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Another Life (Novel & Audio Book)
Thick black clouds are blotting out the skies over Cardiff. As twenty-four inches of rain fall in twenty-four hours, the city centre's drainage system collapses. The
capital's homeless are being murdered, their mutilated bodies left lying in the soaked streets around Blaidd
Drwg nuclear facility. Tracked down by Torchwood, the killer calmly drops eight storeys to his death. But the killings don't stop. Their investigations lead
Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Toshiko Sato to a monster in a bathroom, a mystery at an army base and a hunt for stolen nuclear
fuel rods. Meanwhile, Owen Harper goes missing from the Hub when a game in Second Reality leads him to an old girlfriend...
Something is coming, forcing its way through the Rift,
straight into Cardiff Bay.
My Review: It would have been nice for the writer to
have actually seen some episodes of the series before writing this, as many of the characterisations are way off, Owen is
barely recognisable at all, in this book he comes across as a fun loving computer games addict, rather than the uber-intense
serial sex addict (rapist?) he is on the show. The actual plot isn't that bad but its hardly anything that couldn't
be done on TV, so it gets minus marks for playing it too safe.
Border Princes (Novel & Audio Book)
The End of the World began on a Thursday night in October, just after eight in the evening...
The Amok is driving people out of their minds, turning them into zombies and causing riots in the streets. A solitary diner leaves a Cardiff restaurant, his mission to protect the Principal leading him to a secret
base beneath a water tower. Everyone has a headache; there's something in Davey Morgan's shed; and the church of St Mary-in-the-Dust,
demolished in 1840, has reappeared - though it's not due until 2011. Torchwood
seem to be out of their depth. What will all this mean for the romance between Torchwood's newest members? Captain Jack Harkness has something more to worry about: an alarm, an early warning, given to mankind and held
- inert - by Torchwood for 108 years. A now it's flashing. Something is coming. Or something is already here.
Slow Decay (Novel & Audio Book)
When Torchwood
track an energy surge to a Cardiff nightclub, the team finds the police
are already at the scene. Five teenagers have died in a fight, and lying among the bodies is an extraterrestrial device. Next morning, they discover the corpse of a Weevil,
its face and neck eaten away, seemingly by human teeth. And on the streets of Cardiff, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary
hunger is attacking people and eating her victims. The job of a lifetime it may be, but working
for Torchwood is putting big strains on Gwen's relationship with Rhys.
While she decides to spice up their love life with the help of alien technology, Rhys decides it's time to sort himself out
- better music, healthier food, lose some weight. Luckily, a friend has mentioned Doctor Scotus' weight loss clinic...
Hidden (Audio Book)
An age-old secret is at the heart of a gripping adventure for the Torchwood team in this exclusive
story read by Naoko Mori outside the government, beyond the police, fighting for the future on behalf of the human race. The
21st century is when everything changes and Torchwood is ready. Led by the mysterious and enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness,
Torchwood delves into the unknown and fights the impossible...After a series of violent and seemingly unrelated deaths, the
solution to a riddle seems to point the finger of blame at Captain Jack. Can the Torchwood team uncover the truth, which
lies hidden in the heart of the Welsh countryside, in time to save their leader?
Everyone Says Hello (Audio Book)
Early in the morning, Owen Harper is summoned to work by Jack. On his way to work, he is greeted by both
the milkman and the postman - each introduce themselves by saying "hello" and by telling Owen all about their life: their
name, their relations, likes/dislikes etc. He brushes them off, despite them still trying to talk to him, calling "hello"
as he leaves. As Gwen Cooper arrives in Mermaid Quay, she is greeted by a tourist in much the same way. When they all
arrive, Jack Harkness tells them of a problem; a powerful energy field that came through the Rift. When questioned by Owen
and Gwen as to whether it is related to the peculiar behaviour they had seen that morning, Jack is doubtful and claims that
what they witnessed was just common courtesy. The energy source is transmitting on the PK scale allowing Gwen to correctly
guess the next card in a pile, 5 times out of 5, when tested by Owen.
Trace Memory (Novel)
Tiger Bay, Cardiff, 1950: A mysterious crate is brought into the docks on a Scandinavian cargo ship, the
Kungssangen. Its destination: The Torchwood Institute. As the crate is offloaded by a group of local dockers it explodes,
killing all but one; a young Butetown lad called Michael Bellini. Fifty-eight years later a radioactive source somewhere inside
Torchwood leads the team to discover the same Michael Bellini, still young and dressed in his 1950s clothes, cowering in the
vaults. As they question the intruder, it becomes apparent that each of them has met him in the past. All of them remember
him talking incoherently about terrifying 'Men In Bowler Hats' and little more, but it's Jack who remembers him best of all.
