Star Trek: The IDIC Epidemic
{4.5/5} “Sarek pulled up a chair beside the bed. Spock started to do the same, when he suddenly realized — ‘Doctor, I must be isolated. You saw the reports from Nisus. IU have both Vulcan and Human blood: even now, my body may be spawning some even deadlier form of the disease, one that could kill both my father and my mother.'”
Star Trek: The IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah, published in 1988
On Nisus, a science colony where humans, Vulcans, and others work together there is a plague that is getting out of control. The scientists haven’t been able to stop it, and they project that everyone on the planet will get it within 60 days.
The Enterprise is taking the Followers of T’Vet to their new colony. That mission is delayed when Starfleet Command tells Captain James T. Kirk to retrieve some medical specialists from Vulcan and then proceed to Nisus where they and Dr. McCoy will help with the plague.
Lorrah knows the characters. In the previous book where she focused on Vulcans, she was able to craft a brilliant story. Here with the focus on various others, the story isn’t quite as stunning — but still worthwhile.
It’s about how the vast majority of people think that various species can live and work together, and a few don’t.
This is the 2nd time I’ve read it.
I’ve read 4 of Lorrah’s books. I previously reviewed Star Trek: The Vulcan Academy Murders.