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|name= The Sword of Forever
|series         = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
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|series= [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Virgin <br /> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]]
|number in range = 75
|number= 14
|number          = 75
|main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|featuring=  
|featuring       =  
|enemy=  
|enemy           = [[Gebmoses III]]  
|year= {{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]]}}
|setting        = [[Earth]]
|writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]
|writer          = Jim Mortimore
|publisher= [[Virgin Books]]
|cover          = [[Mike Posen]]
|release date= [[2 June]], [[1998]]
|publisher       = Virgin Books
|format= Paperback Book, 293 Pages  
|release date   = 2 June 1998
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20526-X  
|format         = Paperback Book, 293 Pages
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|isbn           = ISBN 0-426-20526-X
|next= Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)}}
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'''''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]]'s [[Big Finish Productions]]' anthology ''[[The Dead Men Diaries]]''. It is also the final monthly release in the ''[[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]]'' line; hereafter the frequency of release was reduced.
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'''''The Sword of Forever''''' was the seventy-fifth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel.
 
The cover of this novel was the last to feature the "The New Adventures" titling and the "NA" logo. It was also the final to feature a conventionally illustrated cover; all future covers were computer-aided in design rather than this and previous covers' painting/drawn aesthetic. As such, this was the final Virgin novel to feature [[Bernice Summerfield]] on the cover; the next prose-based publication she would appear on would be [[2000 (releases)|2000]]'s [[Big Finish Productions]]' anthology ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries]]''.
 
This was also the final monthly release in the novel series. Hereafter, the frequency of release was reduced.


== 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.".''


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.
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 [[jungle]]s 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 [[hybrid]]s, 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?
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 [[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.
Everything goes critical as Bernice and [[Patience (velociraptor)|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.
 
== Chapter titles ==
* Prologue: Guardians of Forever
# Egypt: 1287
# Arginy: 2562
# Paris: 1307
# Arginy: 2560
# Paris: 1314
* Part One: A Map of Skulls
# Antarctica: 2595
# Paris: 1314
# Antarctica: 2595
# Paris: 1314
# Egypt: 2595
# Paris: 1314
# London: 2595
# Arginy: 1354
# London: 2595
* Part Two: The Breath of the Serpent
# Pangaia: 80 Million BC
# London: 2595
# Pangaia: 80 Million BC
# London: 2595
# Pangaia: 80 Million BC
# The Midlands: 2595
# Pangaia: 80 Million BC
# Glasgow: 2595
# Pangaia: 80 Million BC
# Loch Ness: 2595
# Pangaia: 80 Million BC
# Loch Ness: 2595
# Pangaia: 80 Million BC
# Loch Ness: 2595
# Pangaia: 80 Million BC
# London: 2595
* Part Three: A Labyrinth of Ghosts
# Arginy: 2595
# Ethiopia: 2575
# Arginy: 2595
# Ethiopia: 2575
# Arginy: 2595
# Ethiopia: 2575
# Arginy: 2595
# Ethiopia: 2575
# Paris: 2595
# Hampuchea: 2577
# Paris: 2595
* Part Four: The Blood and the Flame
# Antioch: 2595
# Pangaia: 80 Million Anno Quincunx
# Hampuchea: 2595
# The Orient: 4500 Anno Quincunx
# Hampuchea: 2595
# Jerusalem: 3355 Anno Quincunx
# Hampuchea: 2595
# Hampuchea: 150 Anno Quincunx
# Quincunx
* Epilogue: The Birth of Forever


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Patience (velociraptor)|Patience]]
* [[Patience (velociraptor)|Patience]]
* [[Daniel Beaujeu]]
* [[Daniel Beaujeu]]
* [[Gebmoses III]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Culture ===
=== Culture ===
* ''[[Indiana Jones: Final Genesis]]'' was made sometime after [[1998]].
* ''[[Indiana Jones: Final Genesis]]'' was made sometime after [[1998]].
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=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] marries Marillian to get a [[research license]].
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] marries Marillian to get a [[research license]].
* Bernice dies...twice. She uses the Sword of Forever to create a new body for herself. When she awakens she refuses to look at her "old" body.
* [[Patience (velociraptor)|Patience]] is a super smart [[velociraptor]].
* [[Patience (velociraptor)|Patience]] is a super smart [[velociraptor]].


