World Without End is a science fiction novel by American writer Joe Haldeman, a tie-in of Star Trek TV series.

[1] Captain Kirk and a landing party of four have gone aboard an alien starship/planetoid.

Mysterious tentacles have ensnared the ship, draining power.

Spock finds himself with few options, remaining on board and eventually crashing to the planetoid surface or beaming inside to join the Captain.

This article about 1970s novels and other printed work relating to Star Trek is a stub.