The Badlands, Book Two
The nail-biting conclusion of an adventure that spans the Star Trek universe!

The Badlands, Book Two is a  novel – the second novel in  The Badlands duology – written by Susan Wright. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
Located perilously near the Cardassian border, the turbulent region of space known as the Badlands has been an interstellar hazard to navigation for at least two generations. Many starships have been lost amidst its violent plasma storms, but the true danger may only be beginning!

Before she began her historic sojourn in the Delta Quadrant, Captain Kathryn Janeway led the  into the Badlands in pursuit of a renegade Maquis vessel. There she encountered the same threatening and inexplicable phenomena that had previously endangered both Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard. Now, detoured from her mission by an urgent Cardassian distress call, Janeway finally uncovers the origin of the hidden menace!

Armed with Janeway's hard-won knowledge, Captain Benjamin Sisko must deal with the exposed threat once and for all. But first the  must battle both the Dominion and the Romulan Empire for control of an unleashed power source that could devastate the entire Alpha Quadrant!

Background information 
 The Voyager part is set during . The Deep Space Nine part is set between  and . The Changeling impersonating Bashir appears in the DS9 story.
The German edition was published under the  banner. 
 The novel contained Chapter Five of the serialized novel Starfleet: Year One.

Characters 
Benjamin Sisko
Kira Nerys
Julian Bashir
Jadzia Dax
Worf
Miles O'Brien
Quark
Leeta
Dukat
Weyoun
Kasidy Yates
Enabran Tain

Kathryn Janeway
Chakotay
Seska
Tuvok
B'Elanna Torres
Benjamin Sisko

References 
DMZ; Maquis; Starfleet; Badlands

External link 
 

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