Star Trek Deep Space Nine 27 "A Stitch In Time" by Andrew Robinson [Kindle Edition] £4.99 @ Amazon

Tailor, soldier, spy ... the enigmatic Garak, Cardassian-in-exile on space station Deep Space Nine, established himself rapidly - thanks largely to his superb portrayal by actor (and now author) Andrew Robinson - as one of the best-loved characters on Star Trek DS9. Garak refers to himself as 'just a simple tailor' - but everyone knows that there's more to him than that. Ex-member of the Cardassian invasion forces; ex-member of the Obsidian Order, the dreaded Cardassian secret police; cynic, wit, epicure, man of mystery: - why WAS he banished from his home planet, and why does he choose to spend his exile on Deep Space Nine? Andrew Robinson, to whom Garak's voice comes as readily as his own, spins an enthralling, twisting yarn in true inimitable Garak style.

Amazon Review
This is the autobiography of Garak, the secretive Cardassian tailor, spy and former intelligence operative who made frequent guest appearances on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Written by Andrew J. Robinson, the actor who played him on the show, it is a suitably ironic, oblique and at times obscure set of reminiscences. Robinson weaves together three different timeframes, one set after the end of the Dominion War as Garak and other surviving Cardassians strive to rebuild their shattered civilisation, one aboard DS9 that runs parallel to the events of season seven of the TV show, and one--the bulk of the book-which follows Garak's life from his childhood at Cardassia's premier military academy, through his career in the Obsidian Order, and on to his fall from grace and banishment to Terok Nor. The novel is held together with theme rather than an overall plot: exploring the power of secrecy and lies, and the masks we all wear to hide our true selves. It is an interesting fleshing-out of Cardassian society and a fine evocation of Garak by the actor who gave him life. Although some key events are deliberately still shrouded in mystery, the book captures a sense of the essential character beneath the ever-shifting masks. Elizabeth Sourbut --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Coming August 2023 - the audiobook read by Andrew Robinson himself!