Novel Enterprise: TOS Synopsis B.1

CHRONOLOGY / SYNOPSIS The Original Series

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These period B titles (Kirk's five-year mission) are arranged in alphabetical order, with sequels noted immediately after the initial book as well as alphabetically. Select another time period. TOS period A   Events occurring prior to the Original Series tv episodes.
TOS period B   Kirk's original 5-year mission plus (up to his promotion to Admiral).
             period B is ten pages long, with titles in alphabetical order
TOS period C   The years Kirk is based on Earth during the Enterprise refit.
TOS period D   Kirk commands the Enterprise as an admiral. (the first four movies)
TOS period E   Events between movies "The Voyage Home" and "The Final Frontier".
TOS period F   Star Trek V through Kirk's "death" on the Enterprise-B and its aftermath.
TOS period G   The continuing adventures of Kirk and his crew in Picard's time.

The Original Series period B page 1 of 10 / titles A - C Kirk's original 5-year mission and beyond, up to his promotion to Admiral and the three-year refit of the Enterprise. the titles in this period are in alphabetical order, with series grouped together

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The Abode of Life

Corey, Lee
Pocket, 1982 TOS #6

sequels below:

Chain of Attack

DeWeese, Gene
Pocket, 1987 TOS #32

The Final Nexus

DeWeese, Gene
Pocket, 1988 TOS #43

Abode...:
A hidden rip in space sends Kirk and the Enterprise across the galaxy, where they must depend on the warring factions of an isolated planet to help them repair the ship.

Chain...:
While investigating more of the mysterious rips in space, the Enterprise finds itself in a galaxy where every habitable planet has been destroyed by horrific weapons.

...Nexus:
The Enterprise discovers that the rips in space are causing galaxy-wide insanity.

Assignment: Eternity

Cox, Greg
Pocket, 1998 TOS #84

Kirk feels disinclined to help when the mysterious Gary Seven and his ditsy protege Roberta Lincoln time travel to the Enterprise and ask for assistance without explaining why.
see also: TOS period A, F

Battlestations

Carey, Diane.
Pocket, 1986 TOS #31

sequel to: Dreadnought

The surviving conspirators get control of a hideous new weapon and hijack the Enterprise to test it.

The Better Man

Weinstein, Howard
Pocket, 1994 TOS #72

McCoy discovers he has a daughter who may be killed for being genetically "imperfect".

Black Fire

Cooper, Sonni
Pocket, 1982 TOS #8

Spock and Scotty go AWOL to trace the cause of a bombing on the Enterprise in which Kirk was critically injured.

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Bloodthirst

Dillard, J.M.
Pocket, 1987 TOS #37

A banned biological weapon causing its victims to crave blood gets loose on the Enterprise.

The Captain's Daughter

David, Peter
Pocket, 1995 TOS #76

While on leave, Sulu has an affair with a mysterious woman, and later learns she has borne him a daughter. (told in flashback)
see also: TOS period F

The Captain's Table (click here for complete synopsis) is a 6-part series encompassing all the TV shows and New Frontier. Book 1: War Dragons (TOS) Graf, L.A. Pocket, 1998	Trying to recover from Gary Mitchell's recent death, Kirk clashes with Spock over how to handle a group of pirates. see also: TOS period F



Chain of Attack DeWeese, Gene Pocket, 1987 TOS #32 sequel to: The Abode of Life prequel to: The Final Nexus	The Enterprise discovers that the rips in space are causing galaxy-wide insanity.

Corona Bear, Greg Pocket, 1984 TOS #15	A reporter boards the Enterprise to chronicle the efforts to rescue a team of Vulcan scientists.

Crisis on Centaurus Ferguson, Brad Pocket, 1986 TOS #28	Kirk and crew must hunt down the alien-hating bigots who exploded an antimatter bomb at a major spaceport. see also: TOS period A

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Crossroad

Hambly, Barbara
Pocket, 1994 TOS #71

A rebel starship from a dark, future Federation travels back in time to elicit help from Kirk and the Enterprise

The Cry of the Onlies

Klass, Judy
Pocket, 1989 TOS #46

The centuries-old children known as the "Onlies" steal an experimental starship designed by Kirk's old antagonist, the immortal Flint. A sequel to the TV episodes "Miri", "Dagger of the Mind" and "Requiem for Methuselah".

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