Loved the story.

I was allways wanting more to this story and now we have it . And wonderfully writen. Side note. Theres a mistake at the start of chapter 15 path of sky. The editor missed a spot where he miss-spoke .

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Right in the symbiont

When it comes to stories about the Trill, it can seem that the only theme writers will explore is of candidates who were left disgruntled after rejection by the Symbiosis Commission (SC). This story starts on that familiar line, however the plot is very interesting and the entire adventure is a great deal of fun. Obviously the SC cause a great deal of pain in Trill society, intended or otherwise.

We cover some familiar ground concerning Joran Dax - his tale of murder and the ensuing SC conspiracy to cover it up is here retold. This serves to quickly catch up those readers who aren't familiar with Trek lore but also gives a possible connection to the current mystery since the SC seem to be obstructing the present investigation also.

One early but memorable scene depicts a game of tongo that is much longer and more detailed than you might expect. I love this sort of exposition that brings little elements of the Trek universe to life and it was a lot of fun.

I always thought Jadzia was a fascinating but underutilised character and it is a pleasure to spend time correcting that error in book form, we find her here solving puzzles and kicking ass, which is as it should be. Nerys generally irritated me on screen but I found her character more likeable in this story, she wasn't out of character and I could definitely hear her voice but something was slightly different (probably the lack of focus on the prophets). Julian and Worf were both great on screen and in this story. I especially liked the way they were both presented here with Julian handled a little more maturely and Worf surprisingly drawn more delicately (even though his gruff demeanour still shone through). Other authors have sometimes gone over the top presenting Julian like a teenager and Worf like an ogre.

The author provides possibly the best description you'll ever hear of a Klingon opera: "The harrowing strains of Klingon choristers wafted through the room as the opera began. They were grand and terrible, bellowing their mournful songs of glorious loss. Their discordance was like the tearing of hull plating." An opera which Worf would describe as, simply: "A classic."

This book is set at the perfect time to present the very early stages of the attraction between Jadzia and Worf, which this author has absolutely nailed. It never comes over forced and is sprinkled quite naturally into their interactions.

I'm trying to avoid mentioning exactly what is uncovered in the plot, but one element of the sinister activities could have been explored as a potential benefit to Trill society with delightfully controversial moral implications, but the story didn't go that way.

There was a spot where Julian and Worf seemed to switch roles momentarily, I can't really explain that very well without leaking too much, but basically Julian suggests an act of aggression and Worf explains why it won't work in a way which you might expect from a doctor.

Here's another quote that caught my attention: "Judging from the twitching of her eye and excruciated look, Dax had nailed her right in the symbiont" - Right. In. The. Symbiont. Oof.

I'm a big fan of Petkoff's Trek narrations and he did a fantastic job of Worf and Julian, his Nerys was fine too but I wasn't impressed with the Sisko and Jadzia voicings.

This book was exactly what I needed right now. After slamming through two thirds of the litverse books I took a Trek hiatus to do one of those book prompt lists (which I'm still working on), but only two months later I've already started experiencing Trek withdrawals and the audiodrama 'No Man's Land' just didn't do it for me. This had been parked in my audible library because it was released during my litverse run and being a standalone story set during the fourth season it served as a perfect Trek fix to sustain my Trek heart.

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Revenant is woven into the story of Star Trek Deep Space Nine really well.
It's a story about Trill culture, Jadzia Dax and her killer former host Joran Dax. It's a dark story that goes into the secrets held by the Symbiosis Commission. Enjoy!

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