Border Princes (novel)
- For the titular organisation, see Border Princes.
Border Princes was the second release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.
Publisher's summary
The End of the World began on a Thursday night in October, just after eight in the evening...
The Amok is driving people out of their minds, turning them into zombies and causing riots in the streets. A solitary diner leaves a Cardiff restaurant, his mission to protect the Principal leading him to a secret base beneath a water tower. Everyone has a headache; there's something in Davey Morgan's shed; and the church of St Mary-in-the-Dust, demolished in 1840, has reappeared - though it's not due until 2011. Torchwood seem to be out of their depth. What will all this mean for the romance between Torchwood's newest members?
Captain Jack Harkness has something more to worry about: an alarm, an early warning, given to mankind and held - inert - by Torchwood for 108 years. And now it's flashing. Something is coming. Or something is already here.
Characters
- Captain Jack Harkness
- Gwen Cooper
- Toshiko Sato
- Owen Harper
- Ianto Jones
- James Mayer
- James Norris
- PC Peter Picknall
- Shiznay Uhma
- Mr Dine
- Davey Morgan
- Dean Simms
- Mr Lowe
- Mr Beaven
- Brian Brady
References
Star Wars references
- Gwen tells Jack "...Not to go all Han Solo on her"
- Dean Simms, a con-man, hypnotises people using an alien device with the phrase "...These are not the droids you're looking for"
- Events occur in late October 2007
Notes
- This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
Continuity
- The plot element of the group's memories being altered and a "new member" suddenly appearing among them is similar to the plot of TW: Adam and Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Conundrum".
Audio release
- The story was released as an audiobook on 3x CD read by Eve Myles.
- The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.
Gallery
Original cover
German edition
Hungarian edition
Audiobook cover
Timeline
- Border Princes occurs after TWN: Another Life
- Border Princes occurs before TWN: Slow Decay
