Author:Tommy Donbavand

It is the day after John F. Kennedy's assassination and the faces of the dead are everywhere. PC Reg Cranfield sees his deceased father in the mists along Totter's Lane. Reporter Mae Callon sees her late grandmother in a coffee stain on her desk. FBI Special Agent Warren Skeet finds his long-dead partner staring back at him from raindrops on a window pane.
Then the faces begin to talk, and scream... and push through into our world. As the alien Shroud begins to feast on the grief of a world in mourning, can the Doctor dig deep enough into his own sorrow to save mankind? are trademarks of the BBC.
A thrilling, all-new adventure featuring the Doctor and Clara as played by Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television
Sparse, simple prose, which is nonetheless poetic and multi-layered in meaning
—— Press AssociationThe stark lines of a cartoon world resonate with Longo’s spare yet lilting prose (brought delicately to life by Howard Curtis)… [Longo’s] intimate observations…conjure visions of a city on fire
—— Ted Hodgkinson , Times Literary SupplementAn enlightening read… The writing is excellent
—— BookmunchCaptures the hunger for self-improvement tinged with a pervasive sense of melancholy
—— Sunday TelegraphThoughtful, beautifully written. A candid exploration of journalistic ethics
—— ObserverExtraordinary ... Lalwani writes with wonderful clarity and intelligence
—— TimesGripping, heartbreaking, truly horrifying . . . simmers with understated menace
—— Marie ClaireExtraordinary... What Nikita is really, really brilliant at is voice and people
—— BBC Radio 2






