Trial by Error
Quark's greed brings Deep Space Nine under attack!

Trial by Error is a Pocket DS9 novel – #21 in the numbered series – written by Mark Garland. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket 
After Quark brokers a too-good-to-be-true trade for gold-pressed latinum, Deep Space 9 is under fire from at least three different alien races, each accusing the others of theft, piracy, and worse. Then angry Klingons get involved, and so do the Ferengi – placing the entire station in the middle of a shooting war that might consume all of them.

Memorable quotes 
"You know, Jake, it sounds as if you think that women are a lot harder to handle than runabouts". - Sisko

Background information 
 The novel is set after the events of .
The author commented that the novel was: "was actually two different ideas that one day came rushing together quite handily when I considered doing a Deep Space Nine story. It's really a character story, a very fastpaced one. And the characters on DS9 were terrific". ()
Jake mentions the events of .
This novel coins the term trellium many years before  did.

Characters

Regular and recurring characters 
Benjamin Sisko  Starfleet captain, the CO of Deep Space 9.
Kira Nerys
Odo
Julian Bashir
Jadzia Dax
Quark
Worf
Jake Sisko
Miles O'Brien
Elim Garak
Rom

External link 
 

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