The IDIC Epidemic
IDIC - Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. More than just a simple credo, for those of the planet Vulcan it is the cornerstone of their philosophy.
Now, on the Vulcan Science Colony Nisus, that credo of tolerance is being put to its sternest test. For here, on a planet where Vulcan, Human, Klingon, and countless other races live and work side by side, a deadly plague has sprung up. A plague whose origins are somehow rooted in the concept of IDIC itself. A plague that threatens to tear down that centuries-old maxim and replace it with an even older concept:
Interstellar war.
James T. Kirk (Fictitious character), Spock (Fictitious character), Epidemics, Multiculturalism, Leonard McCoy (Fictitious character)
Jean Lorrah
Jean Lorrah (born 1940) is a science fiction and fantasy author. She has produced several Star Trek novels, frequently with her writing and business partner Jacqueline Lichtenberg. Her most recent[when?] work with Lichtenberg is on the Sime~Gen Universe. Her fantasy series The Savage Empire, from the 1980s, is mostly solo work.

Lorrah taught English at Murray State University from 1968-2008 and received her Ph.D. from Florida State University. She was the first female non-nursing/home economics doctorate professor hired at MSU.