Torchwood Department X, James Goss
Torchwood Department X, James Goss
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Torchwood Department X

Author: James Goss

Narrator: Kai Owen

Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/14/2011


Synopsis

G.R. Owen is the last of Cardiff’s old department stores. Times are hard and the ancient firm has gone into administration. But who are the Administrators? What goes on behind the shutters at night? And why are customers disappearing? Torchwood are already investigating; G.R. Owen is the site of their oldest unsolved cases, and Jack is determined to solve it before the store closes forever - which is why Ianto is working undercover in gentlemen’s fashions and Gwen is in handbags. Are the new managers really aliens? What connection do they have to the mysterious G.R. Owen himself? And is Jack the only one looking for the Department of Curiosities, last seen in 1905? Written specially for audio by James Goss, Department X is set before the ‘Children of Earth’ TV story and features Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones, as played by John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd in the hit series from BBC Television. It is read by Kai Owen, who plays Gwen’s husband Rhys.

About James Goss

James Goss has written three Torchwood novels, a Doctor Who novel, and two radio plays, and is the co-author, with Steve Tribe of The Dalek Handbook and Doctor Who: A History of the Universe in 100 Objects. His Doctor Who audiobook Dead Air won Best Audiobook 2010 and his books Dead of Winter and First Born were both nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Society Awards.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin BookNut on July 23, 2015

James Goss writes the best Torchwood stories, and Kai Owen reads them brilliantly. I still think Ghost Train is better but this one is damn good......more

Goodreads review by Yvonne on March 13, 2021

Department X is simply a lot of fun! James Goss is one of the best Torchwood writers, he simply knows the characters inside out. And Kai Own has a real gift for narrating. Setting the story in an old department store was something I hadn't read so far and it was really great to have Gwen and Ianto g......more

Goodreads review by Ozzy on February 07, 2023

every time ianto and jack are described as in love i cry......more

Goodreads review by Traci on August 07, 2019

The narration was terrific. The story was just ok. The plot was a bit hard to follow at times. It wasn't bad, just not great. Kai's reading, though, was superb.......more

Goodreads review by Gabriel on February 27, 2018

Another great Torchwood audio book. James Goss writes these characters so well, and Kai Owen does a splendid job narrating.......more