Tempest in a Storm

Tempest in a Storm was the second novel in the Dark Universe hexaology

## Synopsis

"'Your death will be very fitting. But it won't happen right now.' Drasabar looked at Ash with pure malice as he placed his gun into her side. 'But it won't happen right now. First, the death of that miserable wretch'"

Finding a way out of the perverted timeline, the Resistance find themselves on a city in the clouds of a gas giant.

However, they haven't escaped the carnage of the timeline.

Targeted by a sadistic drug lord, their only allies are a gas miner and Ankarstian's daughter - assumed lost to the vortex.

However, there's something in the mist of the planet. Something that has a horrible secret in its bowels.

## Plot

A ship leaves one of the many orbital platforms on Inter Ophiuchus. This ship is captained by a Klemmtor named Gally. As it passes by another ship, it is attacked by another ship that scrapes against the side of the ship and then begins to tear it apart. All hands on the ship are lost in this attack, including Gally.

A few days later, Ankarstian is able to trace Ash - who was thrown out of the TARDIS into a tear into the "Dark Universe" to the planet nu Oph c - or Inter Ophiuchus. Materializing in one of the orbital platforms - Ankarstian steps out and chokes on the "air" of the planet. This turns out to be an Inter Ophiuchian named Ol'thur. After Ank asks about mysterious events around Inter Ophiuchus, Ol tells her about the Wreck - an object that is damaging and destroying ships around the orbital platform that Ank is on. Ol also mentions a name that is familiar to Poseidon and Ank - Rog'tor. Ankarstian and Fishe - who managed to avoid being thrown into the dimensional tear - go looking for Ash based on a tip by Ol while Areex and Fel go looking for Rog'tor. Poseidon then slips out, also looking for Rog.

A and Fel quickly manage to find Rog'tor's ship and are greeted by him in an environmental suit. It is revealed that after the Siege of RCARS Rog went into hiding on Inter Ophiuchius. Areex and Rog'tor discuss the Wreck and the possibility that it is an Alliance ship.

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## Characters

* Ankarstian
* Areex
* Poseidon
* Ash
* Rog'tor
* Hydrium
* Fel!lexi\_Gel
* Fishe
* Xogan Ri
* Drasabar
* The Wreck
* Andranazar
* Ol'thur
* Essus
* Gally
* Thwopthwop
* Romel Vot

## References

### Species

* Gally is a Klemmtor
* Xogan Ri is a Throst. They come from the distant and secluded world of Throst in the Thros system
* Drasabar believes that he is a Dlethian

### Substances

* Gasium is a substance found in Inter Ophiuchius' atnosphere. It is mined by Xogan Ri.

## Notes

* This was Jon Eydrick's first novel. His next would be The Plague Halls

## Continuity

* The Klemtus system was previously mentioned in *Sultanate*
* Thwopthwop is a Foamasi. They first appeared in *Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive* and featured in *Doctor Who: Return to Argolis* and *Doctor Who: Placebo Effect*
* Essus is a Ascellapus. Another Ascellapus - Passus - appeared in *The Shoal*
* Romel Vot is a Tupi. A subspecies of the Tupi - the Tupi'talatora - appeared in *The Water Monsters*
* The Dlethians were previously mentioned in *Art*