Release number 16 ISBN 0-563-40599-6 Publisher BBC Books Followed by Beltempest | Publication date October 1998 Originally published October 1998 Genre Speculative fiction Preceded by The Scarlet Empress | |
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Series Doctor Who book:
Eighth Doctor Adventures Subject Featuring:
Eighth Doctor
Sam Similar Trevor Baxendale books, Doctor Who BBC 8th Doctor books, Speculative fiction books | ||
The Janus Conjunction is an original novel written by Trevor Baxendale and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam.
Blurb
The planets Janus Prime and Menda are diametrically opposed in orbit around a vast Red Giant star. But while Menda is rich and fertile in the light of the sun, Janus Prime endures everlasting night, its moon causing a permanent solar eclipse. When the Doctor and Sam arrive on Janus Prime, they find themselves in the middle of a war between rival humans colonising the area. The planet is littered with ancient ruins, and the Mendans are using a mysterious hyperspatial link left behind by the planet’s former inhabitants. But what is its true purpose?
The Doctor and Sam must piece together a centuries-old puzzle. How can Janus Prime’s moon weigh billions of tons more than it should? Why is the planet riddled with deadly radiation? As the violence escalates around them, will the time travellers survive to discover the answers?