[Doctor Who · Virgin Missing Adventures 16] • The Empire of Glass
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- Authors
- Lane, Andy
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Tags
- fiction , fantasy , science fiction , general
- ISBN
- 9780426204572
- Date
- 1995-11-16T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.41 MB
- Lang
- en
'There is a old Venetian saying,' the Doctor murmured. 'The council of ten send you to the torture chamber; the council of three send you to the grave.'
A strange invitation brings the Doctor, Steven and Vicki to Venice in the year of our Lord 1609: a place of politics and poison, science and superstition, telescopes and terror. Galileo Galilei is there demonstrating his new invention to the Doge, and William Shakespeare is working as a spy for King James I. And there are other visitors too: inhuman ones that lurk in the shadows, watching - and killing.
Vicki is abducted to a flying island. Steven is accused of murder and challenged to a duel. The Doctor, meanwhile, finds himself at the centre of what looks like an attempted invasion. But who are the invaders? And why can’t they proceed without his help?