The IDIC Epidemic
It is a killer. And something far worse.

The IDIC Epidemic is a Pocket TOS novel – #38 in the numbered series – written by Jean Lorrah. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
I.D.I.C. – Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. More than just a simple credo, for those of the planet  it is the cornerstone of their philosophy.

Now, on the Vulcan Science Colony Nisus, that credo of tolerance is being put to the 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 I.D.I.C. itself. A plague that threatens to tear down that centuries-old maxim and replace it with an even older concept…

Interstellar War.

Memorable quotes 
"How late will we be?"
"Six days."
"Not six-point-one-three-seven?"
"Six-point-two-five-two. Mother, is it not illogical to be annoyed when Father or I give you a precise figure yet ask for such precision when we do not?"
"No, just Human."
 - Amanda and Spock

"Last time ve couldn't get to Wulcan. This time ve can't get avay  from it!"
 - Chekov

"Nature is more dangerous than an acknowledged enemy, for it so often appears one's friend that one never expects the moment it turns and casually kills."
 - Kevin Katasai

"Klingon scientists. Intriguing. I should like to meet them."
 - Sarek

"Chaucer died before he finished the work. I always thought that if he'd finished it, there would have been bandits. And probably a sixth husband for the Wife of Bath."
 - Kirk

Background information 
 This was a sequel to #20, The Vulcan Academy Murders.

Characters

Canon characters 
 James T. Kirk
 Spock
 Leonard McCoy
 Montgomery Scott
 Pavel Chekov
 Uhura
 Christine Chapel
 Sarek
 Amanda Grayson
 Joseph M'Benga

Non-canon characters 
 Borth  Orion reprentative to the Nisus Council and Seela's uncle.
 Daniel Corrigan  Human doctor and longtime friend and colleague of the Vulcan healer, Sorel. Married to T'Mir. 
Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders.
 Beau Deaver  Human/Orion hybrid medic and mathematician.
 Korsal Katasai  Klingon thought master and engineer.
 Kevin Katasai  Korsal's human/klingon hybrid son, who wants to attend Starfleet Academy.
 Karl Katasai  Korsal's youngest son. Also a human/klingon hybrid.
 Seela  Korsal's Orion wife.
 Sorel  Vulcan healer. Friend and colleague of Daniel Corrigan and father of T'Mir.
Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders T'Kar  Vulcan nurse.
 T'Mir  Wife of Daniel Corrigan and daughter of Sorel. Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders. Not to be confused with the T'Mir who appears in , as they are unrelated characters. T'Pina  Adopted daughter of T'Kar.
 Sendet  One of the Followers of T'Vet, a Vulcan philosophy which rejects the teachings of Surak. Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders. Satat  The leader of the Followers of T'Vet.

 References 
ahn-woon; Andorian; ; ESP; Eugenics Wars; IDIC; kahs-wan; katra; Klingon; Klingon Empire; lirpa; Orion; pon farr''; Rigellian; Romulan; Surak; Tellarite; Vulcan

External links 
 
 

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