SF Book Review: "The never-ending sacrifice" by Una McCormack
The real novel "The never-ending sacrifice" by Una McCormack, published on Earth in 2009, is named after a Star Trek universe classic Cardassian book with the same title from the society in the "Deep Space Nine" star trek series. It fills in more of the backstory of the Cardassian people and specifically of characters from the 25th episode of Deep Space Nine, " Cardassians " (Season two, episode five). (Image posted to X by ACR fan account 24th June 2026: Arc ᯓ★ on X: "Yeah I read some pretty niche literature https://t.co/D78t9v9Rz2" / X ) In "Cardassians," the character Elim Garak, (who is a former Cardassian spy now very loosely allied to the Federation) sees a Cardassian boy on DS9 and decides to introduce himself, but the boy, who has been raised as a Bajoran and encouraged to hate and fear members of his own biological race, is terrified and bites Garak on the hand. Without wanting to spoil either story, let's just say it t...