Author: Mark Michalowski
Publisher: Big Finish Productions
ISBN: 9781844351527
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What's the most famous archaeologist in the sector to do when she receives an uninformative message from a woman she hardly remembers on a planet she's never heard of? Investigate of course! But the unending, unyielding jungle on Tollip's World doesn't make it easy. Nor does the paranoia around the research team's mysterious discoveries there. Before long, Benny's under attack from humans and long-dead aliens. What happened on Tollip's World 8,000 years ago? What's the origin of the electrical discharges beneath the surface of the planet? Why is there a greenhouse in the middle of a jungle? And what are the Trees of Life?
Bernice Summerfield Tree of Life
Author: Mark Michalowski
Publisher: Big Finish Productions
ISBN: 9781844351527
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What's the most famous archaeologist in the sector to do when she receives an uninformative message from a woman she hardly remembers on a planet she's never heard of? Investigate of course! But the unending, unyielding jungle on Tollip's World doesn't make it easy. Nor does the paranoia around the research team's mysterious discoveries there. Before long, Benny's under attack from humans and long-dead aliens. What happened on Tollip's World 8,000 years ago? What's the origin of the electrical discharges beneath the surface of the planet? Why is there a greenhouse in the middle of a jungle? And what are the Trees of Life?
Publisher: Big Finish Productions
ISBN: 9781844351527
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What's the most famous archaeologist in the sector to do when she receives an uninformative message from a woman she hardly remembers on a planet she's never heard of? Investigate of course! But the unending, unyielding jungle on Tollip's World doesn't make it easy. Nor does the paranoia around the research team's mysterious discoveries there. Before long, Benny's under attack from humans and long-dead aliens. What happened on Tollip's World 8,000 years ago? What's the origin of the electrical discharges beneath the surface of the planet? Why is there a greenhouse in the middle of a jungle? And what are the Trees of Life?
The Infernal Nexus
Author: Dave Stone
Publisher: Big Finish Prod Limited
ISBN: 9781903654163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Acting on an abstruse tip-off from the reknowned paraphysiologist Dr Rupert Gilhooly, Bernice Summerfield has found herself on a probe-ship heading deep into the Problematic Heart of the galaxy—not knowing what, or quite who, she might find. What she finds is Station Control. A place that exists, simultaniously, in 417 dimensions, a brawling, souk-like Nexus between every world that can, or has, or ever will be. And one of those dimensions is Hell. Bernice knows nothing of the rivalries and power-plays going on here. So she blunders right into them and makes a complete hash of everything, natch.
Publisher: Big Finish Prod Limited
ISBN: 9781903654163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Acting on an abstruse tip-off from the reknowned paraphysiologist Dr Rupert Gilhooly, Bernice Summerfield has found herself on a probe-ship heading deep into the Problematic Heart of the galaxy—not knowing what, or quite who, she might find. What she finds is Station Control. A place that exists, simultaniously, in 417 dimensions, a brawling, souk-like Nexus between every world that can, or has, or ever will be. And one of those dimensions is Hell. Bernice knows nothing of the rivalries and power-plays going on here. So she blunders right into them and makes a complete hash of everything, natch.
The Doomsday Manuscript
Author: Justin Richards
Publisher: Big Finish Prod Limited
ISBN: 9781903654040
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The Doomsday Manuscript is the he key to finding the Lost Tomb of Rablev. Legend says that if the tomb is ever opened, the world will end. With the party to celebrate the opening of the Braxiatel Collection and the new year still underway, Benny finds herself drawn into a web of mystery and intrigue that starts with death and gets more serious at every stage. Can she find the second half of the Doomsday Manuscript before it falls into the wrong hands? Can she trust her partner in the quest? What will she find on the planet Kasagrad, the location of the Lost Tomb of Rablev? And can she squeeze in another drink at Joseppi's—the favorite haunt of black marketeers, spies, counterfeiters, Fifth Axis officers, and desperate archaeologists—before the end of the world?
Publisher: Big Finish Prod Limited
ISBN: 9781903654040
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The Doomsday Manuscript is the he key to finding the Lost Tomb of Rablev. Legend says that if the tomb is ever opened, the world will end. With the party to celebrate the opening of the Braxiatel Collection and the new year still underway, Benny finds herself drawn into a web of mystery and intrigue that starts with death and gets more serious at every stage. Can she find the second half of the Doomsday Manuscript before it falls into the wrong hands? Can she trust her partner in the quest? What will she find on the planet Kasagrad, the location of the Lost Tomb of Rablev? And can she squeeze in another drink at Joseppi's—the favorite haunt of black marketeers, spies, counterfeiters, Fifth Axis officers, and desperate archaeologists—before the end of the world?
