After Gul Dukat placed a Pah-wraith in the Bajoran wormhole, the Bajoran people were cut off from their gods. In this time of uncertainty, a Glenn Beck-inspired news commentator attempts to use the Federation as a scapegoat. Takes place between the events of DS9: "Tears of the Prophets" and DS9: "Image in the Sand", during a period between 47 and 51 days after the First Battle of Chin'toka.