{"id":890,"date":"2019-09-09T05:10:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T04:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/?post_type=books&#038;p=890"},"modified":"2019-10-12T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T21:05:21","slug":"royal-blood","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/?books=royal-blood","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who: Royal Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>\u201cThe Grail is a story, a myth! It didn\u2019t exist on your world! It can\u2019t exist here!\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>A Doctor Who adventure featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara. The city-state of Varuz is failing. Duke Aurelian is the last of his line, his capital is crumbling, and the armies of his enemy, Duke Conrad, are poised beyond the mountains to invade. Aurelian is preparing to gamble everything on one last battle. So when a holy man, the Doctor, comes to Varuz from beyond the mountains, Aurelian asks for his blessing in the war.<\/p>\n<p>But all is not what it seems in Varuz. The city-guard have lasers for swords, and the halls are lit by electric candlelight. Aurelian\u2019s beloved wife, Guena, and his most trusted knight, Bernhardt, seem to be plotting to overthrow their Duke, and Clara finds herself drawn into their intrigue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Will the Doctor stop Aurelian from going to war? Will Clara\u2019s involvement in the plot against the Duke be discovered? Why is Conrad\u2019s ambassador so nervous? And who are the ancient and weary knights who arrive in Varuz claiming to be on a quest for the Holy Grail\u2026?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Grail is a story, a myth! It didn\u2019t exist on your world! It can\u2019t exist here!\u201d A Doctor Who adventure featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara. The city-state of Varuz is failing. Duke Aurelian is the last of his line, his capital is crumbling, and the armies of his enemy, Duke Conrad, are poised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":891,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","book-authors":[44],"book-series":[38,42],"book-tags":[64],"class_list":["post-890","books","type-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","book-authors-una-mccormack","book-series-doctor-who","book-series-doctor-who-books","book-tags-dr-who","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/books\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/books"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book-authors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-authors&post=890"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-series&post=890"},{"taxonomy":"book-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unamccormack.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-tags&post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}