A review by luthien3720
A Choice of Catastrophes by Steve Mollmann, Michael Schuster

3.0

Dr. McCoy is my favourite character in Star Trek, and this novel lets him take centre stage. Kirk and Spock aren't sidelined, either, as they lead an away team to an eerily abandoned planet that may not be all that abandoned. Each of the main seven stars of Star Trek gets a moment to shine, but this story is definitely centred on McCoy. Readers are given an in-depth look at McCoy's past, and how it affects his present, as he tries to save several crewmembers who have mysteriously fallen into comas following the Enterprise's contact with an anomaly in space. Nurse Chapel has a strong supporting role in the story as well. The two plotlines (the ship and the away team) dovetail nicely at the end.