The Undertaker's Gift (novel)

The Undertaker's Gift was the fourteenth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.

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 be the Undertaker's gift to planet Earth?

Characters

 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Gwen Cooper
 * Ianto Jones

Continuity

 * Jack mentions the Silurians. (DW: The Silurians, DW: Warriors of the Deep)
 * 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.
 * Jack calls Kathy Swanson. (TW: They Keep Killing Suzie)
 * Erisa Magambo calls Jack. (DW: Turn Left, DW: Planet of the Dead)

Timeline

 * The Undertaker's Gift occurs after TWN: Risk Assessment
 * The Undertaker's Gift occurs before TWN: Consequences