The Siege: Amazon.ca: Peter David: Books

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YA-A psychopathic killer stalks the corridors of space station Deep Space Nine, brutally murdering its inhabitants. Catching him is complicated by the fact that he is able to assume any shape, inanimate or living. This is the first original novel based on the popular TV show, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Combining the elements of a good murder mystery with the Star Trek universe, the author has produced a gritty, well-written novel.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Deep Space Nine^TM is forced to curtail entry to the wormhole due to increased graviton emissions, and an air of biting tension settles over the station. This anxiety leads to the murder of an Edeman religious leader, Commander Benjamin Sisko and Security Chief Odo realize they face a larger problem.

Soon Sisko and Odo have more lifeless bodies on their hands and a killer who strikes without motive. Then, both the Edemans and Cardassians arrive threatening to destroy the station unless the murderer is given to them for retribution. In order to save Deep Space Nine and stop the killing, Odo must try to destroy a powerful assassin who is the only link to his mysterious past.

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5.0 out of 5 stars DS9 #2 The Siege - An exceptional Peter David novel!, Sep 21 2003

By	K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It is quite fitting that Peter David, one of Star Trek's most popular and prolific authors was given the opportunity to write the very first original Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel. It's just too bad that he's only visited Deep Space Nine one time since this great novel.

One of the most difficult problems that an author faces when writing a novel for such a young series is the fact that they just don't have much background to work with. This is something that certainly hindered early STNG authors. Peter David addresses this in the Preface of "The Siege," stating that at the time he'd written this, he'd only seen the first five episodes so if the characterizations are off, that's why. I believe that is one of the myriad of reasons that he has been on of the best Star Trek authors; you certainly didn't see any statements like this in the early STNG novels.

Although Peter David did not have a lot of Deep Space Nine background to work with, thematically the entire tone of this novel is "dead on" perfect with the first and second seasons. As usual, his wit is in high gear with this novel, despite the "heavy" tone of the novel.

The cover art for "The Siege" is quite truly standard fare for the time in which this novel was released and not really too impressive.

The premise:

Commander Sisko is forced to cut back entry to the wormhole due to increased graviton emissions and not long thereafter the overall atmosphere of the station becomes very tense. Suddenly an Edeman religious leader is but the first to be found murdered and Commander Sisko and Constable Odo must find the killer. The killer is seemingly striking without motive and the situation soon becomes even more harrowing as the Cardassians and Edemans arrive demanding that the killer be found and given to them or else they'll destroy the station. Adding a certain level of mystique in this story, Odo finds that he must destroy this killer but the killer is also the only link to his mysterious past.

What follows from there is nothing less than a brilliant early Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel that will keep you guessing from cover to cover! I highly recommend this novel for your Star Trek collection as you will find it to be among the best of any of the series. {ssintrepid}

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great., Aug 19 2002

By	James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Peter David explains in his introduction that in writing this book, he was working under a handicap: the characters hadn't been very well-defined by the time he was assigned the task. Given that, he did an admirable job of anticipating the characterizations that would eventually become canonical. Still, the feel was a little bit off. Also, while David does manage to maintain his usual ability to write with humor even while writing a very serious plot, the plot is a little too dark for my taste, and the violence a little too graphic. This is definitely not one of David's better efforts, in fact it's the weakest book by him that I've yet encountered. But even his worst is fair to middling.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good!, Sep 22 2000

By	Karissa Clark (Portland, Oregon, formerly of Cameroon) - See all my reviews

I didn't expect this to be good, considering how early in the season it was written, but I was happy to read the kind of well-written novel that only Peter David can write. You have to hand it to him, this one is another in his long series of great ST books. Even reading this after Deep Space Nine is finished, it rings true to much of the characters at that time. So read this book!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good first effort
Taking place a little less than halfway through the first season of the show, The Siege is a strong first original novel in this series. Read more

Published on April 4 2000 by Nathan Blumenfeld

5.0 out of 5 stars It's great.
The Siege was an excellent novel, especially considering it's the first original DS9 novel. All right, so characterization and some of the shapeshifting tricks might be a little... Read more

Published on Feb 28 2000 by Julie

5.0 out of 5 stars He can do Deep Space Nine too!!!!
When DS9 first premiered I was skeptical. The humans are the aliens? Yeah, right. But then I picked up this book and everything sounded so great I couldn't hold myself back from... Read more

Published on May 12 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This book was awesome!! Buy it! Buy it! Buy it!
This was an incredibly entertaining read! Peter David expands his masterful Star Trek storytelling abilities to the Deep Space Nine universe, and the result is a powerful,... Read more

Published on May 8 1999