The Big Hunt (novel)

 was the sixth novel published by Big Finish Productions as part of their Bernice Summerfield series, it was the first full length novel in the two years since The Glass Prison was published in 2002. It was author Lance Parkin's second Bernice Summerfield novel. His first was Beige Planet Mars.

Publisher's summary
Professor Bernice Summerfield is enjoying a break. A break from work, a break from the rebuilding of the Braxiatel Collection and a break from Jason, Adrian, and even her beloved Peter.

She feels she's entitled to a bit of downtime. So, why won’t anyone leave her alone? Before long, she's being sent off after an old space artefact, only to crash-land on a planet apparently devoid of life. Devoid of life, that is, except for the robotic animals, big game hunters and ruthless corporate administrators of the type she’s learned to know and mistrust.

Benny realises that to survive she must join in on what might be the most dangerous ‘game’ she’s ever played...

Plot
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Characters

 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Orlean Wolvencroft
 * Johannsen
 * Noele Flynn
 * Makins
 * Beardmore
 * Bellamy

Organisations

 * The United Nations Aeronautics and Space Administration (UNASA) existed in the 2040s.

Vehicles

 * The hunters have Aircars.

Robots

 * Makins tells Benny the robots are made by Bantu Industries and are from a megafreighter that crashed.
 * UNASA launched von Neuman probes. These contained robots that when they landed could adapt to local conditions and create a ready-made colony for humans.
 * The are in fact the robots from the UNASA von Neuman probe.

Continuity

 * Bantu were first mentioned in BNA: Another Girl, Another Planet where they were the Bantu Cooperative.
 * Bantu were also mentioned in BNA: Beige Planet Mars where they were the Bantu Corporation.

Timeline

 * The Big Hunt occurs after: ST: ...Be Forgot
 * The Big Hunt occurs before: BFBS: The Grel Escape