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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was the twenty-second [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] novel. Published in [[October]] [[1999]] this is the second last Virgin published Bernice Summerfield novel.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
'''"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes... it's worse than Samuel Beckett."'''
'''"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes... it's worse than Samuel Beckett."'''


Benny has had enough. Enough of the angst and the heartache. Enough of Jason and the others. She needs a holiday, and so she's heading to the Eastern Rim, a part of the galaxy where there is still a frontier, and adventure to be had. She's packed her trowel. She's off.
Benny has had enough. Enough of the angst and the heartache. Enough of [[Jason Kane|Jason]] and the others. She needs a holiday, and so she's heading to the Eastern Rim, a part of the galaxy where there is still a frontier, and adventure to be had. She's packed her trowel. She's off.


Her friends are concerned. Drug barons, war lords, criminal cartels and outlaws have fled to the Rim from authority and order. There's a distinct risk of getting into trouble, not to mention life-threatening peril. It's not so much that Benny might come to harm; she might find she likes it out there.
Her friends are concerned. Drug barons, war lords, criminal cartels and outlaws have fled to the Rim from authority and order. There's a distinct risk of getting into trouble, not to mention life-threatening peril. It's not so much that Benny might come to harm; she might find she likes it out there.


But Benny finds the Eastern Rim almost suspiciously ordinary: no violence, no action, no excitement. So when she is asked by a shady curio dealer to help him find Dorpfeld's Prism, it seems just another cursed relic to recover before retiring to the bar. In a place this dull, nothing dangerous can possibly happen. Can it?  
But Benny finds the Eastern Rim almost suspiciously ordinary: no violence, no action, no excitement. So when she is asked by a shady curio dealer to help him find Dorpfeld's Prism, it seems just another cursed relic to recover before retiring to the bar. In a place this dull, nothing dangerous can possibly happen. Can it?  
==Plot==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
** Now aged "30 something and a half".
* [[Dent Harper]]
* [[Dent Harper]]
** Has written many best sellers including ''Adventures on the Rim''.
* [[Jason Kane]]
* [[Jason Kane]]
* [[Clarence]]
* [[Clarence]]
** Can wrap his wings behind him, so it appears as though he's wearing a bulky backpack.
** Has a moustache for much of the novel, which looks fake, but isn't.
* [[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[Chris Cwej]]
* [[Chris Cwej]]
*[[Rula Winther]]
*[[Nikole Medak]]


== References ==
== References ==
===[[:Category:Books|Books]]===
* [[Dent Harper]] has written many best sellers including ''[[Adventures on the Rim]]''.
===[[:Category:Buildings|Buildings]]===
*The building work for the [[Braxiatel Collection]] continues on [[KS-159]].
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] is now aged "30 something and a half".
* [[Clarence]] can wrap his wings behind him, so it appears as though he's wearing a bulky backpack. He has a mustache for much of the novel, which looks fake, but isn't.
===[[:Category:Objects|Objects]]===
* [[Dorpfeld's Prism]] affects the wearer giving them an overly pleasant sense of perspective and reality.
* [[Dorpfeld's Prism]] affects the wearer giving them an overly pleasant sense of perspective and reality.


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The Joy Device (novel) was the twenty-second Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures novel. Published in October 1999 this is the second last Virgin published Bernice Summerfield novel.

Publisher's summary

"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes... it's worse than Samuel Beckett."

Benny has had enough. Enough of the angst and the heartache. Enough of Jason and the others. She needs a holiday, and so she's heading to the Eastern Rim, a part of the galaxy where there is still a frontier, and adventure to be had. She's packed her trowel. She's off.

Her friends are concerned. Drug barons, war lords, criminal cartels and outlaws have fled to the Rim from authority and order. There's a distinct risk of getting into trouble, not to mention life-threatening peril. It's not so much that Benny might come to harm; she might find she likes it out there.

But Benny finds the Eastern Rim almost suspiciously ordinary: no violence, no action, no excitement. So when she is asked by a shady curio dealer to help him find Dorpfeld's Prism, it seems just another cursed relic to recover before retiring to the bar. In a place this dull, nothing dangerous can possibly happen. Can it?

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

Books

Buildings

Individuals

  • Bernice Summerfield is now aged "30 something and a half".
  • Clarence can wrap his wings behind him, so it appears as though he's wearing a bulky backpack. He has a mustache for much of the novel, which looks fake, but isn't.

Objects

  • Dorpfeld's Prism affects the wearer giving them an overly pleasant sense of perspective and reality.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

to be added

External links