A Reading from Alex Kingston | The Ruby’s Curse novel

Alex Kingston reads an excerpt from her new River Song novel “The Ruby’s Curse”, out now! Let’s enjoy it. She is having a lot of fun reading, that’s clear.

The actress Alex Kingston reacts to her beloved character River Song’s most memorable moments on the show – from her own sonic screwdriver, to flying the TARDIS, and marrying the Doctor. Order your copy of The Ruby’s Curse here.

1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra’s tomb – but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby’s curse?

1939, New York. River Song, author of the Melody Malone Mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus – but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn’t believe in curses – but is she wrong?

From the top-security confines of Stormcage to the barbarism of first-century Egypt, River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally – her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery: Is fiction changing into fact – or is fact changing into fiction?