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Seventeen-year-old Rémy is a Conjuror – someone who can alter reality with his music. But such a talent comes with a price. He and his superpowered friends, Matt and Em Calder, are engaged in a dangerous battle to save humanity as we know it. If they are to succeed, they must first decide who to trust. An amoral seventeenth-century artist? A quick-witted gang leader? Or a nephilim, half angel and half human, with silver-flecked wings? But time is running out. The friends must take action soon. For when fallen angels rule, chaos will reign.

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Rémy Dupree and his friends Matt and Em Calder are battling to save the world as we know it. All have superpowers – Rémy can alter reality with music and Matt and Em can bring art to life – but will their powers be enough? With the world loosening at the seams, Rémy discovers that only he can halt the rise of the darkness and save humanity. But is Rémy up to the challenge?

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Collection of the first 5 issues in a brand new series based on the TV show Torchwood. The members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats.

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The members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats. Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off from the 2005 revival of long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who, Torchwood aired four series between 2006 and 2011. In contrast to Doctor Who, whose target audience includes both adults and children, Torchwood is aimed at an older audience

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Big Finish picks up events after Miracle Day and Aliens Among Us with Torchwood: God Among Us. When a God comes to Cardiff, the world goes to Hell. Norton Folgate has come from the 1950s to warn Torchwood it's the end of the world. He might have a point - there's an alien god wandering the city, and a sinister force manipulating events behind the scenes. Where are all the homeless people going? And why doesn't it stop raining? 5. Flight 405 by Lou Morgan. 6. Hostile Environment by Ash Darby. 7. Another Man's Shoes by Tim Foley. 8. Eye of the Storm by David Llewellyn. CAST: John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Yvonne Hartman), Tom Price (Sergeant Andy Davidson), Paul Clayton (Mr Colchester), Alexandria Riley (Ng), Jonny Green (Tyler Steele), Samuel Barnett (Norton Folgate), Jacqueline King (God), David Warner (The Committee), Ramon Tikaram (Colin Colchester-Price), Jessica Hayles (Kirsty), Rhys Isaac-Jones (Aaron), Kyle Lima (Ben), Laura Dalgleish (Phone Shop Manager), Che Francis (Jay), Richard Henderson (Waiter), Rakie Ayola (Andrea Davenport).Other parts played by members of the cast. NOTE: Torchwood contains adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.

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It starts with a series of unexplained events. Earth tremors across the globe. Women being driven insane by their heightened and scrambled senses. And the world is starting to notice - the number one Twitter trend is #realfemmefatales. Governments and scientists are bewildered and silent. The world needs Torchwood, but there's not much of Torchwood left. Captain Jack Harkness has tracked the problem to its source: a village in Peru, where he's uncovered evidence of alien involvement. In Cardiff, Gwen Cooper has discovered something alien and somehow connected to Jack. If the world is to be restored, she has to warn him - but she's quickly becoming a victim of the madness, too... From Torchwood star John Barrowman, and Carole Barrowman, this is an epic thriller that finds Captain Jack and Gwen in a race to save humanity itself. Read by Daniel Pirrie (Doctor Who, Downton Abbey).7 CDs. 8 hrs 12 mins.

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From the cult-hit, BAFTA Cymru award-winning TV show comes Torchwood, the comic that continues the story of Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper as they tackle alien-based cases beyond the scope of the government or the police.Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper, along with the crew of the alien tech-filled ship Ice Maiden must stop the alien Navigators' plan to 'compost' the Earth, but first they must deal with the duplicitous Lady Karina, the roguish Captain John Hart, and a clone like nothing they've seen before!Series Overview: Torchwood are a special ops team originally set up in the 19th Century to tackle alien threats to Earth, and Britain in particular. Now the team is reduced to two members - the immortal former Time Agent Captain Jack Harkness and former policewoman Gwen Cooper, who have joined with the crew of the alien tech-infused ship the Ice Maiden. Can they handle the latest threat to the Earth before it's too late?

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In Queers Dig Time Lords, editors Sigrid Ellis (Chicks Dig Comics) and Michael Damian Thomas (Apex Magazine) bring together essays by award-winning writers to celebrate the phenomenon that is Doctor Who, in the tradition of the Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords. Tanya Huff (Blood Ties) wears her bi-focals as she analyzes the Doctor's fluid sexuality, former Doctor Who script editor Gary Russell explores the show's effect on his teenage years, Paul Magrs (Doctor Who: Hornets' Nest) defends and celebrates the camp qualities of the series, and Melissa Scott (Trouble and Her Friends) describes Doctor Who's impact on her greatest love and loss. Other contributors include David Llewellyn (Doctor Who: Night of the Humans), Rachel Swirsky (Through the Drowsy Dark), Hal Duncan (Ink: The Book of All Hours), Nigel Fairs (Big Finish Productions), Amal El-Mohtar (The Honey Month), Brit Mandelo (Beyond Binary), Mary Anne Mohanraj (Bodies in Motion), and Jed Hartman (Strange Horizons). This book features an introduction by John Barrowman (star of Doctor Who and Torchwood) and Carole E Barrowman (Hollow Earth, Torchwood: Exodus Code). The cover art is by Colleen Coover (Small Favors).

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