Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Pocket)
has been published in  form by Pocket Books since  in the USA, the UK, and the Republic of Ireland under license from Paramount Pictures. Beginning with Revenant in , Simon & Schuster will release Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novels under its Gallery Books imprint.

Summary 
Pocket Books was the first publisher given license by Paramount to produce a series of original novels and episode novelizations based on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. All DS9 novels, technical publications and adaptations have been part of this ongoing series. Most of the numbered novels take place during the first four seasons of the series. 

The novels published during the run of the series sometimes found themselves quickly contradicted by the serialized nature of the series. Marco Palmieri commented: "Book publishing is not a fast process. From the time an idea for a novel is approved by Paramount to the day you actually see the book on a store shelf, an average of eighteen months has gone by. There are exceptions, but that's the average. Now factor in the fact that DS9 developed a evolving story with more character development and plot twists that any other Star Trek series. Given the speed at which those changes were taking place on screen, and the sheer scope and number of those changes from one episode to the next, it simply wasn't possible to for the books to keep up. An example: a novel that was approved during the middle of Season 3 probably wouldn't get published until the end of Season 4. Think of all the changes the characters and situations underwent in that time. That's the irony: one of the things that DS9 fans enjoyed most about the series actually worked against the novels!"

Post-finale novels 

The majority of novels being written now form part of the so-called "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch", which picks up the story after the end of the filmed series and has become extremely popular with readers. Michael Okuda created the new logo for the post- novels, which began in . The original DS9 logo is used for literature that is set during the series, such as the  anthology Prophecy and Change and the  novel Hollow Men. The Lives of Dax anthology was originally published in  with the classic DS9 logo, but was republished in 2003 with the relaunch logo.

The idea of continuing the story of Deep Space Nine in novel form came from Pocket editor Marco Palmieri, who discussed its conception and development in . Palmieiri considered the task of the post-finale series to be "an amazing opportunity for the fiction to continue where a show had left off – to offer its fans a vision of what happened next. We wanted it to be a true continuation, chronicling events that, like those on the TV series, would be fraught with consequences and free of resets" (). He was supported in his efforts by Paramount, in particular Paula M. Block in the Paramount licensing division.

Palmieri first developed what he terms the "metastory", the narrative framework for the stories to be told in, which would give what he called "a shared creative direction, but roomy and flexible enough to accommodate sudden inspirations or unexpected twists". He was keen to ensure the novels stayed close to "the tone and texture of the TV series while still presenting the audience with something new," () and while he was concerned that what was developed might eventually be contradicted by a future TV episode or movie, he considered it a worthy gamble. After two years of development, the series began with the two-part Avatar.

As well as featuring the characters from the television series and bringing Ro Laren into the series, the post-finale novels introduced brand new characters, such as Elias Vaughn, Taran'atar, Thirishar ch'Thane, Prynn Tenmei, and Sam Bowers, among others. Palmieri felt it important for the series to deal with the loss of characters who had moved on from the station at the end of the televised narrative, and to introduce these new arrivals, noting that "it was a great opportunity to create a new group dynamic where we could explore and learn about the new kids on the block, and explore the old ones in new ways" ().

Palmieri was also keen to develop different authorial voices through the relaunch: "The work is definitely more challenging that way, but ultimately more rewarding, I think. With that in mind, I reached out to authors I thought would get the new novels off to a good start." ()

Palmieri added: "It's not an undertaking for the timid. DS9 was a very complex, tightly written, character-driven serial with, I think, a well-deserved reputation for excellence in storytelling. You need to be crazy or arrogant to think you can transition that sort of entertainment experience from television to novels. It's probably fair to say I'm two out of two". ()

The post-finale novels became known to Ira Steven Behr, who commented in 2002: "I believe that the future [of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] lies in these books that I hear they are doing to continue it". ("Deep Space Memoirs", TV Zone, issue 50)

Christie Golden commented: "From what I hear, the DS9 relaunch is getting some big thumbs up from the readers."

Releases

Novelizations 
 #1:

Numbered 
 
 
 Bloodletter
 The Big Game
 Fallen Heroes
 
 Warchild
 
 Proud Helios
 
 Devil in the Sky
 The Laertian Gamble
 Station Rage
 The Long Night
 Objective: Bajor
 Invasion! #3: Time's Enemy
 The Heart of the Warrior
 
 
 Wrath of the Prophets
 Trial by Error
 Vengeance
 The 34th Rule
 Rebels #1: The Conquered
 Rebels #2: The Courageous
 Rebels #3: The Liberated
 A Stitch in Time

Unnumbered 
 Warped
 Legends of the Ferengi
 Day of Honor:
 #2: Armageddon Sky
 The Captain's Table:
 #3: The Mist
 The Dominion War:
 #2: 
 #4: 
 Millennium:
 The Fall of Terok Nor
 The War of the Prophets
 Inferno
 Prophecy and Change
 Hollow Men

Relaunch 
This represents editor Marco Palmieri's recommended reading order for the relaunch, until Unity.
 The Lives of Dax
 #27: A Stitch in Time
 Avatar:
 Avatar, Book One
 Avatar, Book Two
 Section 31
 #4: Abyss
 Gateways:
 #4: Demons of Air and Darkness
 What Lay Beyond: "Horn and Ivory"
 Mission Gamma
 #1: 
 #2: This Gray Spirit
 #3: Cathedral
 #4: Lesser Evil
 Rising Son
 The Left Hand of Destiny:
 Book One
 Book Two
 
 Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:
 #1: Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume One – Cardassia: The Lotus Flower and Andor: Paradigm
 #2: Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume Two – Trill: Unjoined and Bajor: Fragments and Omens
 #3: Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume Three – The Dominion: Olympus Descending and Ferenginar: Satisfaction Is Not Guaranteed
 Warpath
 Fearful Symmetry
 The Soul Key
 The Never-Ending Sacrifice
  Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game
  Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
  Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night
  Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn
 Star Trek: The Fall: Revelation and Dust
 Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found) (eBook)
 The Missing
 Rules of Accusation (eBook)
 Sacraments of Fire
 Ascendance
 Force and Motion
 The Long Mirage 
 Enigma Tales
 Original Sin
 I, The Constable (eBook)
 Revenant

Omnibus releases 
 Twist of Faith
 These Haunted Seas

Related stories 
 Tales of the Dominion War
 Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers:
 #6: Cold Fusion
  (omnibus)
 Star Trek: Terok Nor
 Day of the Vipers
 Night of the Wolves
 Dawn of the Eagles
Star Trek: Mirror Universe
Obsidian Alliances: Saturn's Children
Seven Deadly Sins: "Reservoir Ferengi", "Freedom Angst"
 Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
 Star Trek: Section 31:
 Disavowed

Young adult 
This was a series of young adult books based around the adventures of Jake and Nog published between 1994 and 1998. They were produced by Minstrel Books and published with the Pocket Books imprint.

 The Star Ghost
 Stowaways
 Prisoners of Peace
 The Pet
 
 
 Gypsy World
 Highest Score
 Cardassian Imps
 Space Camp
 Day of Honor: Honor Bound
 Trapped in Time

Characters 
 Pocket DS9 characters

External links

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