Kai Winn, supreme spiritual leader of the Bajoran people, has never divulged what she personally did during the harsh and perilous days of the Cardassian Occupation. But now, as Cardassian warships fight to retake Deep Space Nine - the station they call Terok Nor - and the Kai finds herself in the forefront of its defence, she cannot help recalling the events of those bygone days - and her own private war against the Cardassian oppressors.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the wormhole, Captain Sisko and the crew the Defiant are stranded on an alien world overrun by ruthless invaders...