Cardassia: The Lotus Flower.  The Dominion War left Cardassia ravaged. The planet is on the edge of a knife, as it's people scrounge for food, power and answers, trying to rebuild a once proud civilization. The question becomes, do they look to the past for answers or forge something new? In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther talk about Una McCormack's book Cardassia: The Lotus Flower which kicks off the Worlds of DS9 series. We discuss a broken world, faith and belief, rehabilitating a vedek, being out of Mile's shadow, science's purity and give our ratings.  In our news segment we look at the new Ongoing #46 as it starts a new story The Tholian Webs.    Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther   Editor and Producer  Matthew Rushing  Richard Marquez   Executive Producers Norman C. Lao and C Bryan Jones   Associate Producers Will Nguyen Ken Tripp   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Manager Will Nguyen   News Ongoing #46 (00:01:48)   Feature: Cardassia Continuing the DS9 Relaunch (00:09:48) The Lotus Flower Blurb (00:10:35) Right Off the Bat (00:11:12) A Broken World (00:13:00) Faith and Belief (00:19:08) Rehabilitation of a Vedek (00:27:33) Out of Mile's Shadow (00:34:55) Science Purity (00:41:15) Ratings (00:48:34) Closing (00:51:02)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Goodreads: Goodreads Group    Support the Network!   Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm