''The Heart of the Warrior'' is a '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' novel written by

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. In ''

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'', Betancourt remarked, "

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has always been one of my favorite characters, and I wanted to write a book about him but set in the

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, where he would find a challenge to his hand-to-hand combat skills. Unfortunately, later seasons of DS9 developed the Founders and Dominion enough that my book is, ah, retroactively contradictory to the official universe in a number of places. Which is too bad because I think it's my best ''Trek'' novel."

Plot

A crucial peace conference fills

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with intrigue. At the same time, Kira and Worf take a mission into enemy territory to discover the secrets of the chemical that controls the highly dangerous

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warriors. Odo may be their only hope of survival but he'll have to fight against his own people.

References

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''The Heart of the Warrior''
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