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So der Sohn
(Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
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Jake Siskos Suche nach der Wahrheit
Vor Monaten stieß der junge Jake Sisko in den Ruinen von B'hala auf eine rätselhafte Prophezeiung, laut der ein Sohn den Himmlischen Tempel der Propheten betreten und mit einem verschollenen Herold zurückkehren würde. In der Gewissheit, selbst dieser Sohn zu sein, reiste Jake ins Wurmloch, um seinen Vater zu suchen - den seit seiner letzt ...more
Vor Monaten stieß der junge Jake Sisko in den Ruinen von B'hala auf eine rätselhafte Prophezeiung, laut der ein Sohn den Himmlischen Tempel der Propheten betreten und mit einem verschollenen Herold zurückkehren würde. In der Gewissheit, selbst dieser Sohn zu sein, reiste Jake ins Wurmloch, um seinen Vater zu suchen - den seit seiner letzt ...more
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Despite some flaws this was a really page turner, as evidenced by the fact that I burned through it in 3 hours when I should have been asleep. Oops. Could have used less of the almost bizarrely out of character first person memoirs (Jakes supposed to be a good writer and uh, well,) and some of the characters were criminally underutilized (Glessin could have been SO interesting but got all of five pages) but whatever. Still enjoyed it.

An enjoyable read which finally picks up the long-abandoned story of Jake Sisko.
After suffering a ship-wide systems failure, Jake is rescued by a group of scavengers led by Captain Dez on the mysterious ship Even Odds. Jake gradually starts to enjoy his newfound life on the ship, even participating in a daring mission to loot a storage depot on a hostile alien planet. Little does he know he's on a collision cause with the results of a bizarre prophecy involving Kai Opaka and a deadly religious w ...more
After suffering a ship-wide systems failure, Jake is rescued by a group of scavengers led by Captain Dez on the mysterious ship Even Odds. Jake gradually starts to enjoy his newfound life on the ship, even participating in a daring mission to loot a storage depot on a hostile alien planet. Little does he know he's on a collision cause with the results of a bizarre prophecy involving Kai Opaka and a deadly religious w ...more

Okay. So. I liked the Jake bits, which was good because my mind refused to take in literally anything else -- there were so many new characters and I have no idea how I was expected to keep track (let alone care about) any of them. So much stuff, so few fucks. Slogging between the Jake bits literally took me months, but part of that has to do with finishing up my dissertation maybe...

The story of Jake Sisko is arguably one of the saddest fables ever penned in the history of science fiction. The loss of his mother to the Borg at Wolf 359 led to him being raised alone by a starfleet commander based at the very edge of the known universe. Add to the mix the discovery of the first ever stable wormhole linking one quadrant of the galaxy to another, the war hungry and militaristic Cardassians, the peace loving and religious Bajorans, the Prophets, Ferengi, the Founders, the Shapes
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Sep 13, 2018
Bron
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It feels quite a long time ago, in this sequence of novels about Deep Space 9, that Jake Sisko took the space craft equivalent of an old banger into the wormhole and disappeared. In this book we learn that he didn't find the Prophets, but was rescued from a near fatal accident in the gamma quadrant by the crew of a ship called the Even Odds. This ship runs a legal salvaging business, and a somewhat less legal venture recovering lost treasures. The crew is a bunch of very likeable aliens who take
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Considering that this is a book about one of the least vivid characters on DS9 (that's not really a slam, because the show is so packed with vivid characters - the comparison is just such a weird one to make), albeit one with a small history of making me cry (should we just watch "Nor the Battle to the Strong" again real quick? [it won't be quick because the DS9 credits are eight hours long]), and, oh, also, (practically) nobody you know is in this book . . . Well, actually, it was pretty entert
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Dec 28, 2019
Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
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I just have to say, it was about time to have a story focused on the adventures of Jake Sisko, one of the most likable, endearing TV kids of all time! When Jake disappeared through the wormhole at the beginning on the relaunch, I was wondering with each book when we would find out what happened. I love that he ended up on an alien treasure hunting ship, filled with likable characters, some of whom are very unique alien species that I had fun trying to picture in my mind as I read. The story itse
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can't fucking believe they made "jake sisko goes to firefly and also there's a prophecy" a good book but they did
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Sep 08, 2020
A.K. Johns
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In order to fully appreciate this book and it’s story, you may wish to refresh your memory of the events in the following TV Episodes-
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1:
Episode 5 - Captive Pursuit (Tosk)
Episode 9 - Move Along Home (The Wadi/Facity)
Episode 12 - Battle Lines (Kai Opaka)
Season 2:
Episode 26 - The Jem’Hadar (The Dominion/Jake)
Season 3:
Episode 20 - Improbable Cause (Glessin)
Episode 22 - The Die Is Cast (Glessin)
Season 4:
Episode 16 - Accession (Kai Opaka)
Season 5:
Episode 4 - Nor The ...more
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1:
Episode 5 - Captive Pursuit (Tosk)
Episode 9 - Move Along Home (The Wadi/Facity)
Episode 12 - Battle Lines (Kai Opaka)
Season 2:
Episode 26 - The Jem’Hadar (The Dominion/Jake)
Season 3:
Episode 20 - Improbable Cause (Glessin)
Episode 22 - The Die Is Cast (Glessin)
Season 4:
Episode 16 - Accession (Kai Opaka)
Season 5:
Episode 4 - Nor The ...more

