In the city-state of Hokesh, time plays tricks; the present is unreliable, the future impossible to intimate. A derelict street child, Joey Quine, finds himself subject to horrifying visions and fugues. His only friend in this, the only one to whom he can turn for help, is a mysterious stranger who calls herself Ace. And in an unknowable future the Doctor is busily inciting a state of bloody unrest, on the basis that one must be cruel to be kind - simultaneously, for preference.

The Glorious Ruler of the city, Magnus Solaris, is worried: his memory is failing him; his influence deserting him; his city is falling apart. What is happening to him truly? Only the Doctor knows - and he's not telling.

There is worse to come. As both world and time crumble, Magnus Solaris and Joey Quine will unearth secrets the like of which nobody in Hokesh could have ever possibly suspected.

Background information:

Telos Publishing presents the second in our series of original Doctor Who Novellas, Citadel of Dreams, a tale of intrigue and horror featuring the seventh Doctor and Ace and written by well known genre author Dave Stone, the acclaimed author of the Doctor Who novels Sky Pirates!, Heart of TARDIS and The Slow Empire amongst others.

"People were wondering where we might be going with the Doctor Who Novellas," says David J Howe, general editor of the range, "and with Citadel of Dreams we have a superb story, by turns amusing and horrifying, and an audacious breadth of imagination seldom seen in Doctor Who writing."

"One of the greatest aspects of Doctor Who," muses Dave Stone,"'is that there's room in it for almost any genre: western; historical romance; science fiction drama and so on. The question is, is it a good western, or romance, or sci-fi drama."

"The basic structure of Doctor Who is that of parody - as opposed to pastiche - but for a parody to succeed, the material must be at least as good as that which it parodies. And in the same way, if there's room in Who for any genre, there's room in any format for Doctor Who - as the original novels have self-evidently proved. A novella, on the other hand, is a different manner of beast. It's shorter, tighter, and in many ways ideally suited to Doctor Who."

The book was available in two superb editions: a standard hardback with cloth-effect cover and foil-stamped logo and title; and a signed and numbered limited edition deluxe hardback.

The deluxe edition featured an exclusive full colour frontispiece by popular artist Lee Sullivan who, amongst many other things, is also currently working with BBC Online on visuals to accompany the new Doctor Who audio adventure Death Comes to Time. He has also contributed advertising comic strips for the Big Finish range of Doctor Who audio CDs.

All copies of the limited edition deluxe version came individually signed by the author, frontispiece artist and foreword writer.

Citadel of Dreams was published on the 28th March 2002