Diane Carey opens the four-book Dominion War saga by novelizing Deep Space Nine's pivotal season-five finale and season-six premiere: as the Dominion and Cardassia seize the station, Sisko's scattered fleet wages guerrilla war on their supply lines, Kira and Odo go to ground under occupation, and Worf's son Alexander enlists in the Klingon Defense Force.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources