Warchild
Dr. Bashir must save a dying child who may be Bajor's last chance for peace!

Warchild is a Pocket DS9 novel – #7 in the numbered series – written by Esther Friesner. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
A message left behind by the Kai Opaka gives Commander Benjamin Sisko a fateful mission: find a young Bajoran girl destined to be a great healer who could bring together the warring factions of Bajor. While Lt. Dax tries to find the healer, Dr. Bashir goes planetside to treat a rare disease that is killing the children in Bajor's resettlement camps.

Surrounded by thousands of dying children, Bashir goes A.W.O.L. from Deep Space Nine, vowing not to return until the plague has been stopped. But by the time Dax finds the girl from the Kai's prophecy the child has fallen victim to the plague. Now, with the fate of the entire planet at stake, Commander Sisko must find Dr. Bashir in time to save the child who may be Bajor's last chance for peace.

Background information 
 This is the first Star Trek novel by Esther Friesner. She commented, "I made the leap from watching the show to wanting to write a Trek novel because the editor of the Trek line asked me if I'd like to do so for the new Deep Space Nine. I think this invitation came before DS9 began to air, so I didn't have a lot of background to catch up on." () Friesner's idea "came from the plight of people dealing with the aftermath of a long war, especially those whom the war has rendered as Displaced Persons." ()
The novel is set between the first and second seasons of DS9. Mary F. Taylor commented that the events of the novel could explain what she saw as  a change in Bashir's character, from over eager in the first season to more subdued in the second. (Adventures in Time and Space, p 189)

Characters

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

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