Pliable Truths

By: Dayton Ward

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

A thrilling new Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine adventure from New York Times bestselling author Dayton Ward!

2369: Shortly after Starfleet thwarts a Cardassian attack on a Federation star system, the Cardassian government orders an end to its fifty-year occupation of the planet Bajor. As a result, a newly installed Bajoran government requests immediate assistance from the Federation to mediate how the withdrawal will proceed and what recompense, if any, Bajorans are owed from their brutal oppressors. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is ordered by Starfleet Command to oversee these tense negotiations on Terok Nor, the massive Cardassian space station still orbiting Bajor, even as he still deals with his own recent trauma as a prisoner held and tortured by a Cardassian interrogator.

As these critical peace talks get underway, Ensign Ro Laren receives a call for help from a friend thought long dead, exposing an insidious secret from inside Cardassian space. Now, Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise must act to prevent an interstellar incident from reigniting deadly hostilities between the Federation and the Cardassians, and shattering any hope of justice for the Bajoran people…

TM & © 2023 CBS Studios Inc. Star Trek and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Average story

I felt most of the plot was just expanding on the information between tng and ds9. Didn’t like how it brought Kai Opaka into the story as it was stated she had never been to the station on DS9. The actual story about the camp and activities below were handled quite well.

Deep Space Nine episode #0

I was surprised this is Dayton Ward’s first Star Trek novel actually set during TNG or DS9. He is a mainstay Trek author and he absolutely nails the structure and feel of both series. Pliable Truths genuinely does feel like a lost episode, maybe more than any other Trek novel I’ve encountered. Each section felt appropriate to the characters’ respective series and seeing the connective tissue between TNG and DS9 explored was very satisfying. Now that a lot of this lore will (hopefully) be continuing with Star Trek: Legacy someday, filling in gaps in the storylines of existing series seems like the best place for new novels. Just keep em coming 🖖

The readers impersonations of the characters is spot on!

It felt like the actual characters in the book were talking. The readers impersonations were perfect. Dialect, accent, vocal inflections were all perfect. Highly recommend this book to any Star Trek TNG/DS9 fan!!!

A Wonderful Bridge!

A wonderful bridge between The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. A very engaging story! Petkoff reads the characters so well, which aids in visualization.

Linking to series together

A must listen for any Next Generation or Deep space nine fan. This book links The Next Generation to the beginning of Deep Space Nine.