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Where Angels Fear is the seventeenth Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures novel. It featured a return of Clarence (who is depicted on the cover) and the start of the "Dellah Gods" arc.
Publisher's summary
'Do You Believe?'
Something very odd is happening on the cosmopolitan planet of Dellah, home to Bernice Summerfield, famed archaeologist, adventurer, raconteur and barfly. A long-ignored religion is rapidly gaining recruits. The faithful rejoice and talk of their God walking the land once more. And in secret rooms on campus, arcane arts are practised with dangerously successful results.
Behind these seeming absurdities, something far darker is going on, something that has consequences for everyone. The most powerful races of the universe are running scared, withdrawing to their own strongholds, and leaving the lesser races to their fate.
But what can have warped reality in this way? And why? Or has the time of the gods finally come? As Bernice and her friends begin to investigate, they soon realise that in the terrible conflict to come each of them will have to choose sides.
Plot
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Characters
- Bernice Summerfield
- Irving Braxiatel
- Shemda
- Renée Thalia
- James Harker
- John
- Emile Mars-Smith
- Elspeth
- Clarence
- God
- B-Aaron
- Sara!qava
- Maa'lon
References
Groups
- B-Aaron is a member of the Apocalyptic Religions Interest Group.
Individuals
- Benny walks around barefoot for most of the time during this novel. She also sprains an ankle.
- As a result of a skimmer crash Benny gets a shattered ankle and crushes both her feet.
- Benny befriends Shemda, a member of the Grel.
- Following a brush with a firing squad, Renée Thalia's breasts against his naked chest (he was tied to a post in the open air) make Irving Braxiatel feel human for a few moments.
- James Harker goes on a murderous rampage a late in the novel. He also thinks about killing Bernice.
- John is Benny's chain cigarette smoking informant. He gets squeezed to death (his eyes pop out) and everything.
- Emile Mars-Smith dies, but, prior to his death, makes a demonic pact with an imp.
- Clarence sweeps in and saves Bernice at the last moment.
- God used Benny's presence on Dellah to keep an eye on the god situation.
- B-Aaron is a Very Aggressive Ship, and was a friend of !Ci!ci-tel and WiRgo!xu.
- Sara!qava he is still in male form and still has feelings for Bernice.
Locations
- Sara!qava still lives in iSanti Jeni.
Species
- The Grel consider Benny a 'fact catalyst' and seek her out to discover what exactly is happening on Dellah.
- The People recall all their agents to the Worldsphere, as do the Time Lords to Gallifrey (Gallifrey and the Time Lords go unnamed but are vigorously implied).
- John has two hearts but is not a Time Lord.
Planets
- A murdering policeman comes from Tyler's Folly.
Religion
- James Harker is a priest in the Church of Maa'lon.
- James Harker meets Maa'lon (or something doing a very good impression).
Vehicles
- Irving Braxiatel has his "craft" recalled by "his people".
Notes
- An eBook version of this book, published by Virgin Digital was released on 10th June 2010, available from Amazon.com[1] and .co.uk[2] in their Kindle format, other sellers/publishers such as The Random House Group (United Kingdom) released it in EPUB[3]. Of note, at least for the preview of the book on The Random House Group's site, the eBook does not contain the cover, instead it has a simple generic cover.
Continuity
- The concept of the People imprisoning their foes inside planets was introduced in BNA: Down.
- Emile Mars-Smith last appeared in BNA: Deadfall.
- John (Benny's chain smoking informant) appeared previously in BNA: Beige Planet Mars.
External links
- Where Angels Fear at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Where Angels Fear at The Whoniverse
Footnotes
- ↑ Where Angels Fear (New Adventures) {Kindle Edition}. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 8th January 2012.
- ↑ Where Angels Fear (New Adventures) {Kindle Edition}. Amazon.co.uk Kindle Store. Retrieved on 8th January 2012.
- ↑ Where Angels Fear. The Random House Group (2011). Retrieved on 8th January 2012.
