| Demons | |
| Author: | J.M. Dillard |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Release Date: | July 1986 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Pages: | 256 pp |
| Isbn: | 1-85286-351-X |
| Isbn Note: | (first edition, paperback) |
| Oclc: | 24719711 |
| Preceded By: | Dreadnought! |
| Followed By: | Battlestations! |
Demons is a novel written by J.M. Dillard.
A strange device found by a scientific expedition is taken to the planet Vulcan. It begins taking people over one by one, replacing them with malevolent power-hungry entities. The crew of the Enterprise, those not yet replaced, must contain this threat to Vulcan and defeat it.
This story is continued in the novel Possession, also by J.M. Dillard, where it is revealed the device is one of many.
The book made the New York Times bestseller list in July 1986.[1]
Robert Greenberger praised the novel for "some nice bits about Vulcan ritual and mind-control".[2]
The character Anitra Lantry was described as a "Mary Sue" by Camille Bacon-Smith.[3]