Star Trek : Deep Space Nine

I am new to Star Trek fiction, but watching DS9 is what sealed my fandom of the franchise, so I was very interested in reading this early book. David notes in the introduction that he didn't have much to go on: only a few early scripts and the show's bible. Looking back on the book 30 years later, it is actually striking how much David gets "right" in terms of the portrayal of the characters striking through (even though so much of that portrayal happened for years after this book was written). So in that sense it is a cracking good read. My only problem is the unsympathetic portrayal of Keiko -- Rosalind Chao clearly gave the character more depth than what happens here. But the story itself is great and given that it was written so early in the series, it's a great book.