
to see the Twelfth Doctor held by a huge hideous monster with sharp teeth and claws. Rani unholsters her guns and kicks open the door. Once inside, she continues her trek, until she hears a roar from behind a closed door and a strange voice replying some nonsense about teeth and grandmas. Unnoticed by the guards, Rani jumps from a nearby tall tree to the wall, stealthily makes her way along it, and climbs into a window. She, however, plans to go exactly that way.Ī formidable Fortress Scindia is lit by the fool moon. She advises the young couple not to continue on their journey as that way leads to death. He draws his blade intending to devote her death to Kali, but Rani's blade finds him first.

The remaining Thuggee recognises her as Rani Jhulka, who hunts and kills robbers and murderers like him. Two bullets find the two attackers as the bent woman, who turns out to be quite young, throws down the cape and unloads her two guns. The man's two accomplices, acolytes of Thuggee like him, suddenly attack the couple from behind and start strangling them. The man pokes fun at the cloaked figure thinking she might be old enough to remember the time before the British became their rulers. The couple are traveling to Madhya, where the husband will work for the British Sahib. Late evening in the jungle, two young Indians, a husband and wife, share the warmth of their campfire and a modest meal with other fellow travelers, a middle-aged man and a bent female completely wrapped in a red cape. In a race against time, and across it, the Doctor and Clara must gather secrets, intelligence and allies from across India's past, present and future - if they are to survive! With India at the forefront of human spaceflight, it's not only Earth that falls - but the whole cosmos! In the distant past, the land that would be India played host to a war between ancient aliens, whose cross-temporal battles contributed to the country's rich myths and legends. In a race against time, and across it, the Doctor and Clara must gather secrets, intelligence and allies from across India's past, present and future - if they are to survive. And with India at the forefront of human spaceflight, it's not only Earth that falls to her predations if she succeeds – but the whole cosmos! Now, in the 23rd Century, she is on the brink of resurrection. nor her millennia-long quest for vengeance. But her psychic essence could not be killed.

Kali, oldest and deadliest of these creatures, was thought defeated long, long ago her body scattered throughout time to prevent her return. Publisher's summary The Swords of Kali version
