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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Bernice Summerfield|Professor Bernice Summerfield]] is enjoying a break. A break from work, a break from the rebuilding of the [[Braxiatel Collection]] and a break from [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], and even her beloved [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]]. | |||
She feels she's entitled to a bit of downtime. So, why won't anyone leave her alone? Before long, she's being sent off after an old space artefact, only to crash-land on a planet apparently devoid of life. Devoid of life, that is, except for the robotic animals, big game hunters and ruthless corporate administrators of the type she's learned to know and mistrust. | She feels she's entitled to a bit of downtime. So, why won't anyone leave her alone? Before long, she's being sent off after an old space artefact, only to crash-land on a planet apparently devoid of life. Devoid of life, that is, except for the robotic animals, big game hunters and ruthless corporate administrators of the type she's learned to know and mistrust. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | Following the liberation of the [[Braxiatel Collection]] from the control of the [[Fifth Axis]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] is asked by [[Orlean Wolvencroft]] to find [[Eagle 11-32]], a [[van Neumann probe]] sent out from [[Earth]] in the [[2040s]]. She accepts the offer and travels to [[Peturia]], hiring the ''[[Satespes]]'' (a ship), [[Johannsen (The Big Hunt)|Johannsen]] (a pilot) and [[Noele Flynn]] (a postgraduate). After ten days of searching, Flynn adjusts their model of the flight path and leads them to an Earth-like planet in another [[star system]]. They crash due to the gravity distortion and Johannsen sends out a distress call. Due to the possibility of interference by the gravity distortion, Benny works on repairing the ship. | ||
In the night, the ship is attacked and apparently eaten by animals who, strangely, showed no interest in following Benny, Johannsen and Flynn when they flee. They see an [[air car]] in the morning, proving that there is other intelligent life on this planet, and find that the animals all seem to be [[robot]]s. Johannsen is killed when they are attacked by robot [[wolf|wolves]]; Benny, realising that the wolves were after Johannsen's wrist computer and jewellery, tells Flynn to strip off with her. The wolves leave and Benny wraps up the [[emergency beacon]] in a [[towel]] before holding it up in the air. | |||
Benny and Flynn are attacked by more wolves at night and are saved by [[Bellamy]] and [[Beardmore]], [[hunter]]s who were using the two strangers as bait to draw the wolves out. Benny and Flynn join them and meet the hunt administrator, [[Makins]], who explains that they are hunting robots which escaped from a [[Bantu Industries]] megafreighter which crashed on the planet but have no idea how many there are. He enlists Benny and Flynn's help in return for food and shelter, but Benny wonders for whom the robots were built and why there is no evidence of a crash. | |||
Benny and Beardmore hunt for [[rock]]-eating [[elephant]]s which are attacked by a wolf, which they promptly stampede. Benny looks at the wolf and is unable to find a power source, making her wonder if Makins is indeed telling them the truth. Additionally, she wonders why the hunters were supplied with low-tech weapons when dealing with robots. On another expedition, [[sabre-toothed tiger]]s wound Beardmore and kill Bellamy before Benny destroys them with Bellamy's gun. | |||
''to be completed'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||