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Summary: Lumley arises triumphantly - YET AGAIN!
Review: Brian Lumley has written one of the best installments of the Necroscope series yet to date. God is this guy good at writing! Even what little slow parts there are, its riveting reading to learn all about these characters (good or bad). The new necroscope Jake Cutter is a real cool customer along with his new sidekick Liz Merrick. The novel starts out with a bang right from the get-go with Jake and Liz doing battle with a nest of vampires. Brian Lumley is so in his element here that it shows in every page he writes in this genre. This storyline with my all-time favorite parts on the parallel world of the vampires called Sunside/Starside is always fun and exciting to read. I could not put this book down it was so damn entertaining in all ways. Lumley has written a series that anyone would enjoy because of his perfect mix of genres - Horror/sci-fi/fantasy. He does it like the master writer he is. I read his earlier novel Maze of Worlds and did not care for it much, so it kind of worried me about the new Necroscope novel, that maybe he lost his edge. NO WAY JOSE! He is clearly at his best in the necroscope series, any one of the books in this series stands alone.The climatic ending to INVADERS was awesome, leaving you wanting more. I had my reservations about a new necroscope but Lumley creates a couple (jake and Liz) that I almost instantly started to like. And their relationship was fun to see unfold, they are perfect for each other and they don't even know it yet. I am very much looking forward to part 2 in this trilogy of terror - DEFILER! Great work Mr. Lumley! It makes me want to read all the others all over again. A must read here folks!
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Summary: Great twist on the vampire mythos! A good read!
Review: 'Necroscope' was a series that I had been eyeing for a while. Congrats to whoever did the creepy skull cover-art, it really did the advertising trick. But the first book in the series is far from just a cool cover. It's an excellent story with some good main characters and a surprisingly deep scientific undertone for a horror novel. The Necroscope is someone who can literally talk to the dead, learn the knowledge that they took to the grave and use it for their own purposes. The book's main characters are both Necroscopes. There's Dragosani, the Romanian secret agent who's working for a Russian agency which trains it's soldiers in the supernatural. Then there's Harry Keogh, a young boy who develops the talent naturally and becomes entangled in Dragosani's plot. Tying their destiny together is an ancient vampiric being trapped in the Transylvanian ground, who's powers for evil are unimaginable. The plot in 'Necroscope' is indeed an interesting one. I found the idea of international supernatural espionage (or ESPionage) extremely fascinating and is really done well. The opening sequences were Dragosani's bosses witness his talent for the first time was truly gripping. And the characters were well thought out and developed. Each one's motivations are clearly laid out and we're given an inside look into each one's lives. 'Necroscope' is also a rejuvinating shot to the vampire genre. Lumley reworks the legends well, keeping to its classic nature but giving the mythos a refreshing twist as well. (to read an extremely awful vampire series try Christopher Golden's 'Shadow' series. Simply awful) The only problem I had was the Mobius Continuum device that Lumley uses. It was a concept that came in near the end of the book and I thought felt out of place. It gave the book an unneeded metaphysical angle and seemed tacked on. I haven't read the other books, and I see it's a concept used again, so I'll have to continue the series to develop my feelings further about it. All in all a very good book, a promising start to a classic series I am excited to be starting.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I must say I am a disappointed at this first book of a 13-book series after such high regards from friends and postings. Even though the book is really mostly recounting of back stories, it is still enthralling three-quarters of the way through. I keep saying to myself this is what a first-rate pulp fiction is all about. Then the last quarter gets bogged down with time travel and fizzles out. Granted, I have never liked the notion of time travel; I find it contradictory and illogical. I have tried to go with the flow but there are just too many inconsistencies to NOT annoy the hell out of me. Not to give too much away, but I think if there is no limit to what one can do, if every event is preordained with NO possibility of change, and if nobody is really gone but exist somewhere yapping away and having a ball, then what's the point?!? There would be no tension, no lost, no regrets, no consequence. Having said that, the book is a very interesting and unique blend of supernatural, espionage, and science fictions. If you have read other time travel stories and find the notion intriguing, you'll have no complaint. On the other hand, if the problems inherent in time travel is not your cup of tea, then you might want to brace yourself before plunging in.
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Summary: '' THE BEGINNING OF A TERRIFFIC NEW SERIES '' !!!!!
Review: WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY SAY ABOUT THE NECROSCOPE SERIES THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SAID . I STARTED READING THE FIRST NOVEL , WHEN I EXHAUSTED ALL MY HORROR BOOK READING . YOU SEE I WAS A VORACIOUS READER , AND READ ANYTHING PERTAINING TO HORROR . ALTHOUGH I DID NOT GET TOO HEAVILY INTO HORROR STORIES NOVELS. AND I SAW HE HAD 3 OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES . SO I SAID - WHAT THE HELL AND BOUGHT IT . FROM THEN ON I WAS HOOKED ! NOT ONLY IS IT A FRESH TAKE ON THE VAMPIRE LEGEND . BUT THE STORYLINE KEEPS YOU READING ON . JUST HOPING ANOTHER COOL THING WOULD HAPPEN . AND YOU WERE NEVER LEFT NOT WANTING TO KEEP ON READING IT . I EVENTUALLY GOT ALL HIS BOOKS IN THE VAMPIRE WORLD SERIES TOO . THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER .NOW I AM TRYING OUT HIS NEW NECROSCOPE SERIES .SO WE'LL HAVE TO JUST SEE IF HE STILL HAS THE TOUCH TO KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT . IF YOU CAN GET PAST THE SHORT ESPIONAGE ELEMENTS THRU HIS BOOKS THEN YOU ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO '' NIRVANA '' !! LONG LIVE WAMPHYRI !! AND THANKS MR. LUMLEY FOR TAKING ME ON ONE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY ! NOT SINCE THE '' LORD OF THE RINGS '' SERIES HAVE I HAD SO MUCH FUN READING . SO GET NECROSCOPE ! YOU WILL LOVE IT ! AND IF YOU HATE IT , THEN YOU WILL NO DOUBT NOT SEE WHAT YOU WILL BE MISSING ..
