Book Review: John & Carole E. Barrowman // Torchwood: Exodus Code

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This isn't the first book that John Barrowman and his sister Carole have written together. They worked together on John's two autobiographies plus they wrote the young adult fictional title Hollow Earth (the follow up title The Bone Quill is released next year). But in the meantime, we have a Torchwood book by the name of Exodus Code.

Without giving too much away, here's the description:

It starts with a series of unexplained events. Earth tremors across the globe. Women being driven insane by their heightened and scrambled senses. And the world is starting to notice - the number one Twitter trend is #realfemmefatales. Governments and scientists are bewildered and silent. The world needs Torchwood, but there's not much of Torchwood left.

Captain Jack Harkness has tracked the problem to its source: a village in Peru, where he's uncovered evidence of alien involvement. In Cardiff, Gwen Cooper has discovered something alien and somehow connected to Jack. If the world is to be restored, she has to warn him - but she's quickly becoming a victim of the madness, too...

We have the return of familiar characters (Jack, Gwen, Rhys & Andy) who are written as we have come to know them, but even the newly introduced characters are given a good description and you feel as if we've already known them but just being re-introduced. You'll find the usual mix of action, odd happenings, humour with some innuendo thrown in for good measure.

The use of medical and scientific terminology shows some good researching, but you don't feel as if you need to understand their meaning when it's used in the book. Cultural research is also shown (although there is part at the end of the book that mentions that the tribe mentioned in the book has no relation to anything in the present world) drawing you into the world that they create.

The chapters are short, but what you will find that at times, it can jump times and locations so sometimes you can feel a little lost. The only other negative of what otherwise is a good Torchwood book is that the book seems to race quickly to it's conclusion after what has been a good read.

If you're a 'Woodie' (apparently the name for Torchwood fans), you will probably enjoy the book (or if you don't fancy reading the book, the audio book is out in October) if you're in need of a Torchwood fix.

Rating: 4/5