Fallen Heroes

by Dafydd ab Hugh

When a troop of alien warriors demands the return of an imprisoned comrade-- a prisoner no one on Deep Space Nine knows anything about-- Commander Benjamin Sisko has a deadly fight on his hands. Under... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067188459X
• ISBN13: 9780671884598
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Star Trek
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Dafydd, Death, and DS9

For those of you out there who are familiar with Trek novels, you have probably realized (if you are honest with yourself, that is) that most of them are sub-standard even for licensed genre literature and only enjoyable because they feature characters we have fallen in love with on television. However, even naysayers should stop to give "Fallen Heroes" a second glance. Sure, it's one of the novels, and so has no true bearing on the mythology of the shows. Sure, no matter what happens to the main characters everything will turn out all right in the end. But the adventure Dafydd takes us through in the course of the novel really packs a wallop. Fans of Quark and Odo will really get their money's worth, as these are the main protagonists of the novel. Their relationship is beautifully captured on the page. Also, although I'll attempt not to spoil anything, there is a wonderful scene in which Dafydd explores the nature of the Dax symbiont/host relationship from a very original perspective sadly never explored on the series. This book has everything that makes Trek great: great action, a great plot, and great characterization. Here's the real shocker, though: it's well written! Top that off with the fact that it revolves around the DS9 crew (the best of them all in my book) and you have a surprisingly good read. Thanks, Dafydd. Trekkers, if you haven't read this one, you owe it to yourselves.

One of the best Deep Space Nine books.

This book was great! It was the first Deep Space Nine novel I ever read and convinced me to buy more. The interaction between Quark and Odo as they try to save the station is both clever and hilarious, and brought comedy to a book that is otherwise rather morbid and frightening in tone.I really liked the style of writing the author uses, and the way he skips back and forth between past and future, allowing us to see the results of the invasion, as well as how they came about.Another good thing about the book is that it does not focus on one particular character, and, although Quark and Odo are at the centre of the story, each individual character has at least one big moment in which to shine.The portrail of the enemies was brilliant, making them actually seem frightening, instead of cliched and ridiculous, and the writer brings a lot of dramatic tension to the book as the heroes are killed off one by one. I recommend this book to all Star Trek fans, especially fans of Odo and Quark. Even people who have never seen an episode of Star Trek will enjoy this book. In my opinion it is one of the best DS9 novels, if not of any of the Star Trek series. My advice is: BUY THIS BOOK!

One of the best

Fallen Heroes is easily the best DS9 book up through #16 in the series, quite possibly the best out of all of them.Mr. ab Hugh has a pretty good grasp of the characters, a good sense of humor, and some great action. This is a time-travel story, but it is carried of with skill. The Odo/Quark interactions are frequently excellent, and we get to see how the characters act when pushed past the limit. We see our heroes killed off, one by one, and it doesn't once seem stupid or corny.The action is awesome, the bad guys menacing, the emotions convincing, the humor fun, and a tip of the hat to the author for acknowledging other DS9 novels as well as episodes.If you are going to choose one DS9 book to read, make it this one.

A classic book set in a classic series

When I sat down to read this book I already knew what would happen - I had heard the CD version but this tale appealed to me in just the same way. It was still gripping and tense and the story line was perfectly crafted. There are classic death scenes which are good fun to read (although they were more tense when I heard them). This book shatters the normal peaceful story that you would expect from a novel where everything turns out okay after 100 pages - don't expect that. This book is filled with violent endings for almost all the characters. This IS _THE_ book which Paramount should dramatise. It would make a brilliant episode if it were adapted for the latest series or maybe even a film. The villains are violent and they are also cold - like the Borg they appear to be killing for no good reason. Finally I must quickly say that this is the BEST Star Trek book available currently and it's ending is unparrelled - you can quote me on that!

This book gives the "BEST of both worlds"-action meets drama

This book combines deadly alien shock troops, an almost invincible foe, and the classic "lost cause" plot. The crew fight (fruitlessly) against a superior foe. The emotional attachment to the story is extreme...I've read it 3 times and it still gives me chills...GREAT!!!