Miasma

Star Trek The Original Series

eBook, 100 pages

English language

Published Feb. 22, 2016 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:
978-1-5011-2531-7
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3 stars (1 review)

The Enterprise-A is transporting a party of diplomats when it picks up a mysterious alien signal emanating from a nearby world. The planet’s dense, impenetrable atmosphere makes it unclear if the beacon is a distress signal, an invitation — or a warning to stay away. Spock, Doctor McCoy, and Chekov are part of a team sent to investigate, but an unexpected catastrophe forces a crash-landing. Now the landing party is stranded on a hostile world, unable to communicate with the Enterprise. While Captain Kirk and Saavik race to locate the lost crew, a badly wounded Spock struggles to keep McCoy and the others alive until they can be rescued, even if that means making an unthinkable sacrifice...

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3 stars

“Vulcans do not believe in luck,” Spock said wryly, “although our own exploits are often compelling evidence to the contrary.”

This was a tight, short little story (it took me about the length of a typical episode to read, in fact) and I quite enjoyed it. Predictable in outline, the characterisations were nonetheless well-handled. I feel Mr Cox pain though, I can imagine not having a physical copy to adorn the shelf would leave one a little disgruntled. perhaps a fan will send him a createspace edition one day as a thank you!