Being my first entry into this new series of books focused on Lethbridge-Steward, I am now very interested in continuing to read more adventures from the line. McIntee was always one of my favorites from the various Who lines, especially his historicals, and his excellent attention to detail is a highlight in this novel's prose, especially with how each variation of Earth bends history a little. The side-Earth with dirigibles and Nikola Tesla is a memorable section of the novel and one wishes more time could be spent on that Earth. Lethbridge-Stewart proves a robust hero for the novel and I look forward to seeing how he gets to the Brigadier we see in Spearhead from Space. The story, involving the side-universes and the unfolding mystery keeps you guessing whether the alternate Earth seen in Inferno is a part of this at all.

Long ago I was a big fan of Harry Sullivan's War by Ian Marter and I always longed for more UNIT-based novels. These Lethbridge-Stewart novels seem to be nest best thing, and I recommend them to any fans of Pertwee-era Who. ( )

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Candy Jar's series of books about the earlier career of Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart have not been getting as much buzz as I feel they deserve. For a lot of us, the UNIT days are the defining period of Who, and the idea here is to look into their backstory, the four years that the Brigadier say in The Invasion since The Web of Fear. The previous couple of books I'd read in the series were pleasing enough, but here McIntee plays with the format and timeline very inventively, to bring Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (and Professor Travers, etc) into a parallel timeline or two with confusion about his own family history. It's very nicely done, and wholly respectful of the traditions of canon while at the same time subverting them just a bit. ( )