Missing Adventure written by David A. McIntee © 1997
'He's one of my own people, Victoria, and he's hunting me.'
Darkheart: a faded neutron star surrounded by dead planets. But there is
life on one of these icy rocks - the last enclave of the Earth Empire, frozen
in the image of another time. As the rest of the galaxy enjoys the fruits of
the fledgling Federation, these isolated Imperials, bound to obey a forgotten
ideal, harbour a dark obsession.
The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria arrive to find that the Federation has at
last come to reintegrate this lost colony, whether they like it or not. But all
is not well in the Federation camp: relations and allegiances are changing. The
fierce Veltrochni - angered by the murder of their kinsmen - have an entirely
different agenda. And someone else is manipulating the mission for his own
mysterious reasons - another time traveller, a suave and assured master of his
work.
The Doctor must uncover the terrible secret which brought the Empire to this
desolate sector, and find the source of the strange power maintaining their
society. But can a Time Lord, facing the ultimate temptation, control his own
desires?
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