here is." "Is Joradell a planet in the Gamma Quadrant?" Ro asked. "Is it part of the Dominion?" The investigation into the murder of President Bacco had not uncovered any connection with the Founders, but the captain wouldnt exclude any possibilities, especially regarding present or historic enemies of the Federation. "Joradell isnt a planet," the man said. "Its an Aleiran city on Bajor." "I was born and raised on Bajor, and Ive never heard of any such city," Ro said. "Why dont you drop the pretense and--" "Captain!" Blackmer called out, racing back up beside her. Ro saw that he had taken his phaser back from OBrien. "Automatic sensors didnt issue any alerts, but I performed a manual scan. It revealed that the man is carrying a projectile weapon." The information distressed Ro. President Bacco had been killed with such a weapon. "Chief," she asked OBrien, "can you disarm him?" "Isolating the weapon now," the engineer said, his thick fingers marching across the transporter console. "Beam it into the bunker," Ro ordered. Officially designated the Explosive Device Containment Chamber, the compartment, located in an outer section at the base of Deep Space 9s main sphere, provided a secure environment into which potentially dangerous objects could be placed. Physically reinforced bulkheads and triply redundant containment fields separated the chamber from the rest of the starbase, and a sophisticated transporter system could automatically redirect the force of any detonations out into the vacuum of space. "Aye, sir," OBrien said. As he operated his controls, Ro heard a muffled, high-pitched hum. The man, obviously hearing it too, seemed to concentrate for a few moments on the sound, then quickly reached to the back of his hip--to where, Ro assumed, he carried his weapon. His hand came away empty. Ro paced forward until she stood just in front of the steps leading up to the transporter platform. On her face, she could feel the tingle of the charged air between her and the unseen containment field. "Mister Altek, or whatever your actual name is, I am placing you under arrest for illegally bringing a weapon onto this starbase. You will be detained pending our investigation and the filing of formal charges against you." "Starbase?" the man said. "I dont . . . I didnt--" "Chief," Ro said, "transport our guest to the stockade." "Aye." In just seconds, strands of white light formed above the platform, joined an instant later by equally bright motes. As they expanded to envelop the man, his face grew panicked. After a moment, he faded from view. Ro turned to face her security chief. "I want him under constant surveillance." "I understand, Captain." The entire incident troubled Ro, but something more specific gnawed at her. "Why didnt the firearm show up on automated scans?" she wanted to know. After a projectile weapon had been employed in the assassination of the Federation president, the captain, in consultation with Blackmer, had decided to order the sensor protocols within the starbase modified to include monitoring for such arms, despite their antiquation and rare usage. "I need to verify this," the security chief said, "but I believe its because our visitors weapon was far more primitive than . . ." He didnt finish his statement, but he didnt need to; Ro understood that he meant to compare the firearm just brought aboard to the one that had ended President Baccos life. The captain nodded. "Have your security team conduct an examination of the weapon, and then work with Nog to adjust the internal sensors accordingly." Lieutenant Commander Nog functioned as both DS9s chief of operations and its assistant chief engineer. "I want to know when a weapon of any kind is brought aboard this base." "Aye, sir." "In the meantime, execute a deeper search for information about our visitor, and then interrogate him," Ro said. "I want to know who he is, and how and why he traveled out of the wormhole in an Orb." "So do I," Blackmer agreed, his seriousness of purpose evident in the set of his jaw. "Chief," Ro said, addressing OBrien. "Inspect the weapon in the bunker. Lets make sure its not more than it appears to be. Also, try to determine its point of origin." OBrien acknowledged his orders, and Ro headed out of the transporter room, her two officers falling in behind her. She commanded a shining new state-of-the-art starbase, constructed by the Core of Engineers and outfitted by Tactical in such a way as to render it as impregnable as Starfleet technology allowed, and yet Ro felt less secure at that moment than she had on the old station--despite the fact that rogue elements of the Typhon Pact had, just two years previously, reduced the or Details ISBN1476756333 Publisher Simon & Schuster Series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Year 2015 ISBN-10 1476756333 ISBN-13 9781476756332 Format Paperback Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 813.6 Short Title ST DS9 SACRAMENTS OF FIRE Language English Media Book Pages 400 NZ Release Date 2015-07-02 UK Release Date 2015-07-02 Author David R. George III AU Release Date 2015-06-30 Audience General Publication Date 2015-07-02 Imprint Star Trek US Release Date 2015-07-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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