Warlock (Cartmel novel)

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Warlock
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Author Andrew Cartmel
Cover artistTony Masero
Series Doctor Who book:
Virgin New Adventures
Release number
34
SubjectFeaturing:
Seventh Doctor
Ace, Bernice
Publisher Virgin Books
Publication date
January 1995
ISBN 0-426-20433-6
Preceded by Parasite  
Followed by Set Piece  

Warlock is an original novel written by Andrew Cartmel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. The book is the middle novel in the "War trilogy", following on from Cat's Cradle: Warhead and concluding in Warchild . A prelude to the novel, also penned by Cartmel, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #221.

Synopsis

A new drug called "Warlock" is tearing apart society. Benny is involved with a law enforcement effort to bring it down while Ace is in trouble in a horrific animal laboratory. Only the Doctor is left to discover the truth behind the new drug.

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