Consequences (anthology)


 * For the short story collection, see Decalog 3: Consequences.

Consequences was the fifteenth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series. Unlike previous releases, this book takes the form of short stories by five authors -- the first time such a format has been used for Torchwood.

Publisher's summary
Saving the planet, watching over the Rift, preparing the human race for the twenty-first century... Torchwood has been keeping Cardiff safe since the late 1800s. Small teams of heroes, working 24/7, encountering and containing the alien, the bizarre, and the inexplicable. But Torchwood do not always see the effects of their actions. What links the Rules and Regulations for replacing a Torchwood leader to the destruction of a shopping center? How does a witness to an alien's reprisals against Torchwood become caught up in a night of terror in a university library? And why should Gwen and Ianto's actions at a local publisher have a cost for Torchwood more than half-a-century earlier? For Torchwood, the past will always catch up with them. And sometimes the future will catch up with the past...

Continuity

 * Among the incidents recalled by Nina Rogers are the bombing of Cardiff (TW: Exit Wounds), the Dalek invasion (DW: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End), an astrologer on TV taking people over through their star signs (SJA: Secrets of the Stars), a serial killer targeting people with singing talent (TWN: Into the Silence), and the zombie attack (TWN: Bay of the Dead).

Timeline

 * This story takes place after TWN: The Undertaker's Gift
 * This story takes place before BBCR: Asylum