Something in the Water (Novel)
Dr. Bob Strong's GP surgery has being seeing a lot of coughs and colds recently - far more than is normal
for the time of year. Bob contacts Owen Harper, an old student friend, who reluctantly agrees to look into it. Meanwhile,
Toshiko and Gwen are investigating ghostly apparitions in the marshy areas of South Wales. It's been a dull month and they're
just about to pack up when they discover a dead body. The Team find that there's been a massive spike in respiratory infections
right across the UK. Captain Jack agrees that it's worth investigating, but at the moment his priority is Tosh and Gwen's
work: they've brought the corpse back for examination. It's old, in an advanced state of decay, and still able to talk!
The Twilight Streets (Novel)
It's the start of a Cardiff autumn - the days are getting shorter, the dark evenings settling in. There's
a part of Cardiff that no one goes to much. No crime, no murders, just they stay away. A collection of old rundown houses
and gloomy streets. Something's not quite right there, something is off-kilter. Except now, the Council are renovating the
area. And a new company have been employed to do this. And look: they're going to organize street parties to show off the
gentrified area. Clown and face-painters for the kids, street magicians for the adults. None of this is Torchwood's problem.
Except that Tosh recognizes the man sponsoring the street parties when she's passing one day: Bills Manger!
Lost Souls (Radio Play)
Martha Jones, ex-time traveller and now working as a doctor for a UN task force, has been called to CERN
- the world's largest particle physics laboratory in Geneva - where they're about to activate the Large Hadron Collider. The
LHC is a particle accelerator, which has been built deep underground in a 27 km tunnel under Switzerland and France. Once
activated the Collider will fire beams of protons together recreating conditions a billionth of a second after the Big Bang
- and potentially allowing the human race a greater insight into what the Universe is made of. But so much could go wrong
- it could open a gateway to a parallel dimension, or create a black hole - and now voices from the past are calling out to
people and scientists have started to disappear... Where have the missing scientists gone? What is the secret of the glowing
man? What is lurking in the underground tunnel? And do the dead ever really stay dead?
In the Shadows (Audio Book)
September 2008
A man has died of old age in his 30s. This, among other strange events, has lead Torchwood to conclude that
someone is sending victims to another dimension, one in which they are punished by the thing which they fear the most. Who
is the mysterious taxi driver preying on his passengers?
Pack Animals (Novel)
Shopping for wedding gifts with your fiancé is enjoyable, unless like Gwen you witness a Weevil massacre
in the shopping centre. A trip to the zoo is a great day out, until a date goes tragically wrong and Ianto is badly injured
by stolen alien tech. And Halloween is a day of fun and frights, before unspeakable monsters invade the streets of Cardiff
and it’s no longer a trick or a treat for the terrified population. Torchwood can control small groups of scavengers,
but now someone has given large numbers of predators a season ticket to Earth. Jack’s investigation is hampered when
he finds he’s being investigated himself. Owen is convinced that it’s just one guy who’s toying with them.
But will Torchwood find out before it’s too late that the game is horribly real, and the deck is stacked against them?
SkyPoint (Novel)
"If you’re going to be anyone in Cardiff, you’re going to be at SkyPoint!" SkyPoint is
the latest high-rise addition to the ever-developing Cardiff skyline. It’s the most high-tech, avant-garde apartment
block in the city. And it’s where Rhys Williams is hoping to find a new home for himself and Gwen. Gwen’s more
concerned by the money behind the tower block – Besnik Lucca, a name she knows from her days in uniform. When
Torchwood discover that residents have been going missing from the tower block, one of the team gets her dream assignment.
Soon SkyPoint’s latest newly married tenants are moving in. And Toshiko Sato finally gets to make a home with Owen Harper.
Then something comes out of the wall…
Almost Perfect (Novel)
Emma is 30, single and frankly desperate. She woke up this morning with nothing to look forward to but another
evening of unsuccessful speed-dating. But now she has a new weapon in her quest for Mr Right. And it’s made her almost
perfect. Gwen Cooper woke up this morning expecting the unexpected. As usual. She went to work and found a skeleton
at a table for two and a colleague in a surprisingly glamorous dress. Perfect. Ianto Jones woke up this morning with
no memory of last night. He went to work, where he caused amusement, suspicion and a little bit of jealousy. Because Ianto
Jones woke up this morning in the body of a woman. And he’s looking just about perfect. And Jack Harkness has
always had his doubts about Perfection.
Bay of the Dead (Novel)
Torchwood must deal with living corpses stalking the streets and a piece of space debris that keeps regenerating
all while an intangible barrier surrounds Cardiff.
The House that Jack Built (Novel)
The house that Jack lived in in 1906, Jackson Leaves, has new tenants. However, the rooms don't stay in
one place, there's a man in the airing cupboard and there are ghostly apparitions, all of which draw the attention of Torchwood.
Into the Silence (Novel)
A body in a church hall is found with its vocal cords missing and a metallic figure is seen hiding in the
shadows. With the amateur operatic contest getting under way, Ianto Jones joins a male voice choir to track it down.
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