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To the Slaughter

Stephen Cole (2005)

SubgenrePortal Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesDoctor Who BBC 8th Doctor #72
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.47

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Synopsis

The solar system is being spring-cleaned, to improve its feng shui and attract big business back to the long-abandoned seat of Earth's empire. Celebrity decoratiste Aristotle Halcyon is heading the campaign of controlled demolition. Having swept away the Asteroid Belt and the Oort Cloud, he now plans to make Jupiter more aesthetically pleasing by removing scores of "unnecessary" moons. But the ancient satellites hold deadly secrets, as the Doctor, Fitz and Trix soon discover. With eco-terrorists planning sabotage, corrupt officials lining their own pockets and sinister forces acting on their own agendas, only the Doctor sees that millions of innocents have been set on the fast track to bloody, unbridled destruction...

Tags

Science FictionSpace OperaTime TravelMedia Tie-in