Trial by Ordeal (Star Trek: TOS story by Faddis)
See Trial by Ordeal.
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Trial by Ordeal |
| Author(s): | Connie Faddis |
| Date(s): | 1975 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | gen |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: TOS |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | PDF available online with author and publisher permission |
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Trial by Ordeal is a Star Trek: TOS story by Connie Faddis. It was illustrated by Kathi Maynard.
It was published in the print zine Interphase #2, reprinted in Computer Playback #5.
Summary
"McCoy is the only member of a landing party to be returned to the Enterprise after 4 months of captivity by a barbarian race. Spock is one of the missing landing party. Traumatized, abused and drugged, McCoy is apparently the one who is responsible for Spock's death." [1]
Art Samples: from "Interphase"
by Kathi Maynard
by Kathi Maynard
by Kathi Maynard
by Kathi Maynard
by Kathi Maynard
by Kathi Maynard
Reactions and Reviews
1976
In 'Trial by Ordeal,' C.R. Faddis movingly depicts the physical and mental sacrifices McCoy must make to save Spock's life. It's a get-McCoy story (with a little get-Spock) but the gore is kept in its place by the author's grasp of characterization so that the people come out on top, not the suffering. Appropriate illos by Kathi Maynard. [2]
1984
If you like a good McCoy get-um, then get out the crying towel. This is, without a doubt, the best story of its kind that I've ever read. McCoy is rescued after being a prisoner of a savage society for four months, but the man that Kirk gets back would rather be dead. The doctor suffered unspeakable horrors to protect a secret he can't even remember: what happened to Spock? Is he dead? If he is, did McCoy kill him?
This is Faddis at her very best, and she really knows how to twist the knife. Don't miss it! [3]
References
- ^ from The McCoy List
- ^ from The Halkan Council #14 (January 1976)
- ^ from The DeForest Dispatch #2