Highest Score
They said it was only a game…

Highest Score is a Pocket DS9 Young Adult novel – #8 in the series – written by Kem Antilles. Published by Aladdin Paperbacks, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
Jake and Nog have hit the jackpot playing holo videogames in the Amusement Arcade. An alien named Kwiltek has offered them jobs helping him run remote-controlled mining operations on a distant planet where dull mining is turned into a thrilling video game. In the "gaming room," teams of kids work together monitoring the operations by remote control, loading cargo and defending against the most frightening "threats" they've ever seen on-screen. Now Jake and Nog can show their stuff! Soon they're competing with other alien kids to see who can haul the most ore.

It's the ultimate game – with pay! Until the night Jake and Nog slip into the command center and see a roomful of screens displaying real-life images of a devastated world where desperate natives are under attack by fighters that look very familiar! Suddenly the game is over – and the nightmare begins…

Characters 
Jake Sisko
Nog

Background information
"Kem Antilles" is a pseudonym for Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta. ( )

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