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year= [[Earth]], [[Antarctica]], [[2595]] | year= {{bp|[[Earth]], [[Antarctica]], [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[Egypt]] [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[England]], [[London]], [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[Scotland]], [[Glasgow]] & [[Loch Ness]], [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[France]], [[Paris]] & [[Arginy]], [[2565]] & [[2595]]|[[Earth]], [[Pangaea]], 80 million years ago|[[Earth]], The Orient|[[Earth]], [[Jerusalem]], [[3555 BCE]]|[[Earth]], [[Kampuchea]], [[150]] AD|[[Dellah]], [[2595]]}}| | ||
writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]| | writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]| | ||
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | ||
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previous story= [[Dry Pilgrimage]] | | previous story= [[Dry Pilgrimage]] | | ||
next story= [[Another Girl, Another Planet]]}} | next story= [[Another Girl, Another Planet]]}} | ||
'''''The Sword of Forever''''' is the fourteenth [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] novel. The cover of this novel is the last to feature; the "The New Adventures" titling and the "NA" logo, it is also the final to feature a conventionally illustrated cover all future covers are computer-aided in design rather than this and previous covers' painting/drawn aesthetic. As such this is the final Virgin novel to feature [[Bernice Summerfield]] on the cover, the next prose-based publication she would appear on is [[2000]]'s [[Big Finish Productions]]' anthology ''[[The Dead Men Diaries]]''. | |||
== 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 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. | 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? | 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 | Everything goes critical as Bernice and Patience travel across 120 million years and two [[universe]]s -- 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. | ||
==Plot== | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Marillian]] | * [[Marillian]] | ||
* [[Patience (velocirpator)|Paitence]] | * [[Patience (velocirpator)|Paitence]] | ||
* [[Daniel Beaujeu]] | * [[Daniel Beaujeu]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
===[[:Category:Culture|Culture]]=== | |||
*''[[Indiana Jones: Final Genesis]]'' was made sometime after [[1998]]. | |||
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | |||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] marries Marillian to get a [[research license]]. | |||
*Bernice dies...twice, she uses the Sword of Forever to create a new body for herself...when she awakens she refuses to look at her 'old' body. | |||
* [[Patience (velocirpator)|Paitence]] is a super smart [[velociraptor]]. | |||
===[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]=== | |||
* [[Marillian]] owns [[London]]. | |||
* [[Kenya]] and [[Somalia]] are sites of massive bio-infection (caused by viruses from the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of Earth]]. | |||
* The [[Library of Things that Never Were]], reappears as [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. | |||
===[[:Category:Objects|Objects]]=== | |||
* The [[Sword of Forever]] has four parts: | * The [[Sword of Forever]] has four parts: | ||
::* [[The Spear of Longinus]] | ::* [[The Spear of Longinus]] | ||
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::* The [[Holy Grail]] | ::* The [[Holy Grail]] | ||
::* [[Ark of the Covenant]] | ::* [[Ark of the Covenant]] | ||
:* To use the sword you have to die, Benny uses it. | :* To use the sword you have to die, Benny uses it. | ||
===[[:Category:Organisations|Organisations]]=== | |||
* [[Knights Templar]] agents follow Benny throughout her quest. | * [[Knights Templar]] agents follow Benny throughout her quest. | ||
* [[ | ===[[:Category:Religion|Religion]]=== | ||
*The [[Freemasons]] assassinate Benny. | |||
===[[:Category:Sports|Sports]]=== | |||
*Bernice plays and looses a game of [[netball]] to a blind [[priest]] (who sees by [[faith]]). | |||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is the last novel to have the | * This is the last novel to have the "New Adventures" front-cover logo and title that had been in place since ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' (although it was retained on the spine) and the cover design format that had been in place since ''[[Happy Endings]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||