This is a very good Leonard McCoy "origin" story.
I'm using quotes since the novella explores McCoy's first mission as a member of starfleet, not so much his complete back story. Here we find him trying to put some distance between himself and a difficult period in his life. He is accepted into starfleet medical and immediately sent to Capella IV for an extended medical/diplomatic mission.
In the TV series and movies McCoy has a very strong belief in what is right and wrong and his own roll on the Enterprise. If I want to be flip about it; this is the story that explains his saying, "Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor not a ..." But I don't want to trivialize this, McCoy came to this saying in a deeply difficult way. If anything, reading this story will make that line less of a joke and give it a deeper meaning.
Yup. I liked this one a lot.
Read it.
Yup. I liked this one a lot.
Read it.
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| The opening scene of the book. |
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| Michael A. Martin |
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