My First Star Trek Tie-in Novel

[kingstoken]

So, I read my first Star Trek tie-in novel, it was Dreams of Ravens by Carmen Carter, and have to say I really enjoyed it. It was very character driven with spurts of action, plus a bit of a mystery mixed in. It was focused on McCoy, who was one of my faves from the original series, and on the Kirk-McCoy friendship. There was also an original character, Dr Diana Dyson, which I really liked, but I checked the wiki and this is the only novel she appears in, which is too bad, she had a great relationship with McCoy.

I have heard the tie-in novels can be hit or miss, have you read any of the other tie-in novels? Any you can recommend?  I am familiar with TOS, TNG and VOY.

Comments

[stellar_dust]

Oh my goodness, I used to LOVE the Star Trek tie-in novels, but I haven't read any in ages so I can't vouch for how well they stand up, or whether anything much written since about 2000 is actually any good.

Along with the ones already listed, you should read Doctor's Orders and Shadows on the Sun - both are very Bones-centric and I loved him so much.

Most of the non-numbered books from the Pocket Books run were good. I remember liking -- oh, can't remember what it was called, but a Kirk-centric one by Diane Carey, that had some stuff about his childhood in it. I also remember liking at least the first few of the ones that Shatner co-authored, but I might be the only one who felt that way, lol.

I mean, in general, they are mostly pretty decent. There are some less-than-great ones, but the same goes for episodes of the show, and none of them are all that long.

[kingstoken]

Thank you for the recs. I am reading Doctor's Orders right now, I mentioned in another community that McCoy was one of my favourite characters from TOS and Doctor's Orders was one of the first recommendations. I am about half way through and I am really enjoying it so far, it is very interesting to see McCoy in a leadership position outside of a medical situation, I just finished the chapter where the Klingons show up and McCoy bluffs and pretends he so confident, and he is totally not. I just read the blurb for Shadows on the Sun, it sounds interesting, I'll have to put it on by TBR