The Enterprise crew face a plague of spreading madness.
Summary
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- From the book jacket
- Captain Kirk and his crew are on a mission to investigate the mysterious wave of violence that has overtaken the Helvans — revolutions, mass riots, horrible tortures. But this chaos is all part of an experiment by an unimaginable power that soon grips even the crew of the Enterprise...
- Captain Kirk is plagued by violent hallucinations and removed from command. Spock takes charge but his orders seem irrational — even cruel.
- Unless the terrible power can be stopped, not only the Enterprise, but an entire galaxy will be ensnared in the deadly grip of...
- The Prometheus Design.
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References Edit
Characters Edit
- Belen • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Dobius • Flaem • Kalinda • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Heihachiro Nogura • Janice Rand • Savaj • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Trath • Trian • Nyota Uhura
- Referenced only
- Balok • Willard Decker • Deela • Amanda Grayson • Green • Genghis Khan • Korob • Nijinski • Omne • Louis Pasteur • Prometheus • Sarek • Sargon • Stonn • Sylvia • T'Pau • T'Vreel • V'Ger
Starships and vehiclesEdit
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Galileo III • V'kreeth
- Referenced only
- USS Intrepid (Constitution-class)
LocationsEdit
Races and culturesEdit
States and organizationsEdit
Science and technologyEdit
- alien • alpha hypnosis • animal • brainstrip • chronometer • falat • hair • hypnoscan • identi-loc reading • mind-sifter • monoxide • muscle • neopentothal • pantograph • physics • radiation • Richter Scale of Cultural Development • tricorder • turbolift
Ranks and titlesEdit
Other referencesEdit
- aggression syndrome • ALL • asumi • burdenbeast • carpet • crystal • corbomite • Designers • diamond • dikironium cloud creature • double-blind • Experimentors • First-Among • grass • healing mode • Ironpants • k'asumi • ka-ve-fe • kolinahr • k'vath • laboratory • le-matya • mushroom • nyet • Prometheus fault • Queen handicap • recreation deck • Rule of Seven • Saurian brandy • sleeping bag • snarth • Studiers • sweetcorn • thorn-boma • t'hy'la • t'hyvaj • T'Vareth • tyrannosaurus rex • tzalel • UFO • v'asumi • year
AppendicesEdit
Related storiesEdit
- "The Corbomite Maneuver" (TOS episode)
- "Catspaw" (TOS episode)
- "The Deadly Years" (TOS episode)
- "Obsession" (TOS episode)
- "Return to Tomorrow" (TOS episode)
- "The Mark of Gideon" (TOS episode)
- "Wink of an Eye" (TOS episode)
- "Surprise!" (TOS short story)
- The Price of the Phoenix (TOS novel)
- The Fate of the Phoenix (TOS novel)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (TOS movie)
ImagesEdit
Original cover image.
Back cover image.
Reprint cover image.
Reprint cover image.
Italian language edition cover image.
A Helvan.
James T. Kirk.
Spock.
Kirk.
Spock.
Enterprise.
Hand weapon.
ConnectionsEdit
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Covenant of the Crown | TOS numbered novels | Next novel: The Abode of Life |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Death Count | Next Adventure: Triangle | |
External LinksEdit
- The Prometheus Design article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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