- Paperback: 672 pages
- Publisher: Solaris; paperback / softback edition (3 Sep 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844164861
- ISBN-13: 978-1844164868
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.8 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 202,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Scott St. John, who, like his late predecessor, Harry Keough, is able to talk to the dead and travel anywhere via Moebius strip. Scott becomes a spy in the E-Branch of the British Secret Service. When a government official suffers "evagination" (in effect, he's turned inside out like a glove), Scott and crew wind up on a mission to prevent a psychically gifted race, the Shing't, from destroying the Earth. The spirit of Scott's recently deceased wife permits him to dally with an extraterrestrial beauty, Shania, as well as, however implausibly, a shaggy female wolf.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
i've read all the necroscope novels, and have enjoyed them all immensely (especially Vampire World). the only one i didn't enjoy that much was Necroscope II : Wamphyri, which, even with it's great ending was just average. With this in mind, i certainly thought that necroscope had ended on number 13 (Avengers). so, i was a little worried that Lumley would start to mess things up with trying to come up with something different. Thankfully, Lumley has always managed to put something different into each novel, and in this one, the 'villains' are not Wamphyri, but aliens.
it sounds crazy, but thankfully lumley makes them frightening and interesting at the same time. there is a new character, scott st john, who is hit by the golden dart of Harry (from book 5), so as you have guessed, this is based between necroscope 5 and vampire world. amazingly, i was never bored reading this novel, as i was expecting to be, and the story was surprisingly engaging and the finale was quite astonishing. i won't spoil it, but you definitely don't see the ending coming.
Overall, another very good novel, and well worthy of it's place in the necroscope series. not the best (nothing beats Bloodwars), but still very good.
it sounds crazy, but thankfully lumley makes them frightening and interesting at the same time. there is a new character, scott st john, who is hit by the golden dart of Harry (from book 5), so as you have guessed, this is based between necroscope 5 and vampire world. amazingly, i was never bored reading this novel, as i was expecting to be, and the story was surprisingly engaging and the finale was quite astonishing. i won't spoil it, but you definitely don't see the ending coming.
Overall, another very good novel, and well worthy of it's place in the necroscope series. not the best (nothing beats Bloodwars), but still very good.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a massive fan of the Necroscope series I had been looking forward to the release of this book for months before it finally came out. Whilst noone would ever come close the original main character, Harry Keogh, Lumley's last offering of Jake Cutter had whetted the appetite for more.
To be honest, the new character, Scott St John, did not fill me with any form of empathy as the other two had done and whilst I think that Lumley was to brave to steer away from the Wamphyri as his villain of choice, the new 'bad' characters were so similar that they might as well have been anyway!
All in all, the book is readable and entertaining - as his work usually is - but it lacks the depth and the ability to encapture the reader as this series previously has. Fans of his will enjoy it as I did, but it doesn't even begin to compare with the original Necroscope series.
I hope this isn't the last book in the series as it would be a pretty average note to end it on.
To be honest, the new character, Scott St John, did not fill me with any form of empathy as the other two had done and whilst I think that Lumley was to brave to steer away from the Wamphyri as his villain of choice, the new 'bad' characters were so similar that they might as well have been anyway!
All in all, the book is readable and entertaining - as his work usually is - but it lacks the depth and the ability to encapture the reader as this series previously has. Fans of his will enjoy it as I did, but it doesn't even begin to compare with the original Necroscope series.
I hope this isn't the last book in the series as it would be a pretty average note to end it on.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is another in the Necroscope series by Brian Lumley.The order you should read these books in is; Necroscope, Wamphyri!, The Lost Years 1, The Lost Years 2, The Source, Deadspeak, Deadspawn and then into the Vampire World series of Blood Brothers, The last Aerie and then Blood Wars, and then into the E-Branch series of Invaders, Defilers and then Avengers.This book is in between the Vampire World series and the E-Branch series.
All the above are excellent books, though i have to say the original series with Harry Keogh as the necroscope is the best.If you haven't read all of these books then i would recommend you do, or the plot of this book will not really make too much sense.This book assumes that you know a lot of the Necroscope history.
So, what to make of this one?
Well, i am a huge Necroscope fan and a bigger fan of Brian Lumley, and i was desperate to read this book.
The good things about the book are the characters.I liked the lead character Scott - i felt empathy for him.And the book also has more of Ben Trask,David Chung and Ian Goodly who are all great characters that fans of the series will enjoy reading about.
