I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it again—the DS9 relaunch is one of the more enjoyable on-going series in the Star Trek novels today. It rival the New Frontier as the Trek books I most look forward to seeing appear on the shelves.

That said, the first volume of the Worlds of DS9 trilogy left me feeling not too excited. It was OK, but not up to the usual standards. The good news here is volume 2 makes up for that. Two good sized novellas continue the story from Unity—esp. the story on Trill. Seeing the fall out and the collapse of Trill society is well done. The Bajor story is a bit more of a personal journey but it works well.