At the end of the final book in the Mission Gamma series, the Defiant picked up Jake Sisko, who had been missing for months. He was with an alien female named Wex and to everyone's surprise, Opaka Sulan, former kai of Bajor. This book details how all this came to pass.
Jake's shuttle broke down completely, including life support. Before he could succumb to hypothermia, a ship rescued him. He woke up to a doglike humanoid, Pifko, wh0 told him he was on a salvage ship, the Even Odds. The crew was m ...more
Jake's shuttle broke down completely, including life support. Before he could succumb to hypothermia, a ship rescued him. He woke up to a doglike humanoid, Pifko, wh0 told him he was on a salvage ship, the Even Odds. The crew was m ...more

We finally found out what Jake has been up to all this time! The story told here takes place across the months that the past several DS9 relaunch books have covered, from 'Abyss' through to the final 'Mission Gamma' novel.
Jake is something of an abandoned character in Star Trek. The TV show certainly gave him his own path, but he was always in his father's shadow (as he is very aware of in this book). To most people, he was always just "the son of the Emissary", rather than his own person. I alw ...more
Jake is something of an abandoned character in Star Trek. The TV show certainly gave him his own path, but he was always in his father's shadow (as he is very aware of in this book). To most people, he was always just "the son of the Emissary", rather than his own person. I alw ...more

Surprisingly, this has probably been one of my favorite DS9 Relaunch novels thus far.
I began it thinking, “Really? An entire book about Jake Sisko?” Not that I have anything against the character. Cirroc Lofton is a great actor and did a great job. He’s just not my favorite character. But after having finished Perry’s novel, I am decidedly impressed by what she gave us.
This book follows Jake way after his disappearance near the beginning of the Relaunch. He’s ended up in the Gamma Quadrant and ...more
I began it thinking, “Really? An entire book about Jake Sisko?” Not that I have anything against the character. Cirroc Lofton is a great actor and did a great job. He’s just not my favorite character. But after having finished Perry’s novel, I am decidedly impressed by what she gave us.
This book follows Jake way after his disappearance near the beginning of the Relaunch. He’s ended up in the Gamma Quadrant and ...more

This book was difficult for me to get hold of due to it being out of print. It was well worth the wait.
I loved this story right from the get-go. Some of the characters I already know and love. The established names from the TV show fitted in well with the guest characters. The author took great care to weave her own story in with the main story arc of DS9.
I was especially pleased that several Wadi characters had been included. I wanted to meet more of this fascinating species and this book provi ...more
I loved this story right from the get-go. Some of the characters I already know and love. The established names from the TV show fitted in well with the guest characters. The author took great care to weave her own story in with the main story arc of DS9.
I was especially pleased that several Wadi characters had been included. I wanted to meet more of this fascinating species and this book provi ...more

So what happened to Jake Sisko? Apparently met a bunch of aliens that are unlike anything we have seen in the Star Trek universe before. returnreturnThis book was not nearly as good as the ones S.D. Perry wrote earlier in the DS9 Relaunch series. Her description of the new aliens didn't really give me enough to understand who these new half man dog people were, it would have been beneficial to put the crew of the wa on the cover. returnreturnHowever the back-story to whatever happened to Qai Opa
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This picks up the Jake Sisko thread from the end of Avatar. Unfortunately, it doesn’t connect him with his father like I expected. The people he encounters make for an interesting adventure, but it still feels like two steps forward and one step back. I’m also not sure if the appearance of a certain someone at the end is a very creative decision. I just really want closure with Jake and Benjamin, and I’m honestly not sure if that ever happens in these books.

