Series:	The Original Series
Author(s):	Kathleen Sky
Publication information
Publisher:	Bantam Books
Published:	Paperback - April 1981
Pages:	213
ISBN:	ISBN 0553249835
Chronology
Date:	2269
Stardate:	6914.6 to 6982.3

A dazzling new full-length novel—never before published, never seen on television.

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.1.1 USS Enterprise senior staff 2.1.2 Other USS Enterprise personnel 2.1.3 Other characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Races and cultures 2.4 Locations 2.4.1 Shipboard locations 2.4.2 Planetary and stationbound locations 2.4.3 Outposts and stations 2.4.4 Planets and planetoids 2.4.5 Stars and systems 2.4.6 Stellar regions 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Technology and weapons 2.7 Lifeforms 2.8 Ranks and titles 2.9 Other references 3 Timeline 4 Apeendices 4.1 Connections 4.2 External links

Summary

From the back cover 

Death stalks the corridors of the Enterprise.

When Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock barely survived the mission to Delta Gamma IV, the deadly planet whose beautiful blue flowers destroy the mind and ravage the soul, Chief Medical Officer McCoy felt something was dangerously wrong—just how wrong, he didn't realize. For when the Enterprise takes on the alien members of a sensitive Federation diplomatic mission, the ambassadors are murdered one by one. The angel of death is visiting the ambassadors.

References

Characters

USS Enterprise senior staff

James T. Kirk • Spock • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Nyota Uhura • Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Christine Chapel

Other USS Enterprise personnel

Jeff Carter • Greg Collier • Jamison • Kyle • Matthews • Jabilo M'Benga • Miriam Raymond • Ruth Rigel • Bobby Robinson • Grace Temple

Other characters

Agnatha • Damu • Edentata • Derek Gleason • Hotep • Karhu • Marmeluke • Naja • Neko • Rovar • Sarek • Alexis Schaeffer • Elizabeth Shaeffer • Sirenia • Si-s-s-s(click) • Spiracles • Telson

Referenced only 

Dashiell Hammett • Irene Adler • Dumas • William Shakespeare • Shelley • Keats • Byron • Bram Stoker

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • XK Needle

Referenced only 

garbage scow

Races and cultures

Human (Masai) • Vulcan • Romulan • Arcturian • Laudarian • Tigrex

Referenced only 

Klingon

Locations

Shipboard locations

USS Enterprise 

bridge • corridor • quarters (Kirk's) • transporter room • sickbay

Planetary and stationbound locations

Earth 

Orient • Scotland

Starbase 7 

Federation Embassy

Outposts and stations

Detente Station One • Starbase 7 • Starfleet Headquarters

Planets and planetoids

Babel • Cetacea • Chiroptera • Dalzell • Delta Gamma IV • Diana IV • Djoser • Gavialian • Gyuunyuu • Hemiptera • Hunaja • Jezero • Manteiga • Miskar II • Rigel VI • Tandenborstel

Stars and systems

Antares • Delta Gamma • Diana system • Miskar • Rigel

Stellar regions

Organian Treaty Zone • Romulan Neutral Zone

States and organizations

Romulan Star Empire • United Federation of Planets (Federation Council • Federation Diplomatic Corps • Starfleet • Special Security Division) • Klingon Empire

Technology and weapons

command chair • communicator • EVA suit • impulse drive • photon bomb • starship • transporter • warp drive • universal translator

Lifeforms

humanoid • animal • plant • Oz poppy • poppy • rodent • crustacean • feline • dolphin • mermaid • crocodile • koala • lobster • cat • vampire • cow • snake • armadillo • flower • mongcat

Ranks and titles

ambassador • brigadier • captain (infantry) • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • colonel • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • ensign • extraterrestrialist • first lieutenant • first officer • general • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • lieutenant colonel • lieutenant general • major • major general • navigator • science officer • security officer • security chief • second lieutenant • technician • veterinarian • yeoman

Other references

log entry • medical log • stardate • landing party • space • planet • star • star system • spore • cerebrum • brain • coma • colony • treaty • Organian Treaty • biology • blood • stimulant • depressant • drug • telepathy • fuel consumption report • uniform • rank • Down's syndrome • Alice in Wonderland • The Wizard of Oz • Sherlock Holmes • Sigmund • REM sleep • captain's log • coral • sandstone • diplomacy • dress uniform • clothing • orbit • Dracula • Scottish • insect • wine • tea • steak • alien • Fuzzybutt • zoo

Timeline

ten days before stardate 6914.6 

Landing party to Delta Gamma IV.

stardate 6914.6 

McCoy records a log regarding the Delta Gamma IV deaths and the comatose survivors.

stardate 6968.4 (six weeks later) 

Enterprise ordered to Starbase 7 to pick up an ambassadorial party.

Apeendices

Connections

published order
Previous novel: The Galactic Whirlpool	TOS unnumbered novels	Next novel: last Bantam novel
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Perry's Planet	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Trellisane Confrontation

External links

• Death's Angel article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.