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An Article of Faith
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Title: | An Article of Faith |
Author(s): | April Pentland |
Date(s): | 1977 |
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Genre(s): | gen |
Fandom(s): | Star Trek: TOS |
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An Article of Faith is a Star Trek: TOS story by April Pentland.
It was published in the print zine Interphase #4.
Summary
Mevran Al-Azar has committed the sacrilege of stealing from the ElIysians their Temple of Tendra-Galing. When the Enterprise captures the lady pirate along with the temple, McCoy finds himself strangely drawn to her. When Kirk is injured it is Mevran who uses the power of the temple to help McCoy save his life.
Reactions and Reviews
Second is a very good story, 'An Article of Faith.' This story deals with the theft and return of a priceless alien artifact, which when coupled with human faith, has strange powers. The story takes several interesting if not down right shocking twists and if the story quality deteriorates a bit toward the end, it is more than compensated for by the plot twists. [1]
A good action/adventure story v/here a pretty pirate steals a Temple and tows it away, only to be caught by the Enterprise. But no one really understands the structure's mystical powers until disaster strikes, leaving McCoy injured and Kirk near death. A good love interest just adds to the overall story. Need I say who the pirate falls for? She has good taste. [2]
Enterprise pursues thieves who have made off with the entire Temple of the Ellysians, which those people credit with maintaining the peace and perfection of their disease and violence-free planet. Despite a plot based on mysticism (the temple turns out to be some kind of lens that captures and uses the power of faith), which is always annoying to me, the story is well-plotted with nice twists and has excellent characterization both of the familiar and new folks. Points, too, for having the beautiful thief fall for McCoy, the only one aboard who seems immune to her charms, rather than the Captain. [3]
References
- ^ from The Sehlat's Roar #5
- ^ from The DeForest Dispatch #2 (1984)
- ^ from Karen Halliday's Zinedex (2006)