Genius Loci (novel)

Publisher's summary
'''One day she will bring down empires and decide the fate of the universe. One day she will be feared by the creatures of evil and revered wherever people have had just a little bit too much to drink.'''

But all that is yet to come...

Right now Bernice Summerfield is 21 years old and living hand to mouth and drink to drink. Offered a job beyond her qualifications she is lured out to the backwater planet of Jaiwan where nothing has ever happened -- ever.

There she joins a disparate team of archaeologists who have just discovered that the planet of Jaiwan may have been just a tad more interesting than people thought. This could be Benny's big break and her ticket to a proper career in archaeology.

That's if archaeology doesn't kill her first.

Characters

 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Is 21 when she arrives on Jaiwan.
 * Gets her foot ripped off by a pot fish spider. She gets a new one on her 22nd birthday.
 * Is nearly drowned.
 * Shot in the back (she had a lined protective jacket on).
 * Escapes a nuclear blast.
 * Is on the run from Spacefleet
 * Is known to the spiders (after fist contact) by the name "Fools Rush In".
 * Kills Lola; this is the first time she's killed anyone.
 * In January, 2562 Benny decides to head for Earth.


 * Professor Mariela Ankola
 * Known as the Professor by everyone.
 * Gives Bernice a copy of her personal database, which included a lot of files on 20th century Earth.


 * Pilar Hidalgo
 * From the planet Shantak


 * Simone Agani


 * Heidi Maputo


 * Chayana Lopeti
 * Likes to be known as "Chay".


 * Shawnee


 * Lola

Continuity

 * Draconians (and the Draconian War) were first mentioned/appeared in DW: Frontier in Space.
 * Earth Reptiles first appeared in DW: Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Sea Devils.
 * The first published novel that Bernice Summerfield appeared in was NA: Love and War.

Timeline

 * Genius Loci occurs after: (some of) BFBS: Missing Adventures
 * Genius Loci occurs before: BFBS: Cheating the Reaper