It was slow going at first, and I had to restart because of changing POVs, but once I got more into that's what really drew me in and made me get really into it. The Even Odds crew was really a joy, and I want more. Bringing back Opaka and having her POV made her seem more normal and less holy.
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Enjoyable continuation of the DS9 story.
A fun story with some interesting Star Trek that might be difficult to translate to screen. Jake's character rings true. Excited to see where the story goes next. ...more
A fun story with some interesting Star Trek that might be difficult to translate to screen. Jake's character rings true. Excited to see where the story goes next. ...more

BORING!! but does tie up all the loose ends for Jake. Kind of a spin off for the DS9 relaunch books. Though it was well written and does add to Jake's story line it is one you can skip.
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Was hoping for something more akin to Jake Sisko's equivalent journey to Jacen's in Traitor, but what we got is...fine.
3.5/5 Honestly, I found Opaka's story the more compelling. ...more
3.5/5 Honestly, I found Opaka's story the more compelling. ...more

2.5*
Honestly I find a lot of Jake's adventures fairly boring.
I do love the return of Opaka obviously and I liked the subversion of the prophecy tho. ...more
Honestly I find a lot of Jake's adventures fairly boring.
I do love the return of Opaka obviously and I liked the subversion of the prophecy tho. ...more

Mar 09, 2016
Erica
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This novel is about what happened to Jake during the time he was away from Deep Space Nine trying to fulfill the prophecy and bring his father back home. Nothing went quite the way he expected it to, and in some ways I would say that this is a coming of age story. And a really good one at that.
"Hey, wake up. Human boy."...more
It was the odor as much as the insistent verbal prodding. Jake cracked open one eye and found himself looking at a dog, one with dark brown eyes and a narrow muzzle, its head s

Rising Son - B+
Well, it took me a while, and a few times to start it, but I finally finished Rising Son. I kind of pushed myself to get more into this book this weekend, I found it took me over the same way Avatar did. I mentioned in a previous post how I felt the first part of this novel was really slow. I mean we have Jake in a significantly damaged shuttle getting rescued by these people and the problem was at first there wasn't really anything interesting about those people. They were a retr ...more
Well, it took me a while, and a few times to start it, but I finally finished Rising Son. I kind of pushed myself to get more into this book this weekend, I found it took me over the same way Avatar did. I mentioned in a previous post how I felt the first part of this novel was really slow. I mean we have Jake in a significantly damaged shuttle getting rescued by these people and the problem was at first there wasn't really anything interesting about those people. They were a retr ...more

Fun start, slow middle, and rapid pace to last 20%. If I could give it 3.5 stars, I would - but I can't bring myself to give it 4. That being said, it was great to read a story JUST ABOUT JAKE and his inner life in the DS9 universe.
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WAAAAYY back at the beginning of the DS9 relaunch Jake Sisko took off into the Wormhole with an ancient Bajoran prophecy and hopes of finding his father... And disappeared. This book is the story of what has been up with him for the last 10 books or so.
I really didn't like the first half of this book. He hooks up with a gang of space pirates salvaging stuff from the Dominion War and selling it for profit. It drove me nuts. It felt like Jake had been transported to the Cantina from Star Wars. It ...more
I really didn't like the first half of this book. He hooks up with a gang of space pirates salvaging stuff from the Dominion War and selling it for profit. It drove me nuts. It felt like Jake had been transported to the Cantina from Star Wars. It ...more
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SD Perry (Stephani Danelle, by the way, though she prefers SD or Danelle) has been writing novelizations and tie-ins for most of her adult life. Best known for her work in the shared multiverses of Resident Evil, Star Trek, and Aliens, SD is a horror nerd and an introvert. Her father is acclaimed science fiction author Steve Perry. SD lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.
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