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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the tenth full length novel published by [[Big Finish Productions]] as part of their [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series]]. It was written by [[Matthew Griffiths]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the tenth full length novel published by [[Big Finish Productions]] as part of their [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series]]. It was written by [[Matthew Griffiths]].
== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] — or Benny to her friends — is on the ultimate road trip, scouring the universe in search of her missing son, [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]]. Along the way, she stops off on the [[planet]] [[Versimmon]], where she is soon drawn into an expedition investigating the legendary [[Caldera Archive]]. The Archive is a series of tapestries and artworks grown into the ground, cultivated from the giant trees in the Versimmon Forests… and seemingly influenced by the planet’s weather conditions.
Inveigled into a survey of botanical art on [[Versimmon]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] is disappointed to get bogged down in an unseasonal cold spell – and to discover that [[Ruth (The Temple of Questions)|Ruth]] has some radical ideas about how the living archive should be managed.


The trouble is that the artworks aren’t just tree roots: they are part and parcel of the entire eco-system of the planet. The trees and everything around them are alive, for now… but unscrupulous [[politician]]s are looking for ways to butcher the forests and exploit their [[DNA]], all so that they might recreate the artworks again and again, selling them on to the highest bidder, all at the expense of every single life-form on Versimmon.
Why is a hailstorm bringing back memories of a war two generations gone? Where are Versimmon’s first animals appearing from? And who can Bernice trust on a planet full of budding artists?
 
Benny and her friends have to find a way to save the Versimmon ecosystem and preserve one of the galaxy’s hidden treasures… but a storm’s already brewing in the Versimmon sky.
As the forest world is bombarded by ice and the collection’s guards start disappearing, the archaeologists find themselves getting back to their roots and branching out into local politics. All the time, the weather on Versimmon is changing, and its inhabitants will find that revolutionary times demand revolutionary works of art…


== Characters ==
== Characters ==

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The Weather on Versimmon was the tenth full length novel published by Big Finish Productions as part of their Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series. It was written by Matthew Griffiths.

Publisher's summary

Inveigled into a survey of botanical art on Versimmon, Bernice is disappointed to get bogged down in an unseasonal cold spell – and to discover that Ruth has some radical ideas about how the living archive should be managed.

Why is a hailstorm bringing back memories of a war two generations gone? Where are Versimmon’s first animals appearing from? And who can Bernice trust on a planet full of budding artists?

As the forest world is bombarded by ice and the collection’s guards start disappearing, the archaeologists find themselves getting back to their roots and branching out into local politics. All the time, the weather on Versimmon is changing, and its inhabitants will find that revolutionary times demand revolutionary works of art…

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