Torchwood: Pack Animals [Hardcover]

Peter Anghelides (Author)

Book Description

Series: Torchwood | Publication Date: December 2, 2008

The seventh novel in the bestselling Torchwood range from BBC Books. Shopping for wedding gifts with your fiance is enjoyable, unless like Gwen you witness a Weevil massacre in the shopping centre. A trip to the zoo is a great day out, until a date goes tragically wrong and Ianto is badly injured by stolen alien tech. And Halloween is a day of fun and frights, before unspeakable monsters invade the streets of Cardiff and it's no longer a trick or a treat for the terrified population. Torchwood can control small groups of scavengers, but now someone has given large numbers of predators a season ticket to Earth!

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About the Author

Peter Anghelides wrote the bestselling Another Life for the first series of Torchwood novels. He has written more than a dozen Doctor Who novels, short stories and audio plays.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Random House UK; ZZZ edition (December 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846075742
• ISBN-13: 978-1846075742
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter Anghelides is an author and dramatist who has written licensed tie-in titles for several TV series: "Doctor Who", "Torchwood, and "The Sarah Jane Adventures". His novels, short fiction, spoken books, and audio plays are published by BBC Books, Big Finish, and AudioGo.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Torchwood goes to the dogs (and bats and gorillas and weevils), December 20, 2008

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P. Kraff (Tampa, florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Torchwood: Pack Animals (Hardcover)

Peter Anghelides 2nd Torchwood novel is a solid improvement over his previous book. The story moves very fast and effectively juggles multiple plot threads and time lines while sending the team all over Cardiff. The plot is interestingly and introduces a new team of "alien hunters" that really could give Torchwood a run for their money. Any person who played Magic or any other card game like it as a kid will get an extra kick out of this story.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't stand out from the pack, July 15, 2009

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Sharilyn - See all my reviews

This review is from: Torchwood: Pack Animals (Hardcover)

There's a new trading-card game in town: MonstaQuest. It's all good fun... until the game's monsters begin to materialize out of thin air.

I feel rather ambivalent about this book. On the one hand it's always fun to spend some time with the Torchwood team. On the other, the plot had some rather silly moments. I'm an expert at suspending my disbelief, but once unicorns start flying around, even I have to admit things have gotten ridiculous.

Still, there were several things I liked about the book: Jack and Ianto on a date; Gwen and Rhys in a car chase; and Tosh (my favourite character) getting plenty to do. I also like the idea of Achenbrite, a rival organisation that also knows about the Rift and uses alien tech, and journalist David Brigstocke would make a great reoccurring character.

Overall, this is an average Torchwood story--entertaining but ultimately forgettable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good Torchwood Story., September 11, 2010

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GUSR19 "JimE" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Torchwood: Pack Animals (Hardcover)

One of the Torchwood books with the whole team, and that makes it better for me. I don't know why at least half of the TW books are written with only the 3 who survived series 2. It's a good bedtime or airplane read :-)