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Summary: its the 13th
Review: I give this 3 stars, because taken as part of a whole, this book ties up the loose ends from several books ago. As part of this last trilogy, it covers ground previously explored. This is not a book for a casual reader, but rather for someone who really enjoys Brian Lumley's fiction. Personally I prefer the earleir trilogy set on Sunside/Starside (Blood Brothers, Last Aerie, and Bloodwars)that this concluding trilogy. The earlier triology made better use of the heritage of Harry Keogh. Thsi book continues to make the human characters "real" and the vampires Things that Stoker and Rice have never dreamed of.
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Summary: There are endings and then there are endings...
Review: I've read the entire Necroscope series and have loved them all. It's too bad that this is the last one, I'll miss reading about the adventures of Jake, the new necroscope. Maybe there will be a new series with his son/daughter?
After eagerly awaiting for this book and expecting it to end the series with a bang, I was somewhat disapointed. The book maintains the high quality in regards to characters and plot, but fell apart in the last couple of chapters, where the author gave us a very weak and disapointing ending, undeserving for such a good series.
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Summary: Horrid
Review: I've read the entire Necroscope series, and this is the only one of them that I had to put away unfinished. In fact, Lumley has gotten weaker and weaker in his writing since the end of the Blood Brothers trilogy, making the last five books increasingly more difficult to get through. "Defilers" started Lumley over the edge and "Avengers" finds him plummeting off a cliff. The "Lumley-isms" that have pervaded all his works are in full force here, and have finally turned me off completely. Nonsensical, long-winded passages abound, with the usual overly descriptive babble taking center stage. Many scenes are told in flashback as usual, but what worked in the original 5 Necroscopes doesn't work here. In the early books of the series, Lumley used flashbacks and storytelling sequences to great effect, showing how the Wamphryi lived their lives on Earth over the millenia. The "historical" aspects of the early books was enthralling and kept my attention for thousands of pages. Now, it seems EVERYTHING is told in flashback, but it's poor recaps of events "currently" happening to the current crop of characters. The worst part is that all the characters relate events in exactly the same way, with the same phrasings and the same irritating style. People simply do not speak the way Lumley has them speak. The characters were never that great to begin with in Necroscope novels, and have gotten to a point where they all behave like carbons of each other. I swear Tor books has given Lumley (and Robert Jordan) the freedom to publish anything he wants without the "hassle" (read: benefit) of an EDITOR. The last three Necroscope stories could have been told in half the words, but instead we get long-winded nonsense from a formerly impressive writer. The New Necroscope series should not have been written. I strongly recommend the original Necroscope quintology as well as the Blood Brothers trilogy. Read "The Lost Years" if you must, the rest can be skipped.
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Summary: Its the 13th
Review: Let me start of by saying that I have truly loved the Necroscope series. I still remember seeing the skull of the first book staring out from the bookstore shelf, that was a good 11 years ago. Anyway, here we are with Avengers. This is the last book in the series according to Mr. Lumley. In this book he ties up the lose ends from earlier in this triology and from other book's in the series as a whole. However, I didn't like the plot device he used for the ending. Though with its use, he guarantees that there will not be a Necroscope 14. By itself, it is not the best in the series (that would be Necroscope and the Vampire World trilogy), but taken as part of a larger story it works. Mr. Lumley continues to make his human characters believable, for all their psychic abilities. Where his strength lies is the vampires. These creatures are antithesis to everything. As Mr. Lumley describes them, one can just see the red of their eyes and see how they change from the "beautiful people" to vile monsters. I will miss the series, but I have all thirteen novels and will revisit this world again and again.
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Summary: More Mazes, more shorts, more Psychomech, more HPL ...
Review: One last leprous, sentient tendril of torment and terror. The 'Greater Majority' may not like the outcome of this classic series. However, I believe that this novel marks a fitting end for the series. Without the prospect of another Necroscope novel, I guess that I will just have to go back and read 'The Source' or 'Deadspawn'. Can't wait to see what Lumley has up his sleeve next.
