Star Trek: Grissom    

    "Errand of Mercy"  (Prose Chapter #8)

 

Chapter 8 is now available for download (see below, right column)

Synopsis

Prose Chapter 8 of the Star Trek: Grissom series follows on from the last encounter with Cyrano Jones, the tribbles, and the deadly revelation of the shape-shifting Cameloid agent who stalking the crew aboard the U.S.S. Grissom.

This installment has the U.S.S. Grissom back enroute to the Genesis Planet, but are detoured when answering a priority Federation distress signal.  Arriving at the Alcyone system, the Grissom finds itself involved with one of the Federation's most feared diseases.  As the crew decides the limits of humanitarian assistance and mercy, the fate of an entire world lies in the balance.  Join the crew as they wrestle with personal fears, tests of honor, and an exploration of the meaning of mercy and salvation.  What are these limits? And how does one know what is the honorable, merciful course of action when all roads seem to lead to disaster on a planetary scale?  Do the needs of the many truly outrank the needs of the few? 

Written by:  Rick Pike  & Sean Paul Teeling

Release Date:  July 10, 2010

Part of Audio Episode #5

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