well the first of the fifty some odd Star Trek books i picked up: Shadow on the Sun by Michael Jan Friedman.

this book it about two-hundred pages and a quick read (once again i have been lazy).

i have always wondered what exactly McCoy's wife had done tht broke him for so long. This Explains it. i have to say that for McCoy to be as upset as he is for more than half of his life about it... i guess i have to look at it from the point of someone who is very emotional to start out with and was very deeply in love.

this is about McCoy and an Assassins Cultural Guild on the planet Ssan. how the Diplomatic needs of the federation can harbor hatred more than thanks.

this was a great reminder to me of the vast cultural differences that even out little planet has- as Spock was so prime to point out. that how hard it would be as Starfleet to keep this in mind while working with other species and just starting to meet them all.

that also reminds me of how sad i am over Gaila- off topic... but i have been reading some wonderful fics with her... and i have this nagging feeling she was not on the Enterprise... and none of the other ships seemed to have survived... at all.

for such a short introduction to a character i still really like her. the Deleted scenes made me almost explode in joy only to hate Kirk just a little more.

OK back to book.... i dont know if this is a must read on any level- as a book or as a Star Trek book. but it does explain McCoy's past and for that i would read it if you are a fan.

also i was at a part where McCoy was punching the crap out of a guy and the Pink song So What was playing... and right as he punched him the part where she sings "my Husbands guna start a fight" played and i laughed for a good half hour... it was so fitting.

i think my next book will be Grimiore for the Green Witch. Tis the season. that is after this next chunk of War and Peace

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