It is excessive time that the stoic Capt. Benjamin Sisko was given his second within the “Star Trek” limelight after the character’s traditional run on “Star Trek: Deep Area 9.”
Now the character dropped at life by actor Avery Brooks could be seen in IDW Publishing’s newly launched flagship “Star Trek” comedian ebook sequence, the place he returns from the Bajoran wormhole to save lots of the galaxy from mysterious god killers.
So as to add to the Sisko-centric choices and salute the thirtieth anniversary of “Deep Area 9,” London-based Titan Books is presenting a brand new, 304-page fictional prose novel titled “The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko (opens in new tab)” this fall, written by veteran “Star Trek” journalist and creator Derek Tyler Attico.
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Right here’s the official synopsis:
Benjamin Sisko tells the story of his profession in Starfleet, and his life as a father and Bajor’s Emmissary of the Prophets. Charting his rise by means of the ranks, his pioneering work designing the Defiant-class, his essential function as ambassador and chief in the course of the Dominion Struggle, and his sacred standing as a non secular chief of his adopted residence.
Uncover the hidden historical past of his childhood and early profession in Starfleet, and the innermost ideas of the person who found the Gamma Quadrant, made first contact with the wormhole aliens, and united Starfleet, Klingon and Romulan forces to defeat the Dominion Empire. See Sisko’s private tackle his confidants Lieutenant Dax and Main Kira Nerys, the enigmatic Garak, and his adversaries, Gul Dukat and Kai Winn, in addition to his fatherly recommendation for his son Jake.
From the pages of Anselm to the writings of Benny Russell, from father to son, Sisko’s story is a singular phenomenon in Starfleet and human historical past, informed within the distinctive manner solely he can.
For Attico, composing a gratifying autobiography for a legacy character like Benjamin Sisko was an honor that turned out to be each exhilarating and difficult.
“It has been 30 years because the premiere of ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,’ and Captain Benjamin Sisko remains to be in contrast to any captain we have seen earlier than,” Attico informed Area.com. “He has a wholesome relationship along with his father and is an older brother with three youthful siblings. He is been a widow, has a son and is fortunately remarried. The Bajoran folks say he is the Emissary of their Prophets, and his delivery mom exists exterior of linear time. With all this in his life, Ben Sisko nonetheless has a way of steadiness not often seen or shared amongst Starfleet captains.
“Ben is already a fancy man with a wealthy historical past and a powerful sense of character, responsibility and household once we meet him. In order I constructed his origins, I knew that his household and the experiences that molded Ben wanted to characterize the authenticity, energy and love we see in Sisko as an grownup.
“And in creating Ben’s previous, questions wanted to be answered. Why did not we ever see his siblings? What’s New Orleans like within the twenty fourth century? What was it like constructing the USS Defiant? These are only a few of the questions I’ve requested and answered. ‘The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko’ can have one thing in it not just for followers of Sisko and ‘Deep Area 9’ however for everybody that enjoys ‘Star Trek.'”
Titan Books’ “The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko” arrives on Oct. 10, 2023.
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