Downtime: Child of the New World (novel)

 was a novel in the Lethbridge-Stewart series, released by Candy Jar Books in 2020. It was a sequel to the Reeltime Pictures film Downtime.

Publisher's summary
Kate Lethbridge-Stewart joins her father, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, in a mission to save her son’s life!

For the last nine years Kate’s life has been one full of contentment. Other than a minor blip in 2003, she hasn’t had to worry about aliens bothering her or her son. Indeed, her biggest concern is Gordy’s first girlfriend. But it all changes when a face from her past appears, bringing with him a warning.

Gordy, and his cousin Conall, is kidnapped by a radical group calling themselves the Sāmaṇeras of Maitreya!

The Brigadier and Kate set off on a mission to the ruins of Det-Sen Monastery in Tibet where an ancient power is about to rise. It a mission that will tear the Brigadier’s family apart, bringing them face to face with their worst fears and inner demons!

Plot
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Characters

 * Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Conall Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Doris Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Ingrid Campbell
 * Beth Chase
 * Gabe Chase
 * Tamara Wilson
 * Albert Wilson
 * Anne Bishop
 * Douglas Cavendish
 * Obasi Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Mariama Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Margaret Thatcher

Worldbuilding

 * After divorcing Alistair, Fiona Campbell married again and had another daughter, Kate's half-sister, Ingrid.

Continuity

 * In 1995, directly following HOMEVID: Downtime, Alistair told Kate about her extended family, namely her brothers and nephews and niece.
 * Lethbridge-Stewart was called into service to defeat Morgaine in 1997 and had a role in the events on Lanyon Moor four years ago. (TV: Battlefield, AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor) Last year he was also called out to Malebolgia. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)
 * Kate and Douglas defeated the Dæmon Mastho last October. (HOMEVID: Dæmos Rising)
 * The kidnappers hole up in a flat in Bucknall House on the Powell Estate, and make reference to a woman called Jacks and her gobby daughter. (TV: Rose, Aliens of London)
 * Anne has heard from Bill Bishop that UNIT could be replaced by the Internal Counter-Intelligence Service. (AUDIO: The Coup)
 * Edward Travers is buried in concrete under The Vault. (PROSE: Night of the Intelligence)