Showing results for "David II" in Dramatisations

It is June 1940. The war against Hitler’s forces is raging. And the tide is turning against the British. In this hour of despair, Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives a mysterious letter from an even more mysterious woman, offering a Faustian bargain and a promise of victory. But if Churchill accepts, will he be condemning his nation’s very soul?

A man awakens in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit.

Iris is dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. She sacrificed herself to save her best friend, Panda, then exploded inside her time-travelling bus. On Earth in the year 2108, the North Bloc and the South Bloc teeter on the edge of terrible nuclear war. The fate of the whole world rests on a not-very-good disco in Spain. One run by the dastardly alien Naxians.... Iris Wildthyme is as dead as a doornail. But her new incarnation is going to have to get stuck in. Poor bloke doesn't stand a chance.

Das sagenumwobene Konzil der Elemente wird nur der finden, der sich einem geheimen Ritual unterzieht und durch eine mit einem Dolch gezogene Runenzeichnung auf dem Körper einen Seelenvertrauten erschafft. Nach ihrer Ankunft in Danbar steckt der Magier X in Schwierigkeiten, denn die blutigen Runen auf seinem Arm wachsen und zeigen ihm in immer gefährlicheren Visionen den weiteren Weg zum Konzil der Elemente.