BBC Doctor Who
THE DARKSMITH LEGACY Book
2 – The Graves Of Mordane
Paperback by Colin
Brake
[Official British 2009
publication]
Original
2009 release with metallic-effect cover art.
Outstanding near mint condition throughout.
Bought at
full price from a high street shop.
Details
Publisher
: BBC Children's Books (29 Jan. 2009)
Language :
English
Paperback
: 128 pages
ISBN-10 :
140590514X
ISBN-13 :
978-1405905145
Reading age
: 7 - 12 years
Dimensions
: 12.9 x 0.9 x 19.8 cm
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Customer
reviews: 4.9 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)
Description
Convinced
that the Doctor is Varlos, the Agent demands the return of the Eternity
Crystal. But what happened on Mordane to make the Crystal too dangerous to be
left on the Moon? The Doctor has to convince the Agent that he is not Varlos
and doesn’t know what happened on Mordane, then escape with the TARDIS and find
out.
The Doctor
decides that the Eternity Crystal must be destroyed but before he can the Agent
and the Crystal vanish. He has to find the Agent, which leaves the Doctor only
one option, and he doesn’t like it…
Additional Info (copied from rear of
book)
The Doctor
has discovered the Darksmiths' Eternity Crystal and is determined to destroy it
before it falls into the wrong hands. But to find out more about the Crystal, the
Doctor must travel to Mordane, the peaceful cemetery planet. But once the sun
goes down, Mordane turns into a planet of nightmares. Will the Doctor manage to
hold on to the Crystal and fight off the living dead?
This amazing ten-book series follows the Doctor on his exciting journey to discover the origins of the so-called Eternity Crystal and the powerful artisans who have created it – The Darksmiths.
Continue the
amazing Darksmith adventure with the Doctor online…
About the Author
Justin
Richards has written more books than he can remember. He has also written audio
scripts, television, a stage play, edited anthologies of short stories, been a
technical writer, and founded and edited a media journal.
Justin is
the author of - amongst other things - The Death Collector, The Chaos Code, The
Parliament of Blood and the series The Invisible Detective, Time Runners, and
Agent Alfie. He is also Creative Director of the BBC's best-selling range of
Doctor Who books, and has written a fair few of them himself.
His latest
novel - The Skeleton Clock - is available now.
Justin lives
in Warwick with his wife and two children, and a lovely view of the castle.
Review(s)
4.0 out of 5
stars Short but worthwhile
Reviewed in
the United Kingdom on 1 May 2009
While this
book doesn't hold your attention for very long - a few hours is the most an
adult reader would need to read cover to cover - it's still entertaining with a
lot of story packed in. The story itself covers 110 pages in fairly large type,
with some Activity and 'TARDIS data bank' pages interspersed.
The puzzles
are very childish and take only a few seconds to figure out - but it's still
satisfying when the Doctor announces his answer and it corresponds with your
own!
The TARDIS
data bank pages again are aimed at children so don't go into any depth about
the subjects they cover (the planet Mordane and Places of Burial are the two
double page TDB's in this instalment) but are interesting nonetheless.
The kids'll
definitely love it - especially with the added online content - but it's
certainly not a waste of money for the older fans and nicely fills a rainy day.
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