Twilight of the Gods (Clapham and Miller novel)

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Twilight of the Gods
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Author Mark Clapham and Jon de Burgh Miller
Cover artistFred Gambino
Series Doctor Who book:
The New Adventures
Release number
23
SubjectFeaturing:
Bernice Summerfield
Publisher Virgin Books
Publication date
December 1999
ISBN 0-426-20536-7
Preceded by The Joy Device  
Followed by The Dead Men Diaries  

Twilight of the Gods is a novel by Mark Clapham and Jon de Burgh Miller from the Virgin New Adventures with the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield as its main character. The New Adventures were based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Twilight of the Gods was the twenty-third and final New Adventure featuring only Bernice after Virgin lost the licence to publish original Doctor Who fiction.

The novel features the return of the Ferutu, thought destroyed after the events of the Missing Adventure Cold Fusion .

Plot

God-like beings have shattered the peace of Dellah, and threaten to spread chaos across the galaxy. Benny and Jason Kane return to the planet in a desperate last attempt to stop them, before the planet is destroyed forever.

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