Another Life (novel)

Another Life was the first release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.

Publisher's summary
Thick black clouds are blotting out the skies over Cardiff. As twenty-four inches of rain fall in twenty-four hours, the city centre's drainage system collapses. The capital's homeless are being murdered, their mutilated bodies left lying in the soaked streets around the Blaidd Dwrg nuclear facility.

Tracked down by Torchwood, the killer calmly drops eight storeys to his death. But the killings don't stop. Their investigations lead Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Toshiko Sato to a monster in a bathroom, a mystery at an army base and a hunt for stolen nuclear fuel rods. Meanwhile, Owen Harper goes missing from the Hub, when a game in Second Reality leads him to an old girlfriend...

Something is coming, forcing its way through the Rift, straight into Cardiff Bay.

Characters

 * Captain Jack Harkness
 * Gwen Cooper
 * Toshiko Sato
 * Owen Harper
 * Ianto Jones
 * PC Jimmy Mitchell
 * Rico Celi
 * Guy Wildman
 * Jennifer Fallon
 * Dr Megan Tegg
 * Betty Jenkins
 * Sergeant Anthony Bee
 * Lt-Colonel Daniel Yorke
 * Major Robert De'Ath
 * Private Ross Foxton
 * Private Sujit Kandahal
 * Sergeant Sandra Applegate
 * Dr Amit Majunath
 * Roberta Nottingham
 * Jonathan Meadows

Second Reality characters

 * Glendower Broadsword
 * Egg Magnet
 * Penny Pasteur
 * Walter Pendulum
 * Cap'n Ian Sharkchum
 * Harley Hydrurga
 * Brenda Simone
 * Brad Kominsky
 * Kvasir
 * Candlesmith

Continuity

 * At this point, Gwen is the only current team member who is aware that Jack cannot die. (TV: Everything Changes)
 * The Blaidd Drwg nuclear facility is seen. (TV: Boom Town)

Audio release

 * The story was released as an audiobook on 3x CD read by John Barrowman.
 * The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.