num_pages: 387
description: An epic new Star Trek saga by New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox set during the original five-year mission!The planet Vok is holding its first free elections after years of oppressive military rule. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise have been dispatched by Starfleet to serve as impartial observers but remaining neutral proves a challenge as Kirk confronts a tangled web of scandal conspiracy and assassination plotswith the stability of an entire sector at stake.To make matters worse Dr. Leonard McCoy has vanished while on a mission of mercy to Braco a nearby planet only a system away. With Kirk unable to abandon his vital mission on Vok to hunt for his friend its up to First Officer Spock and Christine Chapel to lead a team in search of the missing doctor even if it means risking whatever fate befell McCoy.Unknown to his friends and crewmates however McCoy has been spirited away to another world Ozalor where hes expected to find a cure for a mysterious ailment plaguing a member of the planets ruling family. Torn between his Hippocratic oath and his desire to escape McCoy finds himself at the center of deadly palace intriguesand a struggle for power that may ultimately consume all three worlds!
language: English
title: A Contest of Principles
publisher: Gallery Books/Star Trek; Simon & Schuster