The only man who can end an interplanetary war is ... Harry Mudd? — Mudd in Your Eye is a TOS novel by Jerry Oltion. Published in January 1997, it is the 81st numbered book in Pocket Books' series of numbered TOS novels. The story takes place in 2268, between the events of TOS episode & Mudd's Angels novelization: I, Mudd and TAS episode & Log Three novelization: Mudd's Passion.
Description[]
- After millennia of warfare, the planets Prastor and Distrel may have finally achieved a lasting peace. Investigating on behalf of the Federation, Captain Kirk is shocked to find out that the architect of the peace is none other than that notorious con artist, Harcourt Fenton Mudd!
- Mudd claims to be a changed man, but Kirk has his doubts. He knows that Mudd has to be running some sort of scam, but what is he up to? Kirk must find out soon — before the peace gives way to unending war.
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Aludra • Fareen Berg Gren Orondo Arnitas • Mesparth El Vuk Cevich Benat • Brady • Pavel Chekov • Cipriana • Gorden • Hadock • Jolley • Kenan • James T. Kirk • Leslie Lebrun • Leonard McCoy • Mistrae • Harry Mudd • Narine • Simon Nordell • Janice Rand • Rusch • Montgomery Scott • Smith • Spock • Stanley • Stella • Stella Mudd • Tyers • Nyota Uhura • Vagle • Wolfe
- Referenced only
- Bischoff • Ginn Donan • Mikhail Gorbachev • Gods • Charles Leale • Abraham Lincoln • Romanov
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • interceptor • shuttlecraft • transport
- Referenced only
- flagship • USS O'Halloran
Locations[]
- the galaxy • Arnhall • Distrel (Gods' Eye Shrine • Grand Palace of Distrel) • Nevis system • Prastor (Kelso • Kelso spaceport • Novanar) • Hoffman system (York III)
- Referenced only
- Andromeda Galaxy • Deneb V • Duval • Eminiar VII • Mars • Mudd • Silva V • Vendikar • Venus • Vulcan
Races and cultures[]
- Human (Roman • Russian • Japanese) • Nevisian (Distrellian • Prastorian) • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Denebian • Klingon • Romulan
States and organizations[]
- Commonwealth of Nevis • Council of Heroes • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Vulcan Planetary Security
Science and classification[]
- activation control • alien • android • artificial gravity • autopilot • biobed • bomb • camera • chandelier • circuitry • class M planet • communications • communicator • computer • confinement beam • confinement field • coordinates • disruptor • explosive • force field • fusion • God's Eyes • helm • homing device • hypersonic cleaner • hypospray • intercom • klystron modulator • laser • long distance transporter • manacles • medikit • medscanner • memory bank • nerve toxin • pattern buffer • phase transition coil • phaser • poison • power generator • power pack • protoplaser • radio • replicator • resurrection transporter • robot • scanner • sensor • sensor array • shield generator • shields • subspace communication • subspace radio • sword • technology • time machine • tractor beam • transmission log • transporter • transporter platform • tricorder • turbolift • viewscreen • wall monitor • warp drive • warp engine
Materials and substances[]
- antimatter • blood • crystal • diamond • enzyme • gemstone • gold • glass • hair • ion • plastic • platinum • ruby • stone • tachyon • wood • vinegar
Foods and beverages[]
- bread • cake • Cetian laliska • food • fruit • fugu • garlic • I'danian spice pudding • juice • meat • orange • Palko fruit • pastry • Saurian brandy • water
Lifeforms[]
- apple • animal • cat • chicken • crocodile • Denebian slime devil • dog • flower • Palko bush • puffer fish • rabbit • smeerp • tree • wasp
Clothing[]
- belt • clothing • cravat • dress • dress uniform • glove • haberdashery • jacket • jewelry • kilt • necklace
Units of measurement[]
- century • decade • hour • inch • kilometer • light year • millennia • minute • nanosecond • second • week • year
Ranks and titles[]
- admiral • advocate • ambassador • assassin • bodyguard • bureaucrat • cadet • captain • chaperone • chief engineer • chief medical officer • communications officer • con man • consultant • czar • dagger • doctor • ensign • first officer • Grand General of Distrel • guard • helmsman • instructor • judge • king • lieutenant • navigator • officer • Padishah of Prastor • physician • pirate • political advisor • president • President • schoolteacher • security officer • sergeant • soldier • spy • transporter officer • witch • yeoman
Other references[]
- A Midsummer Night's Dream • alert status (red alert • yellow alert) • alien • anger • atmosphere • banquet hall • beam • binary star • bowl • bracelet • bridge • bridge crew • bust • capital offense • captain's chair • castle • cavern • city • coin • conference room • coronation • corridor • court • court martial • data piracy • death • death penalty • diplomacy • divorce • duel • economy • emotion • engineering • English language • epidemic • execution • exile • extinction • firing squad • first contact • forgery • galaxy • god • government • handlebar mustache • handshake • heart • heart attack • heaven • history • honor • hotel • humanoid • immune system • Klingon language • landing party • language • legend • logic • love • map • marriage • meditation • memory • military • money • nebula • neon • Nevisian language • Nevisian Stasis Syndrome • observation lounge • orbit • palace • parade • peace treaty • penny • piracy • planet • pound • Prime Directive • quadrant • quarantine • quarters • rage • registry • religion • rope • sector • security • shuttlebay • sickbay • SOS • smuggling • spaceport • star system • starship • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • stun • subspace • suicide • telepathy • theft • transporter room • tribunal • trumpet • universe • vacuum • war • warp factor (warp one • warp three) • warrant • wedding
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS episode & Mudd's Angels novelization: Mudd's Women
- TOS episode & Mudd's Angels novelization: I, Mudd
Connections[]
| Media featuring Harry Mudd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Episodes | "Mudd's Women" • "I, Mudd" • "Mudd's Passion" • "Choose Your Pain" • "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" • "The Escape Artist" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Novels and collections | Mudd's Angels • Mudd's Enterprise • Mudd in Your Eye • The Light Fantastic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short stories | "The Business, As Usual, During Altercations" • "Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend" • "A Sucker Born" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RPGs and games | The Adventure Game • 25th Anniversary • 25th Anniversary (NES) • The Badgey Directive • Starfleet Academy • Through a Glass, Darkly m • Trexels • Timelines • Fleet Command | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comics | "Operation Con Game" • "It's a Living" • "Made Out of Mudd" • "The Survival Equation" • Discovery - Succession, Issue 1 m • "Vote Mudd!" (Year Five, Issue 15 • Issue 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Return of Mudd | "When You Wish Upon a Star...!" • "Mudd's Magic!" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Return of Harry Mudd | "Mission: Muddled" • "The Sky Above...The Mudd Below" • "Target: Mudd!" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| m : Mirror universe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: Treaty's Law |
TOS numbered novels | Next story: Mind Meld |
| Previous story: Twilight's End |
Stories by: Jerry Oltion |
Next story: Where Sea Meets Sky Star Trek: The Captain's Table |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: One Giant Leap Gateways: What Lay Beyond |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: A Sucker Born Strange New Worlds VII |
| Previous adventure: One Giant Leap |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: A Sucker Born |
| Previous story: One Giant Leap |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) | Next story: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield |
| Previous story: The Survival Equation New Visions |
The adventures of Harcourt Fenton Mudd | Next story: A Sucker Born |
Translations[]
- 2013
- German : Der Friedensstifter, translated by Bernhard Kempen. (Cross Cult)
External links[]
- Mudd in Your Eye article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Mudd in Your Eye article at the Trek Lit Reviews blog.