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''She's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her | ''She's got [[ice]] in her [[heart]] and a [[kissing|kiss]] on her [[lip]]s...'' | ||
[[1939]], [[New York City|New York]]. Private Eye, [[Melody Malone]], is hired to find a stolen ruby, the [[Eye of Horus]]. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of [[Cleopatra]]'s tomb - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby's curse? | [[1939]], [[New York City|New York]]. Private Eye, [[Melody Malone]], is hired to find a stolen ruby, the [[Eye of Horus]]. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of [[Cleopatra]]'s [[Cleopatra's tomb|tomb]] - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby's curse? | ||
1939, New York. [[River Song]], author of the Melody Malone Mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn't believe in curses - but is she wrong? | 1939, New York. [[River Song]], author of the [[Melody Malone Mysteries]], is forced to find a [[reality]]-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn't believe in curses - but is she wrong? | ||
From the top-security confines of [[Stormcage]] to the barbarism of first-century [[Egypt]], River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally - her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery: ''Is fiction changing into fact - or is fact changing into fiction?'' | From the top-security confines of [[Stormcage]] to the barbarism of first-century [[Egypt]], River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally - her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery: ''Is [[fiction]] changing into [[fact]] - or is fact changing into fiction?'' | ||
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Revision as of 14:55, 20 May 2021
The Ruby's Curse was a novel written by Alex Kingston, featuring both River Song and Melody Malone.
Publisher's summary
She's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips...
1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra's tomb - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby's curse?
1939, New York. River Song, author of the Melody Malone Mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn't believe in curses - but is she wrong?
From the top-security confines of Stormcage to the barbarism of first-century Egypt, River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally - her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery: Is fiction changing into fact - or is fact changing into fiction?
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Audiobook
This novel was released as an audiobook on 20 May 2021 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Alex Kingston.
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Trivia
This is the first Doctor Who novel to be written by a former member of the cast.
External links
- Official The Ruby's Curse page at Penguin Books
- Official The Ruby's Curse audiobook page at Penguin Books
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