- Hardcover: 438 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (1 Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340792477
- ISBN-13: 978-0340792476
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.8 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 884,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With his increasingly popular Necroscope series, Brian Lumley has been slowly and surely fashioning a new genre. He has always, of course, traded in blood-boltered horror of the kind relished by aficionados of the extreme. But alongside the excesses of his narratives, he has proved equally adept at the kind of pungent atmosphere that the great HP Lovecraft specialised in, where nameless horrors too hideous to describe lurk at the peripheries of human experience. But as if that's not enough, he has created a bizarre synthesis of the horror novel and the espionage thriller, with his e-branch sequence a rich goulash of both genres. If all this sounds like a bit of a dog's dinner, it would be difficult to defend the books on the level of careful, well-ordered structure. But who cares? Lumley can always be relied upon to deliver the goods for his growing army of admirers, and Necroscope: Avengers (Vol 3 of the sequence) takes the saga to new heights (or perhaps that should be depths). Again, we're in the company of the monstrous Wamphyri, engaged in a never-ending battle with the human race. After the destruction of the vampire gardens in Australia, London and Greece, three of the hideous regiment (Lord Swart, Malinari and the hag Vavara) have formed an unholy alliance and are cutting a swathe of undead mayhem. They are pursued by the inexorable Ben Trask's e-branch and the dead-waking Jake Carter. If the bloody pyrotechnics of his main plot weren't enough for half a dozen novels, Lumley stirs into his brew several equally ornate subplots: the obstinate Jake is dealing with a major problem of his own in which his blue life thread (emblem of his humanity) is changing to red, with a vampire destiny threatening. And the conflict between Trask's avengers (a motley crew of telepaths, precogs and other misfits) makes success against the undead opponents seem ever more unlikely. As always, the horror set pieces are not for the squeamish:
His index fingers extended themselves, projecting deep into the Purser's ears, their knife-like nails slicing their way in through flesh and cartilage - and the eyes that see. Now his thumbs turned purple, vibrating as they elongated and dislodged Galliard's eyeballs, penetrating the soft tissue behind them to sink into the Purser's brain.
--Barry Forshaw
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The three Wamphyri Lords are finally on the run. Now that their monstrous vampire gardens under London, in Australia and on the Greek island of Krassos have been razed, Malinari, Szwart and Vavara have joined forces, leaving a trail of destruction as they flee from Ben Trask's E-Branch.
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Format:Hardcover
Unlike his fellow horrormeister, Stephen King, Lumley does not chose to set his world of terror in the midst of the banal, everyday world. Rather, Lumley writes of a group of telepathically gifted individuals ("e-branch") battling the possible takeover of the world by an ever-growing number of nefarious vampires (alien beings inhabiting the bodies of humans). Although this basic theme has been in the works for some 13 novels (commencing with the magnificent "Necroscope" volume), Lumley continues (completes?) his lengthy series here (in "Avengers") with great energy and imagination. The blend of espionage action and pure horror is handled effectively, the characters are richly drawn, and the many locations are carefully and warmly described. Over the past twenty years, Lumley has established himself as one of the great modern writers in the domain of horror. His new book does not disappoint. On the contrary, its another grand success.
Format:Hardcover
As a follower of this excellent series, I was disappointed with the final volume: Avengers. The main reason being that it seemed rushed, and didn't go into too much detail regarding Lord Swartz. However, the Battle in Perchorsk made up for the shortcomings throughout the book. A particularly scary piece was the whole "Evening Star" segment of the book, this was excellent writing and atmosphere was very dark and evil!
Without spoiling the book for everyone....you'll all remember E-Branch's Policy towards vampires and the Wamphyri themselves....read on and see why this changed...
Also, the Epilogue was excellent.....a way to continue the series?......who knows...? The opening is certainly there, so don't expect things to reach a conclusion at the end of Avengers..
All in all a very good book.....a pity the series has ended.
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