But this book is seriously flawed in my opinion.Lumley seems to be running out of ideas and is in real danger of letting the quality of the Necroscope novels slip.Maybe it is because he has written so many now, or maybe it is that after all his previous books on the subject that he doesn't have any fresh ideas.The first series was amazing - those five books are among the best horror books you would ever wish to read, and the Vampire World novels are pretty close to them.But E-Branch saw a slip in my view and this carries on the trend i am sorry to say.
To me there are some great ideas - the whole numerology aspect of the number three is a great idea that is mentioned lots of times in the first half of the book, but is barely mentioned in the second half and not resolved adequately.
But i didn't like the whole back story of the evil characters.I won't spoil this for you, but i think you will be disappointed with them and their origins.
I read this but it didn't grip me like the other books and i was disappointed by a lot of this book - pacing, plot, and 'feel'.The other books have been dark and twisted - this just didn't seem the same to me.
However, any fan of the Necroscope series will want this and i would include myself in that, just to see what Lumley has done with his ideas.
If you are a first time Necroscope reader then STOP!!!! And read the very first series.
If you are stuck for more Brian Lumley i would recommend the Titus Crow novels (they come in omnibus editions) or the Psychomech trilogy.
I hope that Brian Lumley comes up with some ground breaking ideas for any future Necroscope novels, or finishes the series whilst they are still loved by all of his fans. I am keeping my fingers crossed!!!!!
Sorry - I really wanted to love this book.
All the above are excellent books, though i have to say the original series with Harry Keogh as the necroscope is the best.If you haven't read all of these books then i would recommend you do, or the plot of this book will not really make too much sense.This book assumes that you know a lot of the Necroscope history.
So, what to make of this one?
Well, i am a huge Necroscope fan and a bigger fan of Brian Lumley, and i was desperate to read this book.
The good things about the book are the characters.I liked the lead character Scott - i felt empathy for him.And the book also has more of Ben Trask,David Chung and Ian Goodly who are all great characters that fans of the series will enjoy reading about.
But this book is seriously flawed in my opinion.Lumley seems to be running out of ideas and is in real danger of letting the quality of the Necroscope novels slip.Maybe it is because he has written so many now, or maybe it is that after all his previous books on the subject that he doesn't have any fresh ideas.The first series was amazing - those five books are among the best horror books you would ever wish to read, and the Vampire World novels are pretty close to them.But E-Branch saw a slip in my view and this carries on the trend i am sorry to say.
To me there are some great ideas - the whole numerology aspect of the number three is a great idea that is mentioned lots of times in the first half of the book, but is barely mentioned in the second half and not resolved adequately.
But i didn't like the whole back story of the evil characters.I won't spoil this for you, but i think you will be disappointed with them and their origins.
I read this but it didn't grip me like the other books and i was disappointed by a lot of this book - pacing, plot, and 'feel'.The other books have been dark and twisted - this just didn't seem the same to me.
However, any fan of the Necroscope series will want this and i would include myself in that, just to see what Lumley has done with his ideas.
If you are a first time Necroscope reader then STOP!!!! And read the very first series.
If you are stuck for more Brian Lumley i would recommend the Titus Crow novels (they come in omnibus editions) or the Psychomech trilogy.
I hope that Brian Lumley comes up with some ground breaking ideas for any future Necroscope novels, or finishes the series whilst they are still loved by all of his fans. I am keeping my fingers crossed!!!!!
Sorry - I really wanted to love this book.
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not as good as the 'real' necroscope books and no wampyres!
Not at all up to the usual standards- the baddies were awful, the plot even thinner than usual and the development of the characters minimal. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Fallsar
Necroscope touch
A good read on it's own with a good story. You'll enjoy it if you read it as a novel in its own right and not as part of the necroscope series as although all of the e branch... Read more
Published on 8 May 2010 by daisy
Some new material please?
I loved the Necroscope series, and the Vampire World series too. Mr Lumley created a very detailed universe in which the reader could immerse themselves. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2008 by T. Bedford
A bit of a let down
This is the latest book released in the Necroscope series. I was surprised and excited when I first heard there was a new book out, because Brian Lumley is my favourite author and... Read more
Published on 11 May 2008 by B. Kzzinsky
He's been better
I was disappointed by this book. The necroscope series has been consistently very good but this storyline seems contrived, especially the ending. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2007 by Mr. H. Prain
He has returned!
This is a brilliant follow-on from the Necroscope series. All the old favourites are still involved in E-Branch. Read more
Published on 18 April 2007 by J. Keating
Better than some **contains spoilers**
I first read the Necroscope books in my early twenties. By Deadspawn, I was tired of the whole Sunside/Starside Shaitan and co story, and I didn't read the Vampire World stories. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2007 by Elaine Mccourt
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