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{{Infobox Story | |image = Tempest.jpg | ||
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | |||
|image= Tempest.jpg | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|series= [[Virgin | |number in range = 70 | ||
|number= 9 | |number = 9 | ||
|main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = | ||
|enemy= Nathan Costermann | |enemy = [[Nathan Costermann|Costermann]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Tempest (planet)|Tempest]], [[2594]] | ||
|writer= [[ | |writer = Christopher Bulis | ||
|publisher= | |cover = [[Peter Elson]] | ||
|release date= | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|format= Paperback Book, | |release date = 2 January 1998 | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20523-5 | |format = Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 265 Pages | ||
|prev= Mean Streets (novel) | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20523-5 | ||
|next= Walking to Babylon (novel)}} | |prev = Mean Streets (novel) | ||
'''''Tempest''''' | |next = Walking to Babylon (novel) | ||
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'''''Tempest''''' was the seventieth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel, published in [[1998 (releases)|1998]]. This was [[Christopher Bulis]]' final contribution to the Virgin New Adventures range. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
'' | ''[[Smith (Tempest)|Smith]] consulted his watch very deliberately. "You have one hour to find the Imnulate and hand it over to me. If you do not, I will tear this train and its passengers apart piece by piece!"'' | ||
[[Tempest (planet)|Tempest]]: a wild and untamed world perpetually wreathed in cloud and storms. The only means of long-distance travel across its surface are the great transcontinental monorails that traverse its lonely and dangerous wastelands. Returning home from a lucrative lecture, [[Bernice Summerfield|Professor Bernice Summerfield]] finds herself on the most celebrated of these mighty trains. | |||
The [[Drell Imnulate]]: a fabulous and unique religious idol. Precious enough to kill for. So important to those rival factions who follow the way of its maker that they will dare anything to ensure its return. | |||
Isolated in the wilderness and far from civilisation, death strikes the luxurious Polar Express, and a routine journey turns into a nightmare. But can Bernice save a train on the brink of disaster? | |||
== Chapter titles == | |||
* Prologue | |||
# Tempest | |||
# Mr Smith | |||
# Departure | |||
# Murder on the Polar Express | |||
# Suspect | |||
# Shadows | |||
# Technical Matters | |||
# Special Duty | |||
# Detection by Numbers | |||
# Under Pressure | |||
# Heavy Weather | |||
# Landslide | |||
# A Shadow Explained | |||
# Deceptions and Rewards | |||
# Ultimatum | |||
# The Battle of the Train | |||
# Flight | |||
# Jigsaw | |||
# Anatomy of a Crime | |||
# Justice | |||
* Epilogue | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Smith (Tempest)|Tempest]] | * [[Smith (Tempest)|Tempest]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
*[[Thaon 5]] orbits the gas giant [[Thaon]]. | * [[Thaon 5]] orbits the gas giant [[Thaon]]. | ||
*[[Klondyke]] is a mining world. | * [[Klondyke]] is a mining world. | ||
*[[Hecten City]] is on [[Mondor]]. | * [[Hecten City]] is on [[Mondor]]. | ||
=== Foods and beverages === | === Foods and beverages === | ||
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=== Objects === | === Objects === | ||
* | * Benny has a full [[environmental suit]] rating trained to function in 0–100 atmospheres. | ||
* The [[Drell Imnulate]] is the crystal everyone seems to want. | * The [[Drell Imnulate]] is the crystal everyone seems to want. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Benny mentions Agatha Christie. The [[Tenth Doctor]] would meet her in person during the events of {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_na70.htm|Tempest}} | |||
* {{whoniverse| | * {{whoniverse|na70|Tempest}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/tempest.htm The Cloister Library: '''Tempest'''] | |||
{{BNA}} | {{BNA}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]] | |||
[[Category:1998 novels]] | [[Category:1998 novels]] | ||
[[Category:BNA novels]] | [[Category:BNA novels]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in | [[Category:Stories set in 2594]] | ||
