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|image=The Sword of Forever.jpg | |image = The Sword of Forever.jpg | ||
|series= [[Virgin | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|number in range = 75 | |number in range = 75 | ||
|number= | |number = 75 | ||
|main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = | ||
|enemy=[[Gebmoses III]] | |enemy = [[Gebmoses III]] | ||
|setting= | |setting = [[Earth]] | ||
|writer= [[Jim Mortimore]] | |writer = [[Jim Mortimore]] | ||
|cover= [[Mike Posen]] | |cover = [[Mike Posen]] | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|release date= [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] | |release date = [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] | ||
|format= Paperback Book, 293 Pages | |format = Paperback Book, 293 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20526-X | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20526-X | ||
|prev= Dry Pilgrimage (novel) | |prev = Dry Pilgrimage (novel) | ||
|next= Another Girl, Another Planet (novel) | |next = Another Girl, Another Planet (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''The Sword of Forever''''' | '''''The Sword of Forever''''' was the seventy-fifth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. | ||
The cover of this novel | The cover of this novel was the last to feature the "The New Adventures" titling and the "NA" logo. It was also the final to feature a conventionally illustrated cover; all future covers were computer-aided in design rather than this and previous covers' painting/drawn aesthetic. As such, this was the final Virgin novel to feature [[Bernice Summerfield]] on the cover; the next prose-based publication she would appear on would be [[2000 (releases)|2000]]'s [[Big Finish Productions]]' anthology ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries]]''. | ||
This was also the final monthly release in the novel series. Hereafter, the frequency of release was reduced. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''"I'm sure the Beach Boys didn't have mutant elephants in mind when they wrote "Surfin' USA.".'' | ''"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 [[jungle]]s 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 [[hybrid]]s, agents of the [[Knights Templar]] guarding a secret older than time — and have breakfast with the man who would be Emperor of [[Earth]]. | 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 [[jungle]]s 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 [[hybrid]]s, 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? | All to find the fabled [[Sword of Forever]], a mythical device with the power to destroy and create civilisations — but at what price? | ||
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* [[Patience (velociraptor)|Patience]] | * [[Patience (velociraptor)|Patience]] | ||
* [[Daniel Beaujeu]] | * [[Daniel Beaujeu]] | ||
* Gebmoses III | * [[Gebmoses III]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||