Description[]
- From the back cover
- As a young doctor with a beautiful family and a promising medical career, Dr. 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 USS Enterprise and her crew are ordered to transport a group of mediators to the planet Ssan, a world where assassination is a long and time honored tradition.
- Dr. McCoy is surprised to learn that his ex-wife, now remarried, is one of the mediators. But before McCoy can begin to face his feelings for his former love, she and Captain Kirk are trapped by a band of deadly assassins. Suddenly, McCoy is in the center of an explosive civil war, where he is the only one with the power to save the woman who once nearly destroyed him. McCoy must now overcome a centuries long tradition of death, and his own past with the woman he still loves, or else lose her for the second time...
References[]
Characters[]
- Shil Andrachis • Nem Antronic • Vincent Bando • Harn Baraffin • Thur Cambralos • Merlin Carver • Pavel Chekov • Choi • Joe Christiano • Curley • Kimm Dathrabin • DeLeon • Dennehy • Diaz • Fariss • Fredrickson • Gladstone • Bud Glavin • Hillios • Zar Holarnis • Warren Huang • Paco Jiminez • Jonesy • James T. Kirk • Cor Lakandir • Dur Manarba • Leonard McCoy • Li Moboron • Montoya • Penarthil • Peterson • Ars Rondorrin • Pel Sarennos • Montgomery Scott • Marn Silariot • Sorenson • Spock • Janice Taylor • Clay Treadway • Jocelyn Treadway • Nyota Uhura
- Referenced only
- Bernhard • Dal Biminoth • Black Knight • Chang • Christine Chapel • Conner • Nancy Crater • Sean Finnegan • God • Hippocrates • Jovanovich • Edith Keeler • Kinshaian • George Samuel Kirk, Jr. • Lefarnus • Hordin Mandris • Skippy Manwaring • Carol Marcus • David Marcus • David Andrew McCoy • Joanna McCoy • Meladion • Cindy Mellon • Miramanee • Miri • Natira • Christopher Pike • Sarek • Hikaru Sulu • Sybok • Tithranus • Tyree • Zarabeth
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise-A • hovercar • USS Republic
- Referenced only
- air-shuttle • USS Constellation • USS Enterprise • Galileo • USS Intrepid • Mars-orbit tug • USS Potemkin • shuttle • Yonada
Locations[]
- Alpha Gederix • Beta Aurelon III • Federation Medical Facility One • Hall of Governance • Larol • Pitur • Sol system • Southern Continent • Ssan • Starbase 12 • Tanul
- Referenced only
- Alpha Centauri • Amusement Park planet • Chadric VII • Delanath IV (Delanath) • Earth • El Capitan • Festur • Gamma Caius VII (Gamma Caius) • Genesis Planet • Georgia • Goliardh VII (Goliardh) • Heaven • Hell • Kansas • M-113 • Magistor VII • Mars • Miri's World • Monfarra City • Omicron Delta region • Orthun • Rigel XII • Risa • Rura Penthe • Tierenios IV (Tierenios) • Yarnos VII (Yarnos) • Yosemite National Park
Races and cultures[]
- Human (Asian • Russian • Scot) • Ssana • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Beta Aurelonite • Chadrican • Kasserite • Klingon • Magistori • M-113 creature • Risan • Romulan • Saurian
States and organizations[]
- Darnell family • Federation Diplomatic Corps • McCoy family • Monfarran Union • Ssanitation Detail • Starfleet • Treadway family • United Federation of Planets
Science and classification[]
- Adam's apple • adrenal medulla • alien • anesthesia • antidote • antigrav stretcher • appendectomy • atom • biobed • bioscanner • biosigns monitor • blood • bloodfire • bomb • bone • chronometer • colerium • communicator • dermaplast patch • diagnostic mode • dilithium • disruptor • drug • exoimmunology • exophysiology • fertilizer • fever • fire • galaxy • gravity • heart • hologram projector • hour • hypohead • hypospray • intercom • invertebrate • kilometer • levitation boots • light • lobotomy • machine • maldinium • medical tricorder • medicine • meter • minute • mirror • monitor • neuroscalpel • penthorbaline • phaser • pyrrhoneuritis • radio • Russhton syndrome • sandstorm • scanner • sensor • sensor beam • snow • space • star • stasis recepticle • sternum • subspace • sun • symbiote • thermo-gauntlet • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • universe • vaccine • virus • white blood cell • xenopolycythemia
