Doctor's Orders

Diane Duane

Sept 2000 · Star Trek: The Original Series Book 50 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

Dr. McCoy finds himself in over his head when put in command of the Starship Enterprise in this electrifying Star Trek adventure.

When Dr. McCoy grumbles once too often about the way the Starship Enterprise ought to be run, Captain Kirk decides to leave the doctor in command while he oversees a routine diplomatic mission.

But McCoy soon learns that command is a double-edged sword when Kirk disappears without a trace. Desperately trying to locate his captain, McCoy comes under pressure from Starfleet to resolve the situation immediately. Matters go from bad to worse when the Klingons arrive and stake their own claim on the planet. And when another deadly power threatens them all, McCoy and the Enterprise are pitted against an alien fleet in a battle they have no hope of winning.

Ratings and reviews

This is one of my favorite from the series. A chain of events leaves Dr McCoy in command of the Enterprise.

It's Star Trek that's all I have to say.

Fun.

About the author

Diane Duane is the author of The Door Into Fire, which was nominated for the World Science Fiction Society’s John W. Campbell Award for best new science fiction/fantasy writer two years in a row. Duane has also published more than thirty novels, numerous short stories, and various comics and computer games, several of which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. She is best known for her continuing Young Wizards series of young adult fantasy novels about the New York–based teenage wizards Nita Callahan and Kit Rodriguez. The 1983 novel So You Want to Be a Wizard and its six sequels have been published in seven other languages.