The Abode of Life
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| Author(s): | Lee Correy |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TOS #6 |
| Published: | 1 April 1982 |
| Pages: | 207 |
| Stardate: | 5064.4 - 5099.5 (2268) |
| Reference: | ISBN 0671832972 |
The Enterprise is caught between its own survival--and the destruction of an innocent, isolated world!
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[edit] Summary
- The citizens of Mercan cannot conceive of worlds beyond their own. Their sun, Mercaniad, is prone to deadly, radioactive flare-ups, and the Mercans have organized their lives around the need to survive The Ordeal--until a strange visitor appears from out of nowhere...
- The USS Enterprise, badly crippled and in desperate need of repairs, must seek help from a people who cannot believe in its existence. Mercaniad is about to blow, and James Kirk faces an impossible choice: to attack the sun itself and save his ship and crew — or let a people live in peace, in the only world they know... the abode of life.
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[edit] Background Information
- This is the only Star Trek novel written by Lee Correy.
- Although the cover art depicts Kirk and Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture era uniforms, the stardate and the Pocket Books timeline place this adventure in 2268 (in accordance with Rand being portrayed as a yeoman rather than a chief).
[edit] Characters
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket TOS characters.
- James Kirk
- Enterprise captain.
- Spock
- Enterprise exec and science officer.
- Leonard McCoy
- Lieutenant Commander.
- Montgomery Scott
- Chief Engineer.
- Uhura
- Communications officer.
- Janice Rand
- Enterprise yeoman.
- M'Benga
- Enterprise assistant medical officer.
- Kyle
- Lieutentant.
- Thallan
- Delin
- Othol
- Orun
- Pallar
- Lenos
- Parna
- Aldys
[edit] References
- Berthold ray
- Mercaniad emitted Berthold rays during "The Ordeal"
- Mercan
- Mercaniad
- Phoenix
- A scoutship.
- See Phoenix (disambiguation) for ships of the same name.
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