The Sword of Forever (novel)

The Sword of Forever
Main character(s):	Bernice Summerfield
Main setting:	Earth, Antarctica, 2595 Earth, Egypt 2595 Earth, England, London, 2595 Earth, Scotland, Glasgow & Loch Ness, 2595 Earth, France, Paris & Arginy, 2565 &2595 Earth, Pangaia, 80 million uears ago Earth, The Orient Earth, Jerusalem, 3555 BCE Earth, Kampuchea, 150 AD Dellah, 2595
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Virgin Books]]
Writer:	Jim Mortimore
Release details
Release number:	14
Release date:	June, 1998
Format:	Paperback Book, ? Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20526-X

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.

Patience

• Super smart velociraptor.

Daniel Beaujeu

References

• The Sword of Forever has four parts:

• 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.

• Knights Templar agents follow Benny throughout her quest.

• The Freemasons assassinate Benny.

• Kenya and Somalia are sites of massive bio-infection (caused by viruses from the Dalek invasion of Earth.

• The Library of Things that Never Were, reappears as Museum of Things That Don't Exist.

Notes

• This is the last novel to have the 'New Adventures' layout and logo.

Continuity

• 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.

External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: The Sword of Forever