Jay D. Jones

The crew of the USS Enterprise are forced to put well-earned holiday plans on hold. After a strenuous mission, Capt Kirk receives orders to investigate the disappearance of a Vulcan-manned spaceship in the solar system of Gamma VII A.

Capt Kirk makes the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of his ship.

Kirk discovers a Garden of Eden where life seems idyllic, but where the innocent inhabitants slavishly follow Vaal, the ruler.

Capt Kirk faces double trouble when the USS Enterprise becomes trapped in a cosmic cauldron and a landing party sent to Pirus VII become the `guests' of Korob and Sylvia, weavers of magic spells.

Capt Kirk, Mr Spock and Dr McCoy beam down to Iotia and discover a planetary government patterned after the Chicago gangs of the 1920s.

The people of Stratos City look down on the earthbound slaves who work their mines. Appalled by their callous exploitation of their compatriots, Kirk risks his life to make both rulers and revolutionaries see reason.