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The Enterprise is caught between its own survival – and the destruction of an innocent, isolated world!

Summary

From the book jacket: On the planet Mercan, there are no stars, no moon, no outer space...

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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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).

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

References

Berthold ray: Mercaniad emitted Berthold rays during "The Ordeal"
Mercan
Mercaniad
Phoenix: A scoutship.
solar flare
Starbase 4

External links

The Abode of Life at Wikipedia
The Abode of Life at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+| Series            = [[Pocket TOS]] #6<br />[[Titan Books]] #25
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+| Pages             = 207
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+| Year              = [[2268]]
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+''The ''Enterprise'' is caught between its own survival &ndash; and the destruction of an innocent, isolated world!''
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-| class="even" | [[May 1982]]
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-''The ''Enterprise'' is caught between its own survival--and the destruction of an innocent, isolated world!''
 ==Summary==
 ;From the book jacket:
-:''On the [[planet]] Mercan, there are no [[star]]s, no [[moon]], no outer space...
+:''On the [[planet]] Mercan, there are no [[star]]s, no [[moon]], no outer space...''
-:''The [[people|citizens]] of Mercan cannot concieve of worlds beyond their own.  Their [[sun]], Mercaniad, is prone to deadly, [[radiation|radioactive]] [[solar flare|flare-up]]s, and the Mercans have organized their lives around the need to survive The Ordeal--until a strange visitor appears from out of nowhere...
+:''The [[people|citizens]] of Mercan cannot conceive of worlds beyond their own.  Their [[sun]], Mercaniad, is prone to deadly, [[radiation|radioactive]] [[solar flare|flare-ups]], and the Mercans have organized their lives around the need to survive The Ordeal &ndash; until a strange visitor appears from out of nowhere...''
-:''The [[USS Enterprise|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 [[starship|ship]] and crew -- or let a people live in peace, in the only world they know... the abode of life.
+:''The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, 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 [[starship|ship]] and crew &ndash; or let a people live in peace, in the only world they know... the abode of life.''
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+==Memorable quotes==
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-==Background==
+==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]]).
+* Although the cover art depicts Kirk and [[Spock]] in {{film|1}} 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]]).
 ==Characters==
+{{non canon characters|Pocket TOS}}
 ;[[James Kirk]] : ''Enterprise'' [[captain]].
 ;[[Spock]] : ''Enterprise'' [[XO|exec]] and [[science officer]].
+;[[Leonard McCoy]] : Lieutenant commander.
-[[Image:Janice Rand TOS.jpg|thumb|150px|Yeoman Rand.]]
+;[[Montgomery Scott]] : Chief engineer.
+;[[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] : Communications officer.
+[[File:Janice Rand, 2266.jpg|thumb|Yeoman Rand]]
 ;[[Janice Rand]] : ''Enterprise'' [[yeoman]].
 ;[[M'Benga]] : ''Enterprise'' assistant [[medical officer]].
+;[[Kyle]] : Lieutentant.
+;Thallan
+;Delin
+;Othol
+;Orun
+;Pallar
+;Lenos
+;Parna
+;Aldys
 ==References==
 ;[[Berthold ray]] : Mercaniad emitted Berthold rays during "The Ordeal"
 ;Mercan
 ;Mercaniad
+;''Phoenix'' : A scoutship.
-;''Phoenix'' : A scoutship. ''See [[Phoenix (disambiguation)]] for ships of the same name.''
 ;[[solar flare]]
+;[[Starbase 4]]
+==External links==
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+* {{mbeta-title}}
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