Occupations and titles[]
- admiral • assassin • athlete • bartender • captain • chancellor • chief assassin • chief medical officer • commodore • communications specialist • conn • Dervish • diplomat • doctor • engineer • ensign • general • High Assassin • High Priestess • judge • master governor • nurse • poet • police officer • politician • psychiatrist • quartermaster • security officer • trainee • transporter chief
Other references[]
- 23rd century • American Civil War • angel • anteroom • aristocracy • assassination • Assassin Wars • asteroid • blade • blanket • bloodfire dream • brandy • bread • bridge • bulkhead • bull • butterfly • caeluceus • cafeteria • candle • catfish • cat • cherry blossom • chicken-fried steak • chimes • clam • closet • coffee • college • colt • cookie • corn • cotton • court-martial • crowbar • dagger • data map • day • driveway • duck • duranium • elk • engagement ring • flower • fly • fruit • government • grass • gymnasium • hammer • hatchet • high school • Hippocratic Oath • history • homeworld • hospital • iced tea • inchworm • iron • jacks • jonquil • katra • knife • laboratory • lance • leather • library • lion • liquor • marriage • metal • milk • mint julep • monograph • month • mountain • museum • nickel • peach • philosophy • phornicia shell • picnic basket • pigeon • pillow • poetry • police barracks • Prime Directive • psychology • pterodactyl • puppy • rabbit • raccoon • rec room • Rigellian terrarium • robe • roller coaster • Romulan ale • rope • Saurian brandy • seagull • sickbay • slug • sponge • Ssani cloud moss • Ssani legume • Ssani silk • Starfleet Order Nine-five-seven • Starfleet uniform • stinkweed • sugarcane • tennis • tennis racket • tree • turkey • uterra • wallflower • war • water • weapon • wedding • wedding anniversary • wolf • worm • yardstick • zero-grav game • zoo
Appendices[]
Background[]
- Author Michael Jan Friedman said, "McCoy is, above all, a preserver of life. I wanted to pit him against a tradition of assassination, the exact opposite of everything McCoy stands for. But, in the interests of a textured and equal conflict, I wanted that tradition to be as reasonable and honorable as I could make it... McCoy wasn't hard to write at all, because his character was so clearly defined by DeForest Kelley. He had a vulnerable spot, like so many irascible people. Digging through his hard exterior to that soft, chewy center was what made writing this book so much fun." (Star Trek Magazine Issue 184: "Just What The Doctor Ordered")
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Timeline[]
| Published Order | ||
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| Previous novel: Best Destiny |
TOS hardcovers | Next novel: Federation |
| Previous novel: Best Destiny |
TOS unnumbered novels | Next novel: Sarek |
| Previous story: Relics |
Stories by: Michael Jan Friedman |
Next story: All Good Things... |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: Mind Meld |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: Star Trek Generations Chapter 1 |
| Previous adventure: Mind Meld Chapters 1-15 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Star Trek Generations Chapter 1 |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2293. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 1 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous Pocket adventure: Vulcan's Glory Previous MB adventure: Vulcans |
2253 Book Two |
Next adventure: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Chapter 14 - McCoy flashback |
Translations[]
- 1995
- French : Ombres sur le soleil. (Fleuve Noir)
- 1996
- German : Schatten auf der Sonne, translated by Bernhard Kempen. (Heyne)
External link[]
- Shadows on the Sun article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.