The Abode of Life

The Enterprise is caught between its own survival – and the destruction of an innocent, isolated world!
The Abode of Life is a Pocket TOS novel – #6 in the numbered series – written by Lee Correy. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .
== 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 , 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.
== Background information ==
* This is the only Star Trek novel written by Lee Correy.
* Although the cover art depicts Kirk and Spock in 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).
* The novel was reprinted in hardcover format by Gregg Press in 1984.
== 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.
;Joseph M'Benga : Enterprise assistant medical officer.
;Kyle : Lieutenant.
;Thal
;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
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