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Summary: I can't believe it's done
Review: The book was great. The ending was a bit abrupt. Nevertheless, I hope he has some sort of spin off. All of the characters were well drawn out. The story spans so much time and space. This is longest series I've read next to Patricia Cornwell. It was imaginative, touching, frigtening and beyond original. Jake the final necroscope will be missed.
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Summary: I can't believe it's done
Review: The book was great. The ending was a bit abrupt. Nevertheless, I hope he has some sort of spin off. All of the characters were well drawn out. The story spans so much time and space. This is longest series I've read next to Patricia Cornwell. It was imaginative, touching, frigtening and beyond original. Jake the final necroscope will be missed.
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Summary: Triskadecology Concludes
Review: These are people with special talents that have quite literally moved a world off its axis. Yet, for years upon years (character time) they all seem quite befuddled by emotions and - while telepathic - unable to communicate effectively. This provokes the strong urge in the reader to give each character a swift, hard kick in the hinder with our largest boot. It also seems to make us want to know what happens next. The story, of course, ends at the beginning, just as Brian Lumley has always told us it would. The Necroscope series has moved far beyond a what-happens kind of series, to who does what TO and/or WITH whom, why, how, and how it affects each character. The trio of Great Vampires (Wamphyrii) are now on the run following the events in "Invaders". And there just ain't nuthin' more dangerous than a scared Wamphyr. Meanwhile, the multi-layered interrelationships slowly resolve, and new problems arise that make all the previous ones (and readers of this series know that there have been a few other rather dire situations) seem a little silly. Some of the writing feels reflective of how Mr. Lumley must have felt during the writing process. A bit tired, a bit melancholy, tending to drift off a bit and explore a fascinating detail, wanting to get the story told and yet savoring each element as it unfolds. A 13-novel tale, a triskadecology, fulfills itself and becomes a coherant work. Some may not feel satisfied, but life is not always satisfactory - and neither one is a perfect world (our or Sunside/Starside). A grand work overall, and now Brian Lumley is free, like Harry, to travel elsewhen. -M.
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Summary: AVENGERS OF THE UNDEAD!
Review: This latest (and last?) of a great series ends in the form of the AVENGERS. The 3rd in this trilogy of terror is as always a great read with lots of twists and turns. The main characters of the story evolve along with the monster vampires, and Lumley even throws in some love triangles in the mix that don't slow down the pace one bit. The 3 vampire lords as always are written with style and gore, making them truly monsters and a scourge of the human race. Jake Cutter as the new necroscope grows into his own and fills the shoes of the original necroscope - Harry Keogh - quite well and is a great character in my estimation. His bold and cocky attitude makes him an outsider to the others of the group until harry manifests himself to the group and brings them together as a whole - working and fighting together to rid the earth (once and for all?) of the vampire lords and their thralls. The human race has been infected with the fungus spores and thralls are abounding, a group of serious-minded soviet soldiers of the worst kind are holding the Perchorsk Gate, getting ready to invade and conquer the vampire world of Sunside/Starside along with Harry's son Nathan who is fighting the last battle with the vampire lords in that alternate world, not knowing of the impending invasion, the 3 vampire lords on earth are rampaging through our world, leaving death and destruction as well as undeath in their wake! All of this mess and more is left to E-branch and the new necroscope to contend with - isn't that enough? Brian Lumley moves the storyline along with his usual panache - the plot is thick and the action is furious with an ending that I did not expect. I like the unexpected and so will you. I only can hope that Brian Lumley will return to this world he has created some day with a new series of the future, because if you know Lumley like I know Lumley - then you know that the future is as always, a most devious thing...
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Summary: 16 years
Review: This series goes on and on and on and on. And I will read the next one, the one after that etc. I have spent it seems like at least 15 years reading this epic. Epic is almost too small a word to describe how many books this story follows. Looking forward to the next book and finding it published is always a nice pleasure to relish.
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