A dazzling new full-length novel—never before published, never seen on television. — Death's Angel is a Star Trek novel, a TOS adventure from Bantam Books in April 1981. This was the final of 13 full-length novels in the Bantam TOS series, and the last of three released after the license to commission new stories had been passed to Pocket Books for the numbered series that began with TOS novelization: The Motion Picture in 1979. This was the second and final Star Trek book by author Kathleen Sky, after her previous TOS novel: Vulcan!
Description[]
- 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[]
- Agnatha • Jeffrey Carter • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Greg Collier • Damu • Edentata • Derek Gleason • Hotep • Jamison • Karhu • James T. Kirk • Kyle • Marmeluke • Matthews • M'Benga • Leonard McCoy • Naja • Neko • Miriam Raymond • Ruth Rigel • Bobby Robinson • Rovar • Sarek • Alexis Schaeffer • Elizabeth Schaeffer • Montgomery Scott • Sirenia • Si-s-s-s(click) • Spiracles • Spock • Telson • Grace Temple • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura
- Referenced only
- Irene Adler • Byron • Dumas • Fuzzybutt • Grim Reaper • Dashiell Hammett • Sherlock Holmes • Keats • William Shakespeare • Shelley • Sigmund • Bram Stoker
Kyle.
Starships and vehicles[]
- Referenced only
- garbage scow
Locations[]
Shipboard locations[]
- USS Enterprise
- bridge • corridor • quarters (Kirk's) • sickbay • transporter room
Planetary and stationbound locations[]
- Starbase 7
- Federation Embassy
Outposts and stations[]
- Détente 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[]
Races and cultures[]
- Arcturian • Cetacea native • Chiroptera native • Dalzell native • Djoser native • Gavialian • Gyomorian • Gyuunyuu native • Hemipteran • Human (Masai • Scottish) • Hunajan • Jezero native • Laudarian • Manteigan • Romulan • Tandenborstel native • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Klingon
States and organizations[]
- Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • United Federation of Planets (Federation Council • Federation Diplomatic Corps • Starfleet • Special Security Division)
Science and classification[]
- alien • astronomy • biology • communications • energy • lifeform • matter • medicine • measurement • technology • telepathy • time • universe • weapon
Astronomy[]
- orbit • planet • space • star • star system
Communications[]
- Alice in Wonderland • captain's log • Dracula • fuel consumption report • log entry • The Maltese Falcon • medical log • The Wizard of Oz
Lifeforms[]
- animal • armadillo • cat • coral • cow • crocodile • crustacean • dolphin • feline • flower • humanoid • insect • koala • lobster • mermaid • mongcat • Oz poppy • plant • poppy • rodent • snake • spore • Tigrex • vampire
Materials and substances[]
Measurement[]
Food and drink[]
Medicine[]
Anatomy[]
Technology and weapons[]
- command chair • communicator • EVA suit • impulse drive • photon bomb • starship • transporter • universal translator • warp drive
Occupations and titles[]
- ambassador • brigadier • captain • captain (infantry) • chief engineer • chief medical officer • colonel • command division • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • ensign • extraterrestrialist • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first lieutenant • first officer • general • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • lieutenant colonel • lieutenant general • major • major general • medic • navigator • officer • operations division • physician • rank • science officer • sciences division • second lieutenant • security • security guard • security officer • security chief • technician • veterinarian • yeoman
Other references[]
- boot • clothing • colony • diplomacy • dress uniform • government • insignia • jumpsuit • landing party • Organian Treaty • pants • races and cultures • nation state • rank insignia • science • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • title • treaty • tunic • uniform • zoo
Chronology[]
- ten days before stardate 6914.6
- Landing party to Delta Gamma IV.
- stardate 6914.6
- McCoy records a log entry 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.
Appendices[]
Background[]
- The 1990s reprint edition featured new cover artwork by Kazuhiko Sano. Following closely on to the subject matter, the painting shows "the angel of death" with subtle accuracy, depicting a vaguely recognizable M'Benga wearing a hood, as he was described in the novel's finale.
- The overseas reprint in the Star Trek Adventures series features a new cover painting of Doctor McCoy with on of the alien ambassador's eyes visible behind him.
Images[]
Cover image.
Back cover image.
Reprint cover image.
Reprint cover image.
Reprint cover image.
Star Trek Adventures cover image.
A representation of death.
Enterprise.
Kirk.
Kirk.
Scotty.
McCoy.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Galactic Whirlpool |
TOS unnumbered novels (Bantam Books) | Next novel: last Bantam novel |
| Previous novel: The Fate of the Phoenix |
Star Trek Adventures | Next novel: Vulcan! |
| Previous story: Vulcan! |
Stories by: Kathleen Sky |
Next story: last novel |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: Perry's Planet |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: The Trellisane Confrontation |
| Previous adventure: Perry's Planet |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: The Trellisane Confrontation |
Publication history[]
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Translations[]
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External links[]
- Death's Angel article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.