The Box of Delights
Author: John Masefield
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781590172513
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty-looking characters. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright-eyed old man with a mysterious message: “The wolves are running.” Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay’s friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of the Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown’s plot, and save Christmas, too. At once a thriller, a romp, and a spellbinding fantasy, The Box of Delights is a great English children’s book and a perfect Christmas treat.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781590172513
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty-looking characters. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright-eyed old man with a mysterious message: “The wolves are running.” Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay’s friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of the Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown’s plot, and save Christmas, too. At once a thriller, a romp, and a spellbinding fantasy, The Box of Delights is a great English children’s book and a perfect Christmas treat.
Rivers Of London Vol. 5: Cry Fox
Author: Ben Aaronovitch
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1785861727
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
CSI meets Harry Potter in this fantastic new graphic novel from Ben Aaronovitch, writer of the bestselling Rivers of London supernatural police procedural crime novel series! Ben Aaronovitch’s ‘Rivers of London’ Set For Adaptation By See-Saw, Pure Fiction Television Vengeful Russian mobsters are looking to hire members of London's own more-then-natural underworld to bring bloody retribution down on the witch Varvara. However, the ex-Soviet sorcerer is under the protective wing of London's own wizarding cop, Peter Grant (now a proper detective and everything), and to get the attention of Grant and his colleagues, the daughter of a prominent Russian oligarch is kidnapped by parties unknown but possibly fox-like. What makes it worse is that Peter is going to have to leave his beloved London and *gasp* go out into the countryside! And when there's trees and fields and wildlife involved, things never end well...
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1785861727
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
CSI meets Harry Potter in this fantastic new graphic novel from Ben Aaronovitch, writer of the bestselling Rivers of London supernatural police procedural crime novel series! Ben Aaronovitch’s ‘Rivers of London’ Set For Adaptation By See-Saw, Pure Fiction Television Vengeful Russian mobsters are looking to hire members of London's own more-then-natural underworld to bring bloody retribution down on the witch Varvara. However, the ex-Soviet sorcerer is under the protective wing of London's own wizarding cop, Peter Grant (now a proper detective and everything), and to get the attention of Grant and his colleagues, the daughter of a prominent Russian oligarch is kidnapped by parties unknown but possibly fox-like. What makes it worse is that Peter is going to have to leave his beloved London and *gasp* go out into the countryside! And when there's trees and fields and wildlife involved, things never end well...
Bernice Summerfield
Author: Simon Guerrier
Publisher: Big Finish Productions
ISBN: 9781844352807
Category : Summerfield, Bernice Surprise (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Big Finish Productions
ISBN: 9781844352807
Category : Summerfield, Bernice Surprise (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Professor Bernice Summerfield: a Life of Surprises
Author: Paul Cornell
Publisher: Big Finish Productions
ISBN: 9781903654446
Category : Life on other planets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Professor Bernice Summerfield, interstellar archaeologist, adventurer, and romantic, has had either one very big life or a number of only slightly smaller ones. This anthology contains stories from many times and places across her long career, ranging from the starkly dramatic, through the thrilling, to the hilarious.
Publisher: Big Finish Productions
ISBN: 9781903654446
Category : Life on other planets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Professor Bernice Summerfield, interstellar archaeologist, adventurer, and romantic, has had either one very big life or a number of only slightly smaller ones. This anthology contains stories from many times and places across her long career, ranging from the starkly dramatic, through the thrilling, to the hilarious.
Dead Romance
Author: Lawrence Miles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972595957
Category : End of the world
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This volume also includes two short stories by Miles--'Toy Story' and 'Grass'--plus an essay by Miles on the mechanics of the Faction Paradox universe"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972595957
Category : End of the world
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This volume also includes two short stories by Miles--'Toy Story' and 'Grass'--plus an essay by Miles on the mechanics of the Faction Paradox universe"--P. [4] of cover.
Professor Bernice Summerfield
Author: Lance Parkin
Publisher: Big Finish Prod Limited
ISBN: 9781844351077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Big Finish Prod Limited
ISBN: 9781844351077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld
Author: Stephen Cole
Publisher: Big Finish Prod Limited
ISBN: 9781903654231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Before Lara Croft took her first leap, there was Bernice Summerfield, blazing the trail that others would follow. Join her as she embarks on another archaeological adventure.
Publisher: Big Finish Prod Limited
ISBN: 9781903654231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Before Lara Croft took her first leap, there was Bernice Summerfield, blazing the trail that others would follow. Join her as she embarks on another archaeological adventure.