title: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Worlds of Deep Space Nine #2: Trill and Bajor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - World of Deep Space Nine) (No. 2)
author: Andy Mangels
description: <b>Andy Mangels</b> is the <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author and coauthor of over a dozen novels -- including <i>Star Trek</i> and <i>Roswell books</i> -- all cowritten with Michael A. Martin. Flying solo, he is the bestselling author of several nonfiction books, including <i>Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters and Animation on DVD: The Ultimate Guide</i>, as well as a significant number of entries for <i>The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes</i> as well as for its companion volume, <i>The Supervillain Book</i>.
zlib_text: Star Trek
  
  Deep Space 9
  
  Avatar
  
   **Book One of Two**
  
  By S.D. Perry
  
  LINEAR TIME
  
  THE DISTANT PAST
  
  • Over the course of ten thousand years, the people of Bajor discover nine
  mysterious artifacts that sometimes convey prophetic visions. Called "Tears of
  the Prophets" or "Orbs," they are believed to have originated in the Celestial
  Temple, the legendary home of Bajor's gods, the Prophets.
  
  **2328**
  
  • The Cardassian Union conquers Bajor. Eight of the nine Orbs are confiscated
  for study. The ninth, the Orb of Prophecy and Change, is successfully hidden
  by Bajor's spiritual leaders.
  
  **2332**
  
  • On Earth, Benjamin Sisko is born, the child of Sarah and Joseph Sisko.
  Unknown to anyone at this time, Sarah is actually the host for a noncorporeal
  entity from the as-yet-undiscovered Bajoran wormhole, who has brought about
  the exact circumstances necessary for Benjamin Sisko to exist.
  
  **2345**
  
  • A liquid lifeform of unknown origin is discovered adrift in the Bajoran
  system's Denorios Belt. It