Warlock (novel)

Warlock is the thirty-fourth New Adventures novel. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. It is the second in a trilogy of linked novels; Cat's Cradle: Warhead was the first (published in 1992) and the third novel was Warchild (published in 1996).

Publisher's summary
''It was the ruthless pack instinct of the primeval forest. But warlock magnified it a thousand times and made it lethal.''

There's a strange new drug on the street. It's called warlock and some people say it's the creation of the Devil. Others see it as the gateway to enlightenment.

Benny is working with an undercover cop, trying to track down its source. Ace is trapped in a horrific animal experimentation laboratory. But only the Doctor has begun to guess the terrible truth about warlock.

This disturbing sequel to Warhead moves beyond cyberpunk into a realm where reality is a question of brain chemistry and heaven or hell comes in the shape of a pill.

Plot
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Characters

 * Seventh Doctor
 * Ace
 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Creed McIlveen
 * Justine Wheaton
 * Paulie Keaton
 * Vincent Wheaton
 * Mrs Woodcott
 * Jack
 * Shell
 * Hank Harrigan
 * Ludmilla Serebrennikov
 * Christine Bowman
 * Raymond Bowman
 * Eddie Chavez
 * Artie
 * Webster
 * Russell
 * Larner
 * Chick
 * Dieter
 * Tommy Hunnicutt
 * Pamela Hunnicutt
 * Sean
 * Sheba

Drugs and medicines

 * Warlock smells like liquorice. It magnifies emotions and makes them into reality. However, Warlock is actually an alien intelligence.
 * Ace is given a strong dose of Warlock, which transfers her mind into a black cat's.
 * Shell goes through the same procedure as Ace and also ends up with her mind in a cat. She dies whilst in the body of the cat via experiment-induced electrocution.

Earth locations

 * The Doctor finds New York City exhausting.
 * The Doctor's house has a computer with a voice interface that can sound like Cary Grant. The front gate says, "Beware of the God". It also houses several cars, including a Mazda and a Mercedes.
 * The Doctor, Ace and Benny have been at the Doctor's house for almost a year.
 * Canterbury Cathedral is accidentally destroyed by Vincent.

Individuals

 * The Doctor displays his ambidexterity.
 * Bernice goes under the alias of Miss Winterhill for much of her time on Earth during this period.
 * Creed McIlveen is an IDEA agent.
 * Justine Wheaton gets captured in a forced prostitution house.
 * Creed and Mrs Woodcott save Justine and her baby (the baby is Vincent Wheaton's).
 * Justine runs off with Creed (leaving husband Vincent).
 * Paulie Keaton is the owner of aforementioned prostitution house.
 * Jack gets trapped in the body of a dog.

Organisations

 * IDEA is the International Drug Enforcement Agency.

Periodicals

 * The Doctor buys a copy of Serial Killers Weekly.

Continuity

 * The Doctor and Ace previously met Vincent, Justine, Mrs Woodcott and Creed's brother James McIlveen. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)
 * IDEA utilize the King Building, previously used by the Butler Institute. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead, Deceit)
 * The Eighth Doctor will later encounter another alien drug-like substance. (PROSE: Revolution Man)
 * The trees around the Doctor's house still have scorch marks from when a car blew up a few years earlier. (COMIC: Fellow Travellers)