Doctor How

Doctor How's twin brother and cousins deserted their posts in '63, leaving him alone to battle the forces of darkness. Now he's under attack and there are only two beings he can rely on: a morphing superpredator called Trinity and a petty thief called Kevin from a South London slum. What could possibly go wrong?

Half a century ago, Doctor How's famous brother sold his fictional life story to the BBC, painting himself as a lone hero. Disillusioned, their four cousins dropped out. For 50 years, it is Doctor How who has protected humanity against the forces of darkness and stupidity. Illegal aliens try to hack Doctor How's systems, and he finds his estranged cousin Where has already been compromised. When reports come in of mysterious attacks by alien creatures, How has to rely on his new assistant Kevin, a petty criminal from south London, and Trinity, a morphing super-predator.

Something ate the Rindan consul and her husband alive. And now it's eating humans. The extraterrestrial diplomatic community blames Doctor How. He and his assistants try to deal with the alien threat quietly, but events spiral out of control when the MI6 headquarters and US embassy come under attack. Meantime, Doctor How's cousin When has neglected to tell him about a far greater danger, which threatens to destroy the power of the Time Keepers.

Kevin must die. And a race of aliens hate him so much they're prepared to invade Earth to kill him. Doctor How thinks his greedy, womanizing cousin Why can help - but can he be trusted? As a killer robot blasts its way across the planet and a death ray is fired at London, Doctor How sends Kevin back in time on a desperate mission to save the Earth. But when he's paired up with one of the Doctor's previous assistants the sparks begin to fly - for all the wrong reasons.... Kevin's made a lot of dangerous enemies in the present, and things looks bleak back home.

A children's toy comes to life. And it will do anything to get back a missing body part. But is it the only one, or are there more? Whilst Doctor Peterson of MI16 tries to find the solution, Thickett creates a monster of a problem. With Doctor How taking a leave of absence, can Kevin and Cassandra stave off disaster long enough to get help from the most stubborn of the Time Keepers? This is book four of the Doctor How series.

Doctor How's arch-enemies finally reveal themselves as they threaten humanity. They execute a fiendish plan to discredit the Time Keepers and impose their will on the Pleasant Universe. It's a plan so cunning that even the Time Keepers' closest allies turn against them. Can Doctor How, Trinity, Kevin, and Cassandra thwart the forces of evil and stupidity?