Romana, the Doctor and K-9 begin their adventure on Earth, where blood sacrifices are being made to huge stones. The huge stones walk around and kill people sometimes, but that's not the weird bit--all of this is part of an escape plan of an evil alien trapped in a hyperspace prison. The Doctor must prove the alien guilty while simultaneously proving his innocence to the [b:artificial intelligence|27543|Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)|Stuart J. Russell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881696s/27543.jpg|1362]s that serve as prison guards. ( )

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-stone-of-blood-by-katrin-thier-and-david-fis...

A standard Dicks write-what's-on-the-screen treatment, somewhat flattening a rather good story. I did think Dicks handled the climax of the story with some finesse, but the rest is pretty thin. ( )