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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== 2011 BBC Books edition === | |||
"Things have to get worse before they can get better. Trouble is, I think they're about to get a lot worse. As worse as worse can be. And then some." | "Things have to get worse before they can get better. Trouble is, I think they're about to get a lot worse. As worse as worse can be. And then some." | ||
For centuries the | For centuries the [[Morphan]]s have worked. With no help from other worlds, they subsist on the food they can grow and that's little enough. But their purpose, their whole life is to maintain the machines that will one day make their world as habitable as old [[Earth]]. | ||
Life used to be hard. Now as their crops fail, livestock sickens, and the temperature drops, it's becoming impossible. This year's winter festival won't be the usual celebration. It's not a time for optimism or hope – and it's not a time to welcome unexpected guests. The Doctor, Amy and Rory find a society breaking apart under the strain. Tensions are mounting, old rivalries are coming to the fore, people are dying... | Life used to be hard. Now as their crops fail, livestock sickens, and the temperature drops, it's becoming impossible. This year's winter festival won't be the usual celebration. It's not a time for optimism or hope – and it's not a time to welcome unexpected guests. [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] find a society breaking apart under the strain. Tensions are mounting, old rivalries are coming to the fore, people are dying... | ||
And then the Doctor's old enemies the Ice | And then the Doctor's old enemies the [[Ice Warrior]]s make their move. With the cold-hearted threat of invasion, the real battle for survival begins. Or does it? The Doctor begins to suspect that behind everything lies a deadlier, and even more chilling danger... | ||
=== 2013 BBC Books edition === | |||
The winter festival is approaching for the hardy colony of Morphans, but no one is in the mood to celebrate. They're trying to build a new life on a cold new world, but each year gets harder and harder. It's almost as if some dark force is working against them. Then three mysterious travelers arrive out of the midwinter night, [[Eleventh Doctor|one of them]] claiming to be a [[doctor]]. Are they bringing the gift of salvation or doom? And what else might be lurking out there, about to wake up? | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
