Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil. Season 8 of the DS9 relaunch is quickly coming to a close as Mission Gamma comes to an end. On their way home, Elias Vaughn and the crew of the USS Defiant make a shocking discovery. Meanwhile, Kira Nerys pursues Shakaar Edon's supposed assassin to Trill, while Ro Laren, Admiral Akaar and General Lenaris investigate why Hiziki Gard assassinated the Bajoran leader. In this episode of Literary Treks Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther dive into Lesser Evil, the last book in the Mission Gamma series. We discuss our initial thoughts, how DS9 makes things their own, the hardest part of the book to read, the fast-paced plot and our ratings. In the news segment we pay our respects to Leonard Nimoy by talking about some of the best Spock books, then move to recent comic issues of the Apes/Trek crossover, Ongoing #42 and New Visions #5.     Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther   Editor and Producer  Matthew Rushing  Richard Marquez   Associate Producers Will Nguyen Lisa Stevens Kenneth Trip   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Coordinator Will Nguyen   News Remembering Leonard Nimoy through Spock Books (00:02:16)   Apes/Trek 3 (00:12:42) Ongoing #42: Behemoth Part 2 (00:17:46) New Visions #5 (00:21:45) Spock's World Reflections comic Spock Must Die Troublesome Minds Devil's Bargain  The Fire and the Rose The Sorrows of Empire Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Feature: Mission Gamma Wrapping up Mission Gamma (00:29:29) First Thoughts (00:31:06) DS9 Makes Things Their Own (00:36:37) Hardest Part of the Book (00:41:19) Fast-Paced (00:46:13) Ratings (00:55:37) Closing (00:59:07)   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   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