Of the three novels, though, Pack Animals is actually the weakest that it is so good should give a lot of hope. Angelhides brings us another group of people retreiving alien equipment, but we are shown quite clearly why it should be left to the experts. Angelhides nails the characters marvellously (and indeed all these books do, but perhaps more impressively they also nail the character of Rhys really well), with some very witty moments including PC Andy stirring Rhys up about illegal parking. We are subjected to copious alien attacks from the "Magick" cards, the majority of which don't really push the plot forward. Though this is an entertaining novel, it suffers from something that a lot of Peter Angelhides Torchwood work suffers from, and that's giving us mulitple examples of the situation that's occurring. More curious is that a "Magick" style game is on sale which features real aliens. Pack Animals sees Gwen and Rhys preparing for their wedding (one notable aspect of these novels is that they are not consecutive, slotting into various points in Series II), but being attacked by a Weevil and a large flying dog in the shopping centre.
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