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novel name=  The Sword of Forever|
novel name=  The Sword of Forever|
image= [[file:The_Sword_of_Forever.jpg|250px]] |
image= [[File:The_Sword_of_Forever.jpg|250px]] |
series=[[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures | Virgin <br> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] |
series= [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Virgin <br /> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] |
number= 14 |
number= 14 |
main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]]|
main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]]|
featuring=  |
featuring=  |
enemy= |
enemy= |
year= [[Earth]], [[Antarctica]], [[2595]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Egypt]] [[2595]] <br> [[Earth]], [[England]], [[London]], [[2595]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Scotland]], [[Glasgow]] & [[Loch Ness]], [[2595]] <br> [[Earth]], [[France]], [[Paris]] & [[Arginy]], [[2565]] & [[2595]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Pangaea]], 80 million years ago <br> [[Earth]], The Orient <br> [[Earth]], [[Jerusalem]], [[3555 BCE]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Kampuchea]], [[150]] AD <br> [[Dellah]], [[2595]]|
year= [[Earth]], [[Antarctica]], [[2595]] <br /> [[Earth]], [[Egypt]] [[2595]] <br /> [[Earth]], [[England]], [[London]], [[2595]] <br /> [[Earth]], [[Scotland]], [[Glasgow]] & [[Loch Ness]], [[2595]] <br /> [[Earth]], [[France]], [[Paris]] & [[Arginy]], [[2565]] & [[2595]] <br /> [[Earth]], [[Pangaea]], 80 million years ago <br /> [[Earth]], The Orient <br /> [[Earth]], [[Jerusalem]], [[3555 BCE]] <br /> [[Earth]], [[Kampuchea]], [[150]] AD <br /> [[Dellah]], [[2595]]|
writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]|
writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]|
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
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next story= [[Another Girl, Another Planet]]}}
next story= [[Another Girl, Another Planet]]}}


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
'''"I'm sure the Beach Boys didn't have mutant elephants in mind when they wrote "Surfin' USA.".'''
'''"I'm sure the Beach Boys didn't have mutant elephants in mind when they wrote "Surfin' USA.".'''


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Everything goes critical as Bernice and Patience travel across 120 million years and two universes -- 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.  
Everything goes critical as Bernice and Patience travel across 120 million years and two universes -- 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.  


==Characters==
== Characters ==
*[[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
**Plays and looses a game of netball to a blind preist (who sees by faith).
** Plays and looses a game of netball to a blind preist (who sees by faith).
**Dies...twice, Benny uses the Sword of Forever to create a new body for herself...when she awakens she refuses to look at her 'old' body.
** Dies...twice, Benny uses the Sword of Forever to create a new body for herself...when she awakens she refuses to look at her 'old' body.
**Marries Marillian to get a [[research license]].
** Marries Marillian to get a [[research license]].
*[[Marillian]]
* [[Marillian]]
**Owns London.
** Owns London.
*[[Patience (velocirpator)|Paitence]]
* [[Patience (velocirpator)|Paitence]]
**Super smart velociraptor.
** Super smart velociraptor.


*[[Daniel Beaujeu]]
* [[Daniel Beaujeu]]


==References==
== References ==
*The [[Sword of Forever]] has four parts:
* The [[Sword of Forever]] has four parts:
::* [[The Spear of Longinus]]
::* [[The Spear of Longinus]]
::* [[Crown of Thorns]]
::* [[Crown of Thorns]]
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:* To use the sword you have to die, Benny uses it.
:* To use the sword you have to die, Benny uses it.


*[[Knights Templar]] agents follow Benny throughout her quest.
* [[Knights Templar]] agents follow Benny throughout her quest.


*[[The Freemasons]] assassinate Benny.
* [[The Freemasons]] assassinate Benny.


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


*The [[Library of Things that Never Were]], reappears as [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]].
* The [[Library of Things that Never Were]], reappears as [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]].
*[[Indiana Jones: Final Genesis]] was made sometime after [[1998]].
* [[Indiana Jones: Final Genesis]] was made sometime after [[1998]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
*This is the last novel to have the 'New Adventures' front-cover logo 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]]''.
* This is the last novel to have the 'New Adventures' front-cover logo 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]]''.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
*Benny trades the platinum American Express card that the Doctor gave her and Jason in [[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'' and ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.
* Benny trades the platinum American Express card that the Doctor gave her and Jason in [[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'' and ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.
*Benny previously encountered intelligent dinosaurs in [[NA]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]''.
* Benny previously encountered intelligent dinosaurs in [[NA]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]''.


==External links==
== External links ==
*{{dwrefguide|who_na75.htm|The Sword of Forever}}
* {{dwrefguide|who_na75.htm|The Sword of Forever}}
*{{whoniverse|bs14.php|The Sword of Forever}}
* {{whoniverse|bs14.php|The Sword of Forever}}
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Publisher's summary

"I'm sure the Beach Boys didn't have mutant elephants in mind when they wrote "Surfin' USA.".

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.

All to find the fabled Sword of Forever, a mythical device with the power to destroy and create civilisations -- but at what price?

Everything goes critical as Bernice and Patience travel across 120 million years and two universes -- 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.

Characters

  • Bernice Summerfield
    • Plays and looses a game of netball to a blind preist (who sees by faith).
    • Dies...twice, Benny uses the Sword of Forever to create a new body for herself...when she awakens she refuses to look at her 'old' body.
    • Marries Marillian to get a research license.
  • Marillian
    • Owns London.
  • Paitence
    • Super smart velociraptor.

References

  • To use the sword you have to die, Benny uses it.

Notes

  • This is the last novel to have the 'New Adventures' front-cover logo that had been in place since 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.

Continuity

External links

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