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== Special Edition ==
== Special Edition ==
In [[March (releases)|March]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]], a version of ''The HAVOC Files 2'' was released which contained a new cover and also had a slight change in the line up of stories. Due to The Lost Skin having ben changed into a novella instead of a 3-part story, the special edition no longer included the second part of The Lost Skin. However, it included two previously download only releases,  ''[[Vampires of the Night (short story)|Vampires of the Night]]'' and ''[[Piece of Mind (short story)|Piece of Mind]]''. This also contained a new version of ''[[Ashes of the Inferno (short story)|Ashes of the Inferno]]''.
In [[March (releases)|March]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]], a version of ''The HAVOC Files 2'' was released which contained a new cover and also had a slight change in the line up of stories. Due to The Lost Skin having ben changed into a novella instead of a 3-part story, the special edition no longer included the second part of The Lost Skin. However, it included two previously download only releases,  ''[[Vampires of the Night (short story)|Vampires of the Night]]'' and ''[[Piece of Mind (short story)|Piece of Mind]]''. This also contained a new version of ''[[Ashes of the Inferno (short story)|Ashes of the Inferno]]''.
'''Publisher's Summary'''
Ghosts in Cornwall, zombies in Australia, aliens at Wembley, trouble in Egypt, a siege on the Kent coast,  and an investigation into the strange goings on in a small house in Mevagissey, which sees Lethbridge-Stewart and Anne Travers cut down to size. And, much later, the ashes from a destroyed Earth fall on Lethbridge-Stewart and his family. 
Just a few things our heroes have to face in this volume of collected short stories.
This new revised version of The HAVOC Files 2 contains the original six short stories, plus a new version of Ashes of the Inferno, and two new stories exclusively published in print for the first time. 
''Piece of Mind'' by James Middleditch. Lethbridge-Stewart and Sally are sent on a retreat. One with a difference.
''Vampires of the Night'' by Chris Thomas. World War II and Professor Travers is called in to help with a deadly experiment on British soldiers.
'''Individual stories'''


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Revision as of 19:22, 2 October 2019

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The HAVOC Files 2 was an anthology of the Lethbridge-Stewart series short stories.

A total of 300 physical copies of the book were made. They were available to preorder on the Candy Jar Books website in August 2016 and were sold out in September. The books were mailed out later that month. It was released on kindle on 26th April 2017.


Publisher's summary

Ghosts in Cornwall, zombies in Australia, aliens at Wembley, trouble in Egypt, and a siege on the Kent coast. Just a few things our heroes have to face in this volume of collected short stories.

Add to that, an investigation into the strange goings on in a small house in Mevagissey, which sees Lethbridge-Stewart and Anne Travers cut down to size. And much later, the ashes from a destroyed Earth fall on Lethbridge-Stewart and his family.

Contains five short stories previously only available in digital format, two brand-new stories dealing with the fallout of two popular Doctor Who serials, and previously unpublished material from the latest Lethbridge-Stewart novels.

A collection of short stories featuring Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, based on the characters and concepts created by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln.

Individual stories

Title Author
In His Kiss Sue Hampton
House of Giants Rick Cross
The Black Eggs of Khufu Tom Dexter
The Band of Evil Roger J Simmonds & Shaun Russell
The Playing Dead Adrian Sherlock
Ashes of the Inferno Andy Frankham-Allen
The Lock-In Sarah Groenewegen BEM
Schädengeist's First Love Jonathan Cooper
Exodus from Venus John Peel
The Lost Skin Andy Frankham-Allen

Special Edition

In March 2019, a version of The HAVOC Files 2 was released which contained a new cover and also had a slight change in the line up of stories. Due to The Lost Skin having ben changed into a novella instead of a 3-part story, the special edition no longer included the second part of The Lost Skin. However, it included two previously download only releases, Vampires of the Night and Piece of Mind. This also contained a new version of Ashes of the Inferno.

Publisher's Summary

Ghosts in Cornwall, zombies in Australia, aliens at Wembley, trouble in Egypt, a siege on the Kent coast,  and an investigation into the strange goings on in a small house in Mevagissey, which sees Lethbridge-Stewart and Anne Travers cut down to size. And, much later, the ashes from a destroyed Earth fall on Lethbridge-Stewart and his family. 

Just a few things our heroes have to face in this volume of collected short stories.

This new revised version of The HAVOC Files 2 contains the original six short stories, plus a new version of Ashes of the Inferno, and two new stories exclusively published in print for the first time. 

Piece of Mind by James Middleditch. Lethbridge-Stewart and Sally are sent on a retreat. One with a difference.

Vampires of the Night by Chris Thomas. World War II and Professor Travers is called in to help with a deadly experiment on British soldiers.

Individual stories

Title Author
Vampires of the Night Chris Thomas
In His Kiss Sue Hampton
House of Giants Rick Cross
The Black Eggs of Khufu Tom Dexter
The Band of Evil Roger J Simmonds & Shaun Russell
The Playing Dead Adrian Sherlock
Piece of Mind James Middleditch
Ashes of the Inferno Andy Frankham-Allen
The Lock-In Sarah Groenewegen BEM
Schädengeist's First Love Jonathan Cooper
Exodus from Venus John Peel