Swordplay, samurai, demons, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement... Who needs them?
The Doctor and Chris travel to sixteen-century Japan, a country gripped by
civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of
power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.
As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris
try to find the secret of the miracles - before the two rival armies can
start a war over who owns the god.
Chris soon finds himself alone - except for an alien slaver, a
time-travelling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with
suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several
thousand samurai.
Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and
stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero -
but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero any more.
|  Cover by Andrew Skilleter
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Copyright © Kate Orman, 1997
KATE ORMAN lives in Sydney, Australia. The Doctor has somehow survived her
four previous New Adventures.
Doctor Who series copyright © British Broadcasting Corporation 1963
Originally Published: February 1997
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ISBN 0 426 20500 6
(Virgin edition 1997)
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