Mars, 2059. Bowie Base One. Last recorded message: 'Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it. Not one drop'. The Doctor faces one of his darkest and most action-packed adventures yet as he arrives on Mars to find a terrifying alien virus sweeping through the colony. But he knows the events of 2059 hold an important place in history and getting involved will mean taking the law of time into his own hands. Has he gone too far?
The widow of a French painter visits Melbourne, reawakening in Phryne memories of her time in Paris after the Great War. When the woman disappears, Phryne begins to fear for the safety of her two assistants, Bert and Cec.
The clock starts ticking down when Sydney's old flame, Allan Devaut, is blackmailed into finding the first Christian cross ever fashioned by a mysterious collector who infects Allan with a deadly Necron virus.
