NOVEL
McCoy: Provenance of Shadows
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series Crucible, No. One
Author(s):	David R. George III
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - September 2006
Pages:	640
ISBN:	ISBN 0743491688
Chronology
Date:	1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954 and 1955 (Timeline 1) 2267, 2268, 2270, 2273, 2276, 2280, 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2286, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2293, 2294, 2299, 2364 and 2366 (Timeline 2)

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 Characters 4 References 4.1 Starships 4.2 Locations 4.3 Species 4.4 States and Organizations 4.5 Other 5 Information 6 Related Stories 7 External Links 8 Connections

Introduction (blurb)Edit

IN A SINGLE MOMENT

...the lives of three men will be forever changed. In that split second, defined paradoxically by both salvation and loss, they will destroy the world and then restore it. Much had come before, and much would come after, but nothing would color their lives more than that one, isolated instant on the edge of forever.

IN A SINGLE MOMENT

...Leonard McCoy, displaced in time, saves a woman from dying in a traffic accident, and in so doing alters Earth's history. Stranded in the past, he struggles to find a way back to his own century. But living an existence he was not meant to, he will eventually have to move on, and ultimately face the shadows born of his lost life.

IN A SINGLE MOMENT

...Leonard McCoy, displaced in time, is prevented from saving a woman from dying in a traffic accident, allowing Earth's history to remain unchanged. Returning to the present, he encounters a medical mystery he is committed to solving. But the echoes of an existence he never lived haunt him, and the specter of a premature death will bring him full circle to the shadows he has never faced.

SummaryEdit

CharactersEdit

Helena Albrecht • Gregg Anderson • Tonia Barrows • Paul Bates • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Cortez • Beverly Crusher • Davis • DeSalle • Lynn Dickinson • Phil Dickinson • Billy Fuster • Dave Galloway • John Harriman • Faith Homeyer • Edith Keeler • James T. Kirk • Korax • Leslie • William Lyles • Jabilo M'Benga • M'Ress • Joanna McCoy • Leonard McCoy • Natira • Heihachiro Nogura • Rahda • Benny Russell • Saavik • Sarek • Antonia Salvatori • Montgomery Scott • Spock • T'Lar • Gillian Taylor • Nyota Uhura • Zahra • Zarabeth

Referenced only 

Ray Bolger • Lance Cartwright • Samuel Clemens • Ronald Colman • Nancy Crater • Olivia de Havilland • Charles Dickens • Willard Decker • Mahatma Gandhi • Greer Garson • Amanda Grayson • John "Blackjack" Harriman • Hirohito • Adolf Hitler • Rayna Kapec • Alexander Kirk • Aurelan Kirk • George Samuel Kirk, Jr. • George Samuel Kirk, Sr. • Julius Kirk • Winona Kirk • Koloth • Geordi La Forge • David McCoy • Eleanora McCoy • Jocelyn McCoy • Miramanee • Gary Mitchell • Benito Mussolini • Jawaharlal Nehru • Harriet Nelson • Ozzie Nelson • William T. Riker • Hiram Roth • Franklin D. Roosevelt • James Stewart • Sybok • Harry S. Truman • V'Ger • Jules Verne • H. G. Wells

ReferencesEdit

StarshipsEdit

IKS Gr'oth • USS Alar • USS Algonquin • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) • USS Excelsior • USS Hood

Referenced only 

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)

LocationsEdit

Atlanta, Georgia • Deneva • Gateway • Hayden, South Carolina • Madame Chang's Mandarin Cafe • New York City • New York Public Library • Riverside • Starbase 10 • Starlight on the Water • Times Square • Twenty-First Street Mission • Yonada

SpeciesEdit

Blastoneuron • Human • Klingon • Otrevel • Vulcan • Yonadan

Referenced only 

Andorian • Horta • Vedalan

States and OrganizationsEdit

American Pacifist Movement • United States of America • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Nazi Germany

OtherEdit

Chirurgeon • Rostopovich-Batista • World War II • Between Two Seas • Goodbye, Mr. Chips • Lost Horizon • Madame Curie • Mrs. Miniver • Random Harvest • The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

InformationEdit

• Kirk's nephews, Alex, Julius, and Peter, the first two of whom were named as such in The Last Roundup, are mentioned again...but in reverse order of age.
• An excerpt from this novel was published in issue 128 of the Star Trek Magazine.

Related StoriesEdit

• TOS episode: "The City on the Edge of Forever"

External LinksEdit

• Provenance of Shadows article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous novel: First in trilogy	TOS novels Crucible	Next novel: Spock: The Fire and the Rose
Previous novel: Constellations	TOS novels	Next novel: Rihannsu, Book Five The Empty Chair
Previous story: Tales from the Captain's Table Iron and Sacrifice	Stories by: David R. George III	Next story: Spock: The Fire and the Rose
chronological order