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