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Lethbridge-Stewart #7.3
Bloodlines: An Ordinary Man
The destruction of the causal nexus continues, a new reality has been created, Anne Travers is sent into her past to retrieve a man who bears a shocking resemblance to Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart.
February 1969, and school teacher Archie Lethbridge-Stewart lives an ordinary life. His old pupil, Owain Vine, is having strange visions. On the news it seems London is being evacuated - a major gas leak and bears breaking free of London zoo. Can these events be connected?
Linking all this is a strange old man who insists he knows Archie. Who is this mysterious figure? What does he know about the future? And why should Archie and Owain risk everything to go with the old man to London?
A brand new adventure featuring Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the classic era of Doctor Who. Based on the characters created by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln.
February 1969, and school teacher Archie Lethbridge-Stewart lives an ordinary life. His old pupil, Owain Vine, is having strange visions. On the news it seems London is being evacuated - a major gas leak and bears breaking free of London zoo. Can these events be connected?
Linking all this is a strange old man who insists he knows Archie. Who is this mysterious figure? What does he know about the future? And why should Archie and Owain risk everything to go with the old man to London?
A brand new adventure featuring Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the classic era of Doctor Who. Based on the characters created by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln.
204 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2020
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About the author
Andy Frankham-Allen
65 books46 followersWelsh-born Andy Frankham-Allen's passion for writing began with a love of Doctor Who. He's been writing since as far back as he can remember, and, although unsuccessful, he wrote a Doctor Who novel for BBC Books in 1996 after an accident caused him to be out of work for four months. Following that writing fell back into a hobby until 2001 when he began an ongoing fan-fiction series called Doctor Who: The Legacy, which carried on until 2006.
He has been writing professionally since 2004, through several official Doctor Who short stories, and since 2010 with horror shorts of Untreed Reads Publishing. March 2011 saw the release of his novel, 'Seeker', the first book in The Garden Saga, published in print by Hirst Publishing and in all digital formats by Untreed Reads.
He has been writing professionally since 2004, through several official Doctor Who short stories, and since 2010 with horror shorts of Untreed Reads Publishing. March 2011 saw the release of his novel, 'Seeker', the first book in The Garden Saga, published in print by Hirst Publishing and in all digital formats by Untreed Reads.
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May 18, 2021
I rather enjoyed this story. So what would the Brigadier have been if he hadn't joined the army? In this book you find out. The bloodlines whole story sweep is a little disconcerting but it is becoming clearer with this book.
As a sort of stand alone story it is a nice peripheral story to the Web of fear. While all the trouble is going on in London life in a small Cornish village is carrying on as normal for everyone, except for Owain Vine the only son of the local store keeper and his ex maths teacher Archie Lethbridge-Stewart. Owain is having dreams/visions linked to the London event, and Archie is seeing a ghost, a woman in her thirties with dark hair.
When an old man appears in the village who insists on calling Archie, Alistair and knows things about Owain that he shouldn't even if some of the things aren't right? You have an interesting mix of a story.
I really enjoy this book if I could have given it 4.5 I would have done. May be when I've read the next two books in the series I will re rate the story to a five.
As a sort of stand alone story it is a nice peripheral story to the Web of fear. While all the trouble is going on in London life in a small Cornish village is carrying on as normal for everyone, except for Owain Vine the only son of the local store keeper and his ex maths teacher Archie Lethbridge-Stewart. Owain is having dreams/visions linked to the London event, and Archie is seeing a ghost, a woman in her thirties with dark hair.
When an old man appears in the village who insists on calling Archie, Alistair and knows things about Owain that he shouldn't even if some of the things aren't right? You have an interesting mix of a story.
I really enjoy this book if I could have given it 4.5 I would have done. May be when I've read the next two books in the series I will re rate the story to a five.
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