Dragons' Wrath (novel)

Dragons' Wrath (novel)

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Dragons' Wrath
Main character(s):	Bernice Summerfield
Featuring:	Irving Braxiatel
Main enemy:	Hugo Gamaliel, Mastrov, Romolo Nusek
Main setting:	Dellah, St. Oscar's University 2593 Stanturus Three, Nusek's Castle, 2593
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Virgin Books]]
Writer:	Justin Richards
Release details
Release number:	2
Release date:	June, 1997
Format:	Paperback Book, ? Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20508-1

Dragons' Wrath is the second Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventure novel and the first to feature Irving Braxiatel, and the first novel they've shared for a meaningful amount of time since Theatre of War, however, this is the first time Irving meets Bernice.

Publisher's summary

'Trouble?'

'What makes you think that?'

'Oh, you know, the usual. Cordoned-off area, security guards swapping war stories,' Benny said, smiling. 'The fact that you're here.

The Gamalian Dragon — a jewel-encrusted statuette captured by the Imperator Gamaliel from the Knights of Jeneve at the legendary Battle of Bocaro.

When Bernice Summerfield gets asked on an expedition by Gamaliel's descendant, Romolo Nusek, it is an offer her department can't afford to let her refuse. But, as usual, there are a few problems.

For one thing, Nusek is an evil warlord out to consolidate his power by any means necessary. For another, there's a body in the Theatrology building — and the dead man had an appointment with Benny's old friend, the mysterious Irving Braxiatel. Most worrying of all, the Gamalian Dragon, one of the best guarded and most valuable archaeological relics in known space, seems to be lying in a battered Gladstone bag on the floor of Benny's bedroom.

Aided only by Braxiatel and historian Nicholas Clyde, Benny must unravel the dragon's ancient mystery before the warlord's plans reach completion — and an assassin closes in for the kill.

Plot

to be added

Characters

• Bernice Summerfield
• Irving Braxiatel
• Newark Rappare
• Romolo Nusek
• Hugo Gamaliel
• Nicholas Clyde
• Ferdinand Archduke

References

Bars and pubs

• Benny drinks with students at the Witch and Whirlwind, the Garland College pub.

Individuals

• Irving Braxiatel meets Bernice for the first time.
• Irving Braxiatel is head of St. Oscar's University Department of Theatrology.
• Newark Rappare is Professor of Art and artisan-in-residence at St. Oscar's University. He is an an excellent art forger.
• Ferdinand Archduke is Professor of Earth Literature, in the Department of Literature of the Milky Way. He is a a specialist in Obscure Theatrical Forms.
• Benny meets Irving Braxiatel for the 'first' time (for him), however she met him in most likely his future on the Braxiatel Collection.

Organisations

• The Knights of Jeneve a group of humans holding knowledge for the safety of all humanity, their saying is "Knowledge above all".

Notes

• This was the sixth novel (though only fourth BNA) to be adapted by Big Finish Productions as part of their Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series.

Continuity

• This is the first appearance of Irving Braxiatel (in the BNAs). It is also the first chronological meeting of Braxiatel and Benny from Braxiatel's point of view; Benny first met him in NA: Theatre of War.
• The Knights of Jeneve may be a descendant of UNIT, which was headquartered in Geneva.

External links

• Dragons' Wrath at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Dragons' Wrath at The Whoniverse