Original Sin

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

By: David R. George III

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Continuing the Deep Space Nine saga - an original novel from New York Times best-selling author David R. George III!

At the end of 2385, in a significant shift of its goals from military back to exploratory, Starfleet sent Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the USS Robinson on an extended mission into the Gamma Quadrant. Tasked with a yearlong assignment to travel unknown regions, they set out to fulfill the heart of Starfleet's charter: to explore strange new worlds and to seek out new life and new civilizations.

But now, three months into the mission, their first contact with an alien species comes in the form of an unprovoked attack on the Robinson. With the ship's crew suddenly incapacitated, 78 of the 1,300 aboard are abducted - including Sisko's daughter, Rebecca. But Rebecca had already been kidnapped years earlier by a Bajoran religious zealot, part of a sect believing that her birth fulfilled the prophecy of the arrival of the Infant Avatar. Does her disappearance now have anything to do with the harrowing events of the past? And for what purposes have these enemies taken Sisko's daughter and the rest of the missing?

©2017 David R. George III (P)2017 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Sisko not DS9 but amazing.

After the reboot of Star Trek I’d given up on seeing my old friends again. This novel captures Sisko and Cassidy perfectly. If you loved DS9 don’t pass this up.

Can I have my money back?

I am left wondering if the Author has ever seen an episode of DS9. If you are going to have Sisco be your main character you need to study how he reacts to a situation and how Sisco speeks. This book completely missed the mark when it comes to Sisco.

Having 2 mediocre stories mashed together in 1 book makes for a bad book. Had this been 2 books I feel more attention to detail could have been given to give 2 great stories. But unfortunately I listened to 2 rushed storylines that had almost nothing to do with one another.

Very disappointing book. Seriously, can I get my money back???

almost perfect

My only complaint is the lack of any really joyful Ben Sisko moments though there were oprtunities for it at the beginning and end. Ben has to be very serious for most of both parallel stories but I found both otherwise totally engrossing

Boring and nothing like Captain Sisko.

Whom ever wrote this book has never seen the series nor have they read any of the good books. Disk would never fire on an unknown ship because it was doing something suspicious and not hurting his crew or ship, then need a crew member to correct him to let him know they did not attack us and then try to open communication after his assault failed. Plus that is the worse Sisko voice.

fantastic stories

two riveting mysterious kidnapping stories with surprising climaxes! set in trek but a great read for any audience

DS9 this is not

This focuses on Captain Sisko and not the rest of the DS9 Crew. A little dissapointed but still is a good listen. Plenty of action.

Good, but disturbing

Fair warning, this book deals with child abduction, it's a little more traumatic than your average Star Trek book. It is well written with lots of well thought out action, and Robert Petkoff is fantastic, but this was too dark for me.

Was a bit lost at first

not having listed to any DS9 books before I was a bit lost to know that Sisko was back, but glad. i always hated how the tv show ended with him gone.
Would have liked a bit more info on some of the crew, their species, also more history on the antagonists. Besides that I liked the story

boring

one of the most unfulfilling ST books I've read. very hard to get through. Do Not use this book to stay awake on a long drive.

Mixed up

I think the rider suffers from ADHD. The story really jumps around. It goes from one story to two other Stories I stop listening to it

Another great story set in multiple timelines

I really enjoyed this book it has great storylines and great characters. I especially like the gamma quadrant storyline with the strange new life and civilisation, and the dangers that causes for the characters on the ‘Robinson ‘ Sisko’s ship. I don’t want to give too much away, but the aliens in this book make this a very good story and I really enjoyed listening to this book.

not great the story was a bit predictable

the story covered some good points and addressed some unknowns. I didn't enjoy the read and I found it all a bit teadious

let down by this one

there are not many star trek audio books compaied to the paperback colection as a massive star trek fan with dyslexia i get soo fustrated with the strange publishing order

the book its self is a stand alone and will make sence if you have only watched the tv seiries but ive engoyed outher ds9 books useing a tts

fingers crosse there are more in this story ark and they get published

The second half the the reward for getting through the first half

I have to admit that I really struggled to get through the fist 4-5h of this audiobook. It just didn’t captivate me.

Throughout the fist half of the book we follow three storylines. The first is Sisko on a ship that encounters an alien species that steals the children of the crew, the second is the kidnapping of Rebecca Sisko at an earlier point of time, and the third follows a very dislikable and slightly crazy Bajoran.

Without wanting to spoil anything, two storylines merge and the moment that happens, it’s a lot more enjoyable to listen to.

What I did love was the way the audiobook is narrated, the end however was a little lacking because both storylines come to the same conclusion and while it’s interesting the first time, the second time we do expect it to happen and it gets boring.

All in all not a bad book at all but I don’t think I would listen to it again.

Enjoyable and thrilling story!!

This audiobook was very enjoyable and thoroughly entertaining. Robert Petkoff was a great choice as the narrator.
It was a great audiobook to listen to.