The Game of Death (novel)
The Game of Death is the sixth book in The Darksmith Legacy series.
Publisher's Summary
The hunter becomes the hunted, as the Doctor tracks the Agent's journey from Paris across the Milky Way towards the Silver Devastation. Where is it heading? What force can destroy the Crystal? Where is the robot Agent, and why did it come here? What is the strange and sinister game is taking place in an elegant house in the Home Counties? Find out by reading the next thrilling adventure in "The Darksmith Legacy".
Story Synopsis
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Characters
References
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Notes
The Books
- Interspersed with the main fiction is;
- TARDIS Data Bank (extra information on 'The Silver Devastation').
- Activity pages x3 (The puzzle solutions give the reader the chance to think like the Doctor!)
- The Story so far, next installment cover preview and opening preview.
- The Darksmith Legacy's overall story was devised by Justin Richards who contributed four of the ten titles.
- The Darksmith Legacy was certificated to 13, with under 13's needing parental approval.
- This first book in the series was released along with the second before the remaining titles saw a monthly release throughout 2009.
- Each book in the series was priced £4.99 (UK) and featured a foiled cover with illustration by Peter McKinstry.
Interactive Website Content
By visiting the website and participating in the Quest participants can unlock additional content like computer wallpapers to download. The Quest itself features; games - (like finding a specific target in an image, by using the sonic screwdriver as a detector, to hone in (to register 100 on the scale). Once located the 'Target' then provides additional information used in further puzzles involving both words and numbers.
Continuity
- This book is set in the Silver Devistation that is where the Face of Boe lived. Also in Utopia Yana claims he was washed up on the silver devistation.
Timeline
The Darksmith Legacy adventures occur after the Doctor has left Donna Noble back on Earth. This latest adventure, follows on directly from The Vampire of Paris and are immediately followed by those in The Planet of Oblivion.
