Catalyst of Sorrows
Lost Era 2360 (Star Trek: Lost Era #4)
Chapter One
Not every crisis, Admiral Uhura believed, begins
with exploding planets or even a starship
battle. Sometimes it is the things we cannot see
that cause the greatest harm.
"Joshua Lederberg," McCoy said, glowering at her
from the comm screen in her office at Starfleet
Intelligence, "Twentieth-century Earth
geneticist. Said something to the effect that
the single biggest threat to man's continued
dominance in the universe is the virus. They
were here long before us, they'll be here long
after we're gone."
"So you will help us, then," Uhura said.
"Yes. Repeat: No."
Uhura frowned back at him. "Now what is that
supposed to mean?"
"It means, young lady, that I can't help you
with this one. I've gone fishing."
Uhura counted to ten before she trusted herself
to speak again. Age hadn't mellowed Leonard
McCoy one iota; he was as ornery as ever. He was
pretending to ignore her, puttering with
something just below the comm screen's
sight-line, and she wondered what it was.
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