The inventive concept art behind Star Trek: Deep Space Nine titular space station, U.S.S. Defiant and dozens more ships come to life on the page! Deep Space Nine is considered by many Star Trek fans to be the best of all the Trek shows in the franchise's illustrious 55-year history, and Star Trek Designing Starships puts the spotlight on the show's space-faring vessels. The fifth entry in Hero Collector's ongoing series of Star Trek Designing Starships, Deep Space Nine and Beyond delivers original production art and extensive interviews with the award-wining artists who created the ships and helped bring them to the screen over the course of the show's seven-year run (1993-1999) and its 176 episodes.