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* [[Marillian]] owns [[London]].
* [[Marillian]] owns [[London]].
* [[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 [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|Dalek invasion of Earth]]).
* The [[Library of Things That Never Were]] reappears as the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]].
* The [[Library of Things That Never Were]] reappears as the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]].


=== Objects ===
=== Objects ===
* The [[Sword of Forever]] has four parts:
* The [[Sword of Forever]] has four parts: the [[Gungnir|Spear of Longinus]], the [[Crown of Thorns]], the [[Holy Grail]] and the [[Ark of the Covenant]].
::* [[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.


=== Organisations ===
=== Organisations ===
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=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
* The [[Freemasons]] assassinate Benny.
* The [[Freemason]]s assassinate Benny.


=== Sports ===
=== Sports ===
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* 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]]''.
* 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 (novel)|Happy Endings]]''.


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


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Sword of Forever was the seventy-fifth Virgin New Adventures novel.

The cover of this novel was the last to feature the "The New Adventures" titling and the "NA" logo. It was also the final to feature a conventionally illustrated cover; all future covers were computer-aided in design rather than this and previous covers' painting/drawn aesthetic. As such, this was the final Virgin novel to feature Bernice Summerfield on the cover; the next prose-based publication she would appear on would be 2000's Big Finish Productions' anthology Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries.

This was also the final monthly release in the novel series. Hereafter, the frequency of release was reduced.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

"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.

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Prologue: Guardians of Forever
  1. Egypt: 1287
  2. Arginy: 2562
  3. Paris: 1307
  4. Arginy: 2560
  5. Paris: 1314
  • Part One: A Map of Skulls
  1. Antarctica: 2595
  2. Paris: 1314
  3. Antarctica: 2595
  4. Paris: 1314
  5. Egypt: 2595
  6. Paris: 1314
  7. London: 2595
  8. Arginy: 1354
  9. London: 2595
  • Part Two: The Breath of the Serpent
  1. Pangaia: 80 Million BC
  2. London: 2595
  3. Pangaia: 80 Million BC
  4. London: 2595
  5. Pangaia: 80 Million BC
  6. The Midlands: 2595
  7. Pangaia: 80 Million BC
  8. Glasgow: 2595
  9. Pangaia: 80 Million BC
  10. Loch Ness: 2595
  11. Pangaia: 80 Million BC
  12. Loch Ness: 2595
  13. Pangaia: 80 Million BC
  14. Loch Ness: 2595
  15. Pangaia: 80 Million BC
  16. London: 2595
  • Part Three: A Labyrinth of Ghosts
  1. Arginy: 2595
  2. Ethiopia: 2575
  3. Arginy: 2595
  4. Ethiopia: 2575
  5. Arginy: 2595
  6. Ethiopia: 2575
  7. Arginy: 2595
  8. Ethiopia: 2575
  9. Paris: 2595
  10. Hampuchea: 2577
  11. Paris: 2595
  • Part Four: The Blood and the Flame
  1. Antioch: 2595
  2. Pangaia: 80 Million Anno Quincunx
  3. Hampuchea: 2595
  4. The Orient: 4500 Anno Quincunx
  5. Hampuchea: 2595
  6. Jerusalem: 3355 Anno Quincunx
  7. Hampuchea: 2595
  8. Hampuchea: 150 Anno Quincunx
  9. Quincunx
  • Epilogue: The Birth of Forever

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Religion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sports[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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! (although it was retained on the spine) and the cover design format that had been in place since Happy Endings.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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