Emissary, J.M. Dillard
Emissary, J.M. Dillard
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Emissary

Author: J.M. Dillard

Narrator: Nana Visitor

Abridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/1993


Synopsis

An original novel based on the acclaimed Star Trek TV series!

Commander Benjamin Sisko is just recovering from the death of his wife when he is assigned command over the former Cardassian, but new Federation space station, Deep Space Nine. This space station is strategically located not only because of its orbit about Bajor, but also because of its proximity to the only known stable wormhole in the galaxy. After meeting the other Bajoran and Starfleet personnel assigned to the station, including a former Bajoran freedom fighter and a shapeshifter, Sisko finds himself in that very wormhole and in the midst of a metaphysical experience as the alien inhabitants of the wormhole question the concepts of time and love. Sisko, filled with humanistic hubris, begins to explain these experiences, and resolve his painful past.

About J.M. Dillard

J.M. Dillard grew up coddled in the wilds of central Florida. After leaving her mother’s sheltering arms, she left Florida to reside in various locales, including Washington, DC, Vermont, and Southern California. She herself now coddles a two-hundred-pound husband and two ninety-pound Labradors, all of whom are well-trained but persist in believing themselves to be lapdogs. She is the author of a plethora of Star Trek books; as Jeanne Kalogridis (her evil alter-ego), she is the author of the acclaimed Diaries of the Family Dracul trilogy, and the historical fantasy The Burning Times.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anissa on August 02, 2021

I recently watched the first episode of DS9 and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed the show and also that I had not watched the entire series. It's probably partially responsible for my love of stories set on space stations. I decided to give the novelization a read and found it very well done mos......more

Goodreads review by Argent on August 06, 2024

Title: ST: DS9 #1 "Emissary" Author: J.M. Dillard Genre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Publication year: 1993 Review: There was something special about the DS9 crew that I loved from the beginning. The crew was saddled with the difficulty of a science fiction program being speculative from a static base......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on April 28, 2023

Emissary is the novelization of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine original pilot episode by Michael Piller and Rick Berman where the survivor of a Borg attack, Commander Benjamin Sisko is tasked by Starfleet to command a space station that was once a Cardassian stronghold. The station orbits the planet......more

Goodreads review by Myke on April 24, 2018

As massive of a Star Trek fan as I was when DS9 premiered, you'd think I would have seen the debut episode. You'd think I would have videotaped every episode and watched all the time when I felt like it. Nope. I did start watching the show, several episodes into the series, but hadn't seen the premier......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on April 07, 2020

This exists as a half-way house between JM Dillard's other Trek books. It's miles ahead of her thin TNG-film transcripts (which I'm guessing were dictated to from on high), but not as impressive as her adaptations of Star Trek's V and VI, nor her earlier TOS novels. It's based on earlier drafts of t......more