Terok Nor

Somewhat rainy these last days, so instead of taking long walks with the horsey I only work in the mornings with him and after the training I read the first part in the new Deep Space Nine trilogy about the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.
Finally we get the know the story behind Gul Dukat, the complex and charming dictator we all love to hate. Deep Space Nine has always been my most beloved ST series of all because of the very rich storyline and the wonderful characters and not to forget the truly gifted actors.
Before the Dominion War and the decimation of Cardassia...before the coming of the Emissary and the discovery of the wormhole...before space station Terok Nor became Deep Space 9...there was the Occupation: the military takeover of an alien planet and the violent insurgency that fought against it. Now that fifty-year tale of warring ideologies, terrorism, greed, secret intelligence, moral compromises, and embattled faiths is at last given its due in the three-book saga of Star Trek's Lost Era...
The first book "Day of the Vipers" written by the British author James Swallow is a very detailed story about the Bajoran and Cardassian encounter. A seemingly benign visitation to the bountiful world of Bajor from the resource-poor Cardassian Union is viewed with cautious optimism by some, trepidation by others, and a calculating gleam by unscrupulous opportunists. What begins as a gesture of compassion soon becomes something very different. Seen through the eyes of participants on both sides - including those of a young officer named Skrain Dukat - the personal, political, and religious tensions between the Bajorans and the Cardassians quickly spiral out of control, irrevocably shaping the futures of both worlds in an emotionally charged and unforgettable tale of treachery, tragedy, and hope.
A good beginning of the trilogy and I really look forward to the sequels who will be released this summer with the resistance-adventures of my favorite Kira Nerys. And will we have more details about Dukat's love adventures with Kira's mother and Tora Naprem? I do hope there will be more on the Ferengi family of Quark and the reason why they chose to live on Terok Nor to do some business. In the meanwhile I am reviewing the whole series on DVD.