The Undertaker's Gift (novel)

novel name= The Undertaker's Gift | image= | series=Torchwood - BBC Torchwood novels| number= 14 | main character= Captain Jack Harkness| featuring= | enemy= | set between = Exit Wounds & Children of Earth: Day One | year= Earth | writer= Trevor Baxendale | publisher= BBC Books | release date= October, 2009 | format= Hardcover Book| isbn= ISBN 978-1846077821| previous story= Risk Assessment| next story= Consequences}}

Publisher's Summary
The Hokrala Corp lawyers are back, and they're suing planet Earth for mishandling the twenty-first century! An assassin has been sent to remove Captain Jack Harkness! And, a record number of aliens have been coming through the Rift - it's been a busy week in Cardiff. Now, there are reports of an extraordinary funeral cortege in the night time city, with mysterious pallbearers guarding a rotting cadaver that simply doesn't want to be buried. Torchwood should be ready for anything, but with Jack the target of an invisible killer, Gwen trapped in a forgotten crypt, and Ianto Jones falling desperately ill, could a world of suffering by the Undertaker's gift to planet Earth?

Characters

 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Gwen Cooper
 * Ianto Jones

Continuity

 * Jack mentions the Silurians.
 * The team use Abaddon, the Alien Sleepers (TW: Sleeper), the Pharm (TW: Reset) and the events at CERN (BBCR: Lost Souls) to prove the success of Torchwood Three.
 * Wynnie knows Nina Rogers. (TWN: Bay of the Dead, TWN: Consequences)
 * Harriet Derbyshire was interested in the abduction of Francis Morgan.

Timeline

 * The Undertaker's Gift occurs between: TW: Exit Wounds & Children of Earth: Day One