The Sword of Forever (novel): Difference between revisions

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|image=The Sword of Forever.jpg  

|series= [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Virgin <br /> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]]

|number= 14

|main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]]

|featuring=  

|enemy=  

|setting= {{il|[[Earth]], [[Antarctica]], [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[Egypt]] [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[England]], [[London]], [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[Scotland]], [[Glasgow]] & [[Loch Ness]], [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[France]], [[Paris]] & [[Arginy]], [[2565]] & [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[Pangaea]], 80 million years ago|[[Earth]], The Orient|[[Earth]], [[Jerusalem]], [[BC#Prehistory|3555 BC]]|[[Earth]], [[Kampuchea]], [[150]] AD|[[Dellah]], [[2595]]}}

|writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]

|publisher= Virgin Books  

|release date= [[2 June (releases)|2 June]], [[1998 (releases)|1998]]

|format= Paperback Book, 293 Pages  

|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20526-X  

|prev= Dry Pilgrimage (novel)  

|next= Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)}}

'''''The Sword of Forever''''' is the fourteenth [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] novel. The cover of this novel is the last to feature the "The New Adventures" titling and the "NA" logo; it is also the final to feature a conventionally illustrated cover: all future covers are computer-aided in design rather than this and previous covers' painting/drawn aesthetic. As such this is the final Virgin novel to feature [[Bernice Summerfield]] on the cover; the next prose-based publication she would appear on is [[2000 (releases)|2000]]'s [[Big Finish Productions]]' anthology ''[[The Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|The Dead Men Diaries]]''. It is also the final monthly release in the novel series; hereafter the frequency of release was reduced.

When Bernice Summerfield finds human skull fragments containing her own DNA in the stomach of a mummified dinosaur, she embarks on a trail of murder and betrayal. From the alien jungles of [[France]] to the primal [[continent]] of [[Pangaea]], the trail leads ever further back in time. Together with Patience, the cloned smart-raptor, Benny must brave alien hybrids, agents of the [[Knights Templar]] guarding a secret older than time — and have breakfast with the man who would be Emperor of Earth.

Everything goes critical as Bernice and Patience travel across 120 million years and two [[universe]]s — where ancient traps guard crumbling ruins, love is unrequited, time is running out, treasure is always buried and X never fails to mark the spot.

== References ==

* [[Kenya]] and [[Somalia]] are sites of massive bio-infection (caused by viruses from the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of Earth]]).

* The [[Sword of Forever]] has four parts:

::* [[The Spear of Longinus]]

::* [[Crown of Thorns]]

::* The [[Holy Grail]]

::* [[Ark of the Covenant]]

:* To use the sword you have to die. Benny uses it.

* The [[Freemasons]] assassinate Benny.

* This is the last novel to have the "New Adventures" front-cover logo and title that had been in place since ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' (although it was retained on the spine) and the cover design format that had been in place since ''[[Happy Endings]]''.

* Benny trades the platinum American Express card that the Doctor gave her and Jason in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'' and ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.

* Benny previously encountered intelligent dinosaurs in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]''.

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