Stories Book BBC Books New Series Adventures Royal Blood 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, September 10, 2015 Written by Una McCormack Pages 240 Time Travel Present, Future Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) The Glamour Chronicles Location (Potential Spoilers!) Varuz Synopsis "The Grail is a story, a myth! It didn't exist on your world! It can't exist here!" 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. 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's 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... Will the Doctor stop Aurelian from going to war? Will Clara's involvement in the plot against the Duke be discovered? Why is Conrad's 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...? Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Twelfth Doctor Clara Oswald Duke Conrad Show All Characters (3) How to read Royal Blood: Books Royal Blood Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 10 July 2024 · 279 words Review by Intodrkness 2 It was a fun and light read. I especially enjoyed the setting of a medieval like planet that still uses remnants from a long gone more advanced time. Wouldn’t mind if it ever got revisited. The guest cast were characterised very well. Only Bernhardts devotion to his mistress got a bit annoying over time. Emfil was very fun and relatable. For Clara and the Doctor it is hard to tell how well they are translated over from the screen, since I read the German translation and it has been years since I actually watched an episode in German. Though I do remember thinking it worked quite well, when reading it for the first time. The changing of perspective (between first and third person) took me a bit out of the flow while reading, but made sense within the narrative. The only problem I had that it felt like the timelines of the different settings didn’t match up. At one point it was mentioned by one character that weeks had passed, but it didn’t feel like the same amount of time had gone by for the other characters in their storyline. For them to meet up again it had to have happened though. The Glamour the entire trilogy is about seems to be just another random McGuffin I don’t particularly care about, but that doesn’t really have an effect on my overall opinion of the book. If you are looking for an entertaining light read, I can really recommend this book. Intodrkness View profile Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating758 members 3.37 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating758 votes 3.37 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating5 votes 3.00 / 5 Member Statistics Read 29 Favourited 2 Reviewed 1 Saved 4 Skipped 0 Owned 3 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote