Lords of the Storm explained

Lords of the Storm
Author:David A. McIntee
Series:Doctor Who book:
Virgin Missing Adventures
Release Number:17
Subject:Featuring:
Fifth Doctor
Turlough
Set In:Period between
Resurrection of the Daleks and
Planet of Fire
Release Date:December 1995
Publisher:Virgin Books
Isbn:0-426-20460-3
Preceded By:The Empire of Glass
Followed By:Downtime

Lords of the Storm is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The novel features the Fifth Doctor and Turlough.

Plot

The Sontaran-Rutan war has gone on for millennia, and with high costs: Billions dead and whole star systems annihilated. However, victory may be within reach, courtesy of the human colony world of Raghi. When the Doctor and Turlough arrive there, they find a society ruled by a strict caste system. But there is more: people are being infected by a mysterious disease, or vanishing in large numbers while strange objects orbit the sun.

Sequel

The novelisation of by Terrance Dicks, published as part of the Virgin New Adventures, forms a sequel to this novel.