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The Gods of the Underworld
Series:	Big Finish - Bernice Summerfield Series
Release Number:	2
Main Character:	Bernice Summerfield
Featuring:
Enemy:	Ilijah Boor Nishtubi Shadow Federation
Setting:	Pan Leica spaceport Venedel, March, 2600
Author:	Stephen Cole
Publisher:	Big Finish
Publication:	January, 2001
Format:	Paperback Book, 227 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903654-23-8
Previous Story:	The Doomsday Manuscript
Following Story:	The Squire's Crystal

Publisher's Summary

There's a whisper going round that the long-lost temple of the Argian Gods of the Underworld has finally been discovered on the planet Venedel. There's a still quieter whisper that deep inside it lies the Argian Oracle, an ancient artefact that can pinpoint the whereabouts of any soul in the universe. Benny Summerfield sets out to see if the whispers are true ­ and to see if it can tell her the whereabouts of her missing lover. She's got nothing to lose.

Reaching Venedel, Benny finds it under siege from an over-zealous Federation, alleging human rights atrocities and starving the planet out until its people capitulate to its terms. Despite this, a team of Nishtubi mercenaries are running the blockade to supply aid for the Venedelans. But why? They have nothing to gain.

Caught between jingoistic natives, Nishtubi heavies, a plague of ancient killers and the cold, undying secrets of the Gods of the Underworld, Benny and her allies have nowhere to run ­ and are left facing nothing but trouble.

Characters

Bernice Summerfield

Irving Braxiatel

Joseph

Arko

Forno

Shell

• Gets infected by Ilijah.

Starl Stanmore

• Earthlink Federation deep cover operative.

References

• The Agrians built a War Temple on the planet Venedel.
• Brixiatel send Benny to discover the Argian Oracle, capable of finding anyone in the universe.
• Benny ecnounters Ilijah (reptillian creatures) which have been genetically re-engineered which snort eggs (in flem) onto a host and their eggs grow within a host body.
• The Earthlink Federation has ties to Earth, it tolerates the Fifth Axis.
• Benny tries to ask the Argian Oracle about Jason Kane.
• The Shadow Federation is the name for the corrupt elements of the Earthlink Federation which is generally countered by the Federation Special Internal Investigations Unit (to which Starl Stanmore is a member).

Notes

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Continuity

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Timeline

• The Gods of the Underworld occurs after: BFBS: The Secret of Cassandra
• The Gods of the Underworld occurs before: BFBS: The Squire's Crystal

External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis - The Gods of the Underworld
• Big Finish The Gods of the Underworld page