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DULL, TIRED & A CHORE TO READ
GREAT!
"The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward"
great!! Get this book!
A VERY GOOD SERIES, JUST GETS BETTER

Necroscope IV: Deadspeak (Necroscope)
Brian Lumley
Manufacturer: Tor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Necroscope 3: The Source (Necroscope Trilogy, Volume 3)
Necroscope 2: Vamphyri! (Necroscope Trilogy, Volume 2)
Necroscope
The Last Aerie (Necroscope: Vampire World Trilogy)

ASIN: 0312878397

Book Description

Brian Lumley's Necroscope novels are one of the horror genre's most towering achievements. They chronicle the adventures of Necroscope, Harry Keogh, his successor, Jake Cutter, and the psychically gifted agents of E-Branch, Britain's super-secret spy organization, and their battles against the malevolent, shape-shifting Wamphyri and their spawn. Their exploits have spanned two worlds, thirteen novels, and an infinity of time. The Necroscope novels have sold more than two million copies in English alone. Tor Books is proud to publish Necroscope: Deadspeak in hardcover for the first time. Previously available only as a mass market, paperback Necroscope: Deadspeak is the fourth volume in Lumley's exciting vampire series, and marks the beginning of a new phase in the story of the Necroscope. Harry Keogh has triumphed over much adversity in his life, from the death of his mother and the discovery of his amazing powers-to talk to the dead and to travel instantaneously to any place via the Mbius Continuum-to the fallout from his war against the vampires. He lost his body, though not his life; his wife and infant son disappeared without a trace; and he had to kill a woman he had come to love. What should have been a joyful reunion with his son was tinged with horror when Harry realized that his boy-now a man-was half-Necroscope and half-vampire, and thus a deadly double threat to all mankind. Father faced son in a terrible battle, and when it was over, Harry awoke safe in his own bed, at home . . . but his Necroscope powers were gone, locked away in the depths of his mind! Now, a new evil rears its head in the Balkan Mountains. Janos Ferenczy, master vampire and black magician, has risen from an ages-long sleep. As the first step in his plans of conquest, he conjures dead men and women into a perverse semblance of life and subjects them to fiendish tortures. But the shrieks of the dead barely begin to satisfy Janos's bloodlusts as he prepares an army of undead warriors to conquer the world. The dead try desperately to attract the Necroscope's attention, but Harry Keogh is deaf to their pleas and their screams. As Harry searches for a cure, he learns that to save mankind he must ally himself with the crafty father of vampires, the infamous Faethor Ferenczy. Centuries dead, Faethor lies in his grave and schemes. He will help Harry defeat Janos-but his price will be very high indeed!AUTHORBIO: Brian Lumley is the multi-million-copy-selling author of the Necroscope series and many other novels of horror and science fiction, including The House of Doors, the Titus Crow series, and the Psychomech trilogy. Some of his short fiction has been collected in The Whisperer and Other Voices. Lumley has been named a Grand Master by the World Horror Convention. He won a British Fantasy Award for "Fruiting Bodies" and has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award.Lumley and his wife live in Devon, England.

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DULL, TIRED & A CHORE TO READ.......2004-09-16

Before this novel, the Necroscope books were billed as a trilogy, well, Brian Lumley should have stuck with that plan. BL goes to the well again with book four.

This time, Harry Keogh has lost his ability to use the Mobius continuum. Faethor Ferenczy's other son, Janos has arisen to give Harry grief. It's the same Wamphyri story all over again. It even reads as though Lumley is tired of the formula.

With so much going for the series, its difficult to understand why BL doesn't break new ground with Keogh and the E-Branch. There are so many directions he could go that have nothing to do with vampires. With everything Ferenczy, the series has become too incestuous to continue reading.

Can't recommend this one. This is the low point in the series.

GREAT!.......2004-04-25

FABULOUS SERIES CONTINUES WITH THIS INSTALLMENT.LUMLEY'S NECROSCOPE SERIES IS ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME VAMPIRE SERIES.LOTS OF ACTION,HORROR AND GREAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT MAKE THIS ONE OF MY FAVES.I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE THIS PUT ON THE SCREEN WITHOUT SOMEONE MESSING IT UP.

"The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward".......2003-08-25

Great story. Hum....come to think of it, I've read this somewhere else before? Oh yeah, it's the exact same premise as H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward" from 1941. If Lovecraft was still around he might even hire a copyright lawyer for this one. I strongly recommend anyone who has read this book to seek out Lovecraft's story; I even "more" strongly recommend reading Lovecraft first.
Anyway, despite the fact Lumley converted Lovecraft's tale into one of his "Necroscope" novels, I'll forgive him for the unoriginal idea, because this maybe one of the best books of the series. The read is easy and very fast paced. Character development as always is excellent. There is "plenty o' mean & evil" throughout.
Definitely read the Lovecraft story though....

great!! Get this book!.......2002-11-10

What can I say? I love horror books and Vampires are my favorite creatures. I usually like stories from the Vampire point of view like in Anne Rice novel and mostly stood clear of the Vampire Hunter stuff. I picked up the first Necroscope book because of the skull on the cover, I'm glad I did! I was totally sucked into the world of the Necroscope, the vampires and the ESP agents. The series is so well written and each character so original to the point where you can't help but want to read more.

Unlike Anne Rice's VC which has dragged down to ... over the years Brian Lumley's series continues to get better and better and the characters more and more interesting, not to mention his Vampires are so original and sinister, they take no ... from anyone. There is really nothing I can say but read the series, all of it (which I'm in the middle of doing right now) you will not be disppointed! So if you're sick of feeling like you're being pumped out of your money by vampire authors who don't care what they put paper then buy this book and restore your faith
in the genre.

A VERY GOOD SERIES, JUST GETS BETTER.......2002-03-24

I thought this book was very good...Every story Lumley has, brings you in and keeps you in his world of the Vamphyri... The story moves slow at times, but the action that comes keeps you reading long into the night!!!!

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Necroscope IV: Deadspeak
Brian Lumley
Manufacturer: Grafton Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OPE7DW

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Necroscope IV: Deadspeak
Brian Lumley
Manufacturer: Kinnell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HQ5S18

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Necroscope IV: Deadspeak
Brian Lumley
Manufacturer: Kinnell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OP8DUK

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