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Triangle is a Pocket TOS novel – #9 in the numbered series – written by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in March 1983, and is set during the Star Trek: The Motion Picture era.
Summary[]
- From the book jacket
- Kirk's soul... Spock's life
- A dark plan has been unleashed in the galaxy, a design so vast, only a collective – and ruthless – mind like the Totality could have conceived it. Now Captain Kirk must battle the seductive force of the Totality's will. It was reasonable that Captain Kirk and Federation Free Agent Sola Than would fall in love. But no reasoning in the universe could have foreseen the tragedy of Spock's own passion for the same woman. Now this unimaginable conflict could cost Captain Kirk his very soul, and bring death to the proud Vulcan. But in the unimaginable lies their only chance, and the freedom of the galaxy depends on the outcome of the... Triangle.
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Background information[]
- This story is set seven years after Spock last experienced pon farr (TOS: "Amok Time").
- This story elaborates on the New Humans idea originally established by Gene Roddenberry in his novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- The novel was re-printed as a limited edition hardcover by Gregg Press in 1984.
Characters[]
Canon characters[]
- James T. Kirk
- Captain
- Spock
- Leonard McCoy
- Uhura
- Hikaru Sulu
- Pavel Chekov
- Christine Chapel
- Heihachiro Nogura
Non-canon characters[]
- Sola Thane
- Gailbraith
- Ambassador
- Soljenov
- Dobius
- A seven-foot Tanian with a bifurcated head
- Viana
References[]
- Zaranite
- Zaran
- Marie Celeste Sector
- Cephalus System
- V'Ger
- Mountains of Gol
- New Humans
- Philosophy of one
- Zaran philosophy where everyone is of one same mind
- Free Agent of the Federation
- Special Starfleet secret agents that are free to act and only answer to Starfleet's chief of staff
- Kolinahr
- Collective consciousness
- Andoria
- Chief of staff
- Starfleet Command
- Federation Council
- Class M
- Devil
- Amoeba
- Olduvai Gorge
- Idiosyncratic memory code
External links[]
- Triangle at Wikipedia
- Triangle at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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