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Summary: Better Than Good
Review: Before l start l would please ask people to stop comparing Anne Rice and Brian Lumely, the only thing these books have in common with each other is the idea of Vampires and even then there ideas differ greatly. If you take the romantic view of vampires then stick with Anne Rice, however if you want blood, guts and the pure evil which is the Wamphyri then Brian is the man for you. In Invaders Brian Lumley does it again, l loved all of the Necroscope Series and was happy to see that his flair for taking you into the book so that you feel part of the story has not left him. I had to say l was curious as to how he would bring back the necroscope and was surprised not to see Nathan make an apperance but someone completly new. This new Necroscope is good but has nothing on Harry or Nathan.....yet. Jake is a bit to weak a character for me, he does not have that cold indiference that l have come to expect from the Necroscope, l hope this changes in the next two books. Again, like in many of Lumleys other books the star's of the show are the Vampires themseleves, however we have only had an appereance from one of them so far, can not wait to see what Lumley does with the other two. The highlight of this book for me is E-Branch themselves. Many of the characters we already know well and is good to read about how they are doing and how far E-Branch have come. This is a very well written book and is a must read for all who are of a morbid frame of mind. Brilliant!
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Summary: Necroscope rocks
Review: Brian Lumley is so detailed in his writing like how he went in and told you all about Boris' and Harry's back-ground.I think that the writing tnd the plot of the story is just mind blowing.I've read a lot of books I mean a lot and no book has ever brought me in from the start.Like how he talks about necromancer and the e-branch.I would recomend this book to any vampire fans or any Stephen King fans.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Overall, an excellent book and a must have. Lumley is an absolute genious, I love his ideas. I enjoy the horror genre,authors such as Brian Lumley are among my favorite authors. I believe anyone into vampires or any horror books should read this.
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Summary: Out of this world
Review: I've always been fascinated with vampires. The Necroscope series puts an interesting twist on who and what vampires are. It is an amazing series.
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Summary: Truly an original story idea
Review: I have often considered reading Brian Lumley but until now I have always put off buying his books. It always seemed to me that Lumley wrote pure horror (not my favourite) but despite appearances (his book covers) Necrosope is not a simple horror story. I would class this as a paranormal thriller. Harry Keogh is a very special boy that grows into a talented man. He can speak to the dead and they listen! This makes him a Necroscope, a valuable resource to the British Secret Service. Just imagine, an agent is killed with vital information that the British needs. What do they do? Call Harry! The book is full of great ideas that I have never read about. There are departments within the Russian and British secret services that use ESP to track nuclear Subs, predict the future, question the dead, kill with the evil eye! Since reading this story, I have bough every single one of Lumley's books. That's how much I enjoyed this story. Mark E Cooper
Author of The Warrior Within (ISBN: 09545122)
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Summary: James Bond+Dracula+The Sixth Sense=Necroscope
Review: With a big glaring monstrous skull on the cover, this is not initially the kind of book I would have picked up normally, until it was recommended by a friend. I turned out to be very happy I'd found it. This first book in the Necroscope series is easily the best in my opinion. With much more mystery about the vampires, their nature, and their history (without all the intricate classifications of the way they reproduce and grow, and all their ranks and whatnot) and much less of the repeated and unnessecary and eventually irritating sex scenes of all the later books, this is most definitely the best introduction to the series (even without the benefit of being first in order, which is important since in later books, Lumley reveals in great detail the whole plots of the previous books, all needed to understand the current book). This book concerns the young Harry Keogh, who can talk to the dead and becomes mixed up in a fight against Boris Dragosani, a guy who can torture dead people for their knowledge, and who is also working for Thibor Ferenczy, a near-dead vampire stuck in the ground in Eastern Europe somewhere. Because Dragosani is working for the Soviet Government, this pulls in a whole level of political intrigue which carries over to the rest of the series as well. Dragosani (with his tendency to kill people for their psychic powers, and his slight derangement) and more so Thibor (with his great speeches and AAAAAAHHHHs) make a great pair of villains for the Necroscope to face off against. The characters are all well developed and interesting (more so than in the crowded volumes of the rest of the series) and Thibor makes an extremely cool and scary enemy to lurk in the dark. Lumley also adds his own twist on the vampire myth, explaining all the old stories while adding the most original background to it that I've ever seen. On the downside, Lumley has a very annoying way of wielding his pen, using all kinds of giant words that nobody has ever seen before and using the same catchphrases over and over and over until I want to hit him (by the time you've read three or so Necroscope books you'll be using lines like 'there are so-and-sos and there are so-and-sos' and 'Agile, he ducked out of the...' in everyday life) and also tends to describe gory/sexual scenes in annoying great detail. For this reason the books would not suit anyone squeamish, conservative or impatient. Finally, the most disappointing element is the lack of much actual combat with vampires. The only vampire in this book is lying in the ground the whole time, and there is disappointing little action with his minions. Despite all its shortcomings, though, Lumley has created an extremely absorbing book which spawned a series just as good. AAAAAHHHH!!!!
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