Behind Enemy Lines
Captain Picard defends the Federation against the Changeling threat!

Behind Enemy Lines is a Pocket TNG novel – the first novel in The Dominion War series – written by John Vornholt. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
From the Gamma Quadrant they came – hordes of fierce Jem'Hadar warriors commanded by the mysterious Changelings, who will stop at nothing to achieve victory over both the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. Now that the Dominion has entered into an unholy alliance with the Cardassian military regime and seized control of Deep Space Nine, Starfleet finds itself fighting a losing war against unbeatable odds. As mighty fleets clash in the deadly battleground of space, the fate of the entire Alpha Quadrant hangs in the balance.

The  is patrolling the Cardassian border, bracing for the joint Dominion-Cardassian offensive that Starfleet knows will come soon, when Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew are reunited with a former crewmate, friend, and enemy: Ro Laren. The onetime officer, who defected from Starfleet to join the rebel Maquis, brings disturbing news. Deep behind enemy lines, the Dominion is attempting to build an artificial wormhole that will allow them to bypass the mined Bajoran wormhole and bring fresh reinforcements into the Alpha Quadrant, altering the balance of power irrevocably. If Captain Picard cannot stop the project, the new wormhole will guarantee the ultimate victory of the Dominion!

Background information 
 The novel's title does not appear on its cover, where it is identified as The Dominion War, Book One. Behind Enemy Lines appears only on the interior page header, and identifies the book in Pocket's backlist.
 An extract from this novel appeared in .
 According to author John Vornholt,  was developing a similar storyline at the time, but dropped it after his story received approval from Paramount. ()

Characters 
Jean-Luc Picard  Captain. 
William T. Riker  Commander. 
Data  Lieutenant Commander.
Deanna Troi  Commander. 
Worf  Lieutenant Commander. 
Beverly Crusher  Commander. 
Geordi La Forge  Lieutenant Commander. 
Ro Laren  Lieutenant. 
Alyssa Ogawa
Sam Lavelle
Taurik

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