Shadows of the Sun, Michael Jan Friedman
Shadows of the Sun, Michael Jan Friedman
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Shadows of the Sun

Author: Michael Jan Friedman

Narrator: James Doohan

Abridged: 3 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/1993

Synopsis

As a young doctor with a beautiful family and a promising medical career, Dr. Leonard McCoy thought he had it all. But when the woman he loved betrayed him, McCoy fled to Starfleet, hoping to lose his pain in the depths of space. Now, more than forty years later, the EnterpriseTM and her crew are ordered to transport a group of mediators to the planet Ssan, a world where assassination is a time-honored tradition, and McCoy is surprised to learn that his ex-wife, now remarried, is one of the mediators. And before he can come to terms with his conflicted feelings for his former love, she and Captain Kirk are trapped on Susan, and McCoy is caught in an explosive civil war, the only one with the power to save the woman who once nearly destroyed him.

About Michael Jan Friedman

Michael Jan Friedman is the author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which bear the name Star Trek or some variation thereof. Ten of his titles have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. He has also written for network and cable television, radio, and comic books, the Star Trek: Voyager® episode “Resistance” prominent among his credits. On those rare occasions when he visits the real world, Friedman lives on Long Island with his wife and two sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie on February 16, 2024

Love me some McCoy, and there's some interesting backstory on his early career and marriage here, but this final diplomatic mission of the Enterprise to a planet where assassination is viewed as an integral part of the culture just seemed silly to me, and the story more than a wee bit melodramatic.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on September 30, 2014

A bit of a non-starter. While the history of Dr. McCoy and his ex-wife makes for a sad & elegiac story, it doesn't alter the fact that this novel really seems completely superfluous, and without any imperative reason to exist. It's place post-Star Trek VI is equally unnecessary. Overall, this novel......more

Goodreads review by Glen on May 27, 2024

A Star trek book that focuses on McCoy. The Enterprise is a bout to come in after their 5 year mission, when they are sent to a planet where assassination was an accepted custom until recently, and it appears they are making a comeback. It is decided to try a diplomatic solution. The reason The Enterp......more

Goodreads review by Dan on January 12, 2018

No review of a Star Trek novel can be begin without a clear statement of bias: I am a huge Star Trek nerd. Huge. I love all things Star Trek “prime” universe. I acknowledge that not all Star Trek content created in the prime universe is great. Heaven knows how bad Enterprise and Voyager were, but I......more

Goodreads review by Michael T on January 02, 2016

James Doohan is a really good narrator. That's first and foremost here. Just a great person to have doing a bunch of these audio books. Beyond that, enh. This book isn't BAD, and it tries to do some good things (a lot more depth given to McCoy's history with his ex, Jocelyn), but overall there's too......more

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