| Title | : | Deadspawn (Necroscope, #5) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0812508351 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780812508352 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 |
| Publication | : | First published August 1, 1991 |
Harry cannot turn down a request from the dead...even if it costs him his soul. In the climactic battle with the vampires, mankind prevailed and purged the vampires from earth--thanks to Harry, his team of psychically-gifted spies, and Faethor Ferenczy, long-dead 'father' of the world's vampires, who betrayed his own kind.
But Harry's alliance with Faethor has a terrible cost--Harry's very humanity is under attack from the vampire evil coiled in his mind!
Deadspawn (Necroscope, #5) Reviews
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Harry is having a bad life. The golden boy with OP powers, able to talk to the dead and get them on his side, teleport through time and space, get into people's minds and mess with them good, is now coming down with a slight case of vampirism.
Oooops.
All told, it's nice seeing him getting taken down by his own failings, even if it's one he let into himself and he must fight constantly. And he was such a nice boy, too.
Fun "last" adventure, and an interesting romp through vamp-lands. Nicely epic in scope and stakes. -
While the first 3 books in this series were amazing , book 4 was sort of a let down and book 5 was slightly better than 4 but not quite up to the first three. Still a great read and fun entry into necroscope universe. **way more sex in this one. It's like Tor publishing requested 40 pages of sex lol.**
Lots of things go on in this book. Harry is slowly becoming what he hunts. His friends in the great majority turn his back on him and now E branch hunts him. This is all while he is trying to help humanity solve one last case that bears resemblance to dragosani.
Then we get to see the last remnants on Wamphyri on Starside as they escaped to the icelands after book 3. The handful that are left discover remains from the OG Wamphyiri.
The climax back on Starside by the gate is very fun. We see what happens to the dweller Aka Wolfson and Lady Karen and Vamp Harry versus Shaithis. Lumley likes circular endings ( i.e. Thibor and dragasani in first book) so we see what happens with Harry's mind and then what happens to his body in the swamp. Overall. 4 stars and very fun.
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I really enjoyed the start of this series, but by book four, I felt Lumley was getting a little formulaic about it; book V, however, was a real let down. Harry, after his battles in book IV, seems to have picked up a little friend, for he is slowly turning into a vampire. Meanwhile, a nasty serial killer is roaming the UK, one who has some necromancer ability to boot! Harry is determined to find the killer, but E-team has their sights on Harry! If Harry turns vampire, the best friend of humanity and the dead may become its worst enemy!
Back on Starside, the remnants of the vampire horde gather around an old volcano up by the pole; where banished vampires have been cast out for centuries. While plotting on getting back to sunside, they find a old terror that even shocks them.
Lumley tried to pack too much in here; this reads almost like two books in one. That would not be bad except neither book is up to his usual standards. I found this series easy to get lost in--great escapist fun. This volume, however, was something of a chore to get through. Further, it did not really contain any surprised; even the final denouncement was anti-climatic. 2 rusty stars. -
I am whipping through these Necroscope books. I just can't stop reading them. I can't write a review here, because to do so would involve spoilers, so I'll just say I love Harry and love these books. It amazes me that I would love books that involve great mathematicians. LOL
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Book 5 of the Necroscope series and once again we’re back into the Mobius Continuum with Harry Keough. Harry still has his powers to speak with the dead, but now he’s toting around a “stowaway” he picked up from Book 4. He knows that his time is limited before his unwanted guest takes over, but he has one more mission he wants to complete. A murderer is on the loose and he’s killing young women in the most brutal ways possible. And his victims are asking Harry to avenge their murders.
The first 1/3 of Deadspawn is decent. E-Branch is losing faith in Harry and the tables start to turn. The first act winds down in a hurried, unsatisfying fashion and then, BLAM, we’re thrust into Starside and start a whole, new thread with Shaithis from Book 4. This is where started to lose interest. The pacing moves along slightly faster than a snail and the whole time you feel like you’re eating leftovers from the fridge. They were good when they were fresh, but lose their appeal after being reheated for Deadspawn. And that’s the best way for me to describe Book 5. Reheated leftovers. You feel like you’ve been down this road before and it was much better the first four times. Lumley tried to tie everything in a hurried bow, but there were 50 pages of interesting tidbits surrounded by 550 pages of reheated fluff. From the looks of all the other ratings, I may be in the minority with my view here. Look. I enjoyed my ride with Harry for 2000+ pages. The last 600 just felt luke-warm, at best. Will I continue along to see what the rest of the Necroscope world has to offer in the umpteenth sequels in this never ending saga? Of course. I’m just hoping to return to a more entertaining road along the Mobius Continuum.
3 Brain Fogs out of 5 -
Having really enjoyed the Necroscope series since I was a teenager, I was surprised at how much the final book of the original series disappointed.
For some reason, I'd read the first four books in order and then over again, but never got around to this one. It was as if something inside me was whispering a warning to me, just as with the infected vampires in this series. When I failed to heed the voice any longer, I was treated to this onslaught of a finale.
My problem with this book is that it took four rather lengthy tomes to get to this conclusion, meaning that a reader has invested quite a bit of time in these stories and characters. Therefore, author Brian Lumley really needed to take care to deliver a satisfying conclusion. In my opinion, this did not happen.
It is hard to even give a proper synopsis of the story, because there is so much going on, and not in a good way. It felt as if he took three ideas for three separate manuscripts and mashed them all into one. The ideas were good, but everything good had to be rushed, though the author did take his sweet time with the cringy sex scenes and ridiculous unending finale. He ran when he should have walked and walked when he should have ran.
I'm sure Lumley thought he was really pulling out all the stops and delivering a real epic for the fans, but he took it too far and thus took ME too far out of the story and my previous investment in the saga. By the end, I was left exhausted but unsatisfied, and stuffed but not satiated. Like several other reviewers, when Lumley leaves the end open for further sequels, I found myself throwing in the towel and saying "I'm done," rather than craving more.
Certainly not a stand-alone novel to recommend to anyone, and as part of a series, this installment did not show respect for the rest of the franchise. -
I think I'm done with the Necroscope series, at least for the time being. And hey, technically this is the end of the first Necroscope series.
On the negative side:
This feels like 2 or 3 novels shoved together. There's the parts on Earth where Harry tracks down a serial killer. Then there are the Wamphyri in exile in the Icelands and what they find there. Then finally, there's Harry in the Vampire world and the final showdown. It all more or less comes together at the end, but switching back and forth was a bit rough.
The horror, especially around the serial killer plot line, just got too horrific for me. It certainly works as a shock factor I guess.
The relationship (as it was) between and Harry was weird, abrupt, and ugly. Especially in how it ended. And I don't feel like it actually needed to be there for the story to progress as is it did.
Speaking of which, Harry went dark. Given how too-good he was before, I thought a turn as anti-hero would be nice. It wasn't. It felt completely out of character for Harry. More in line for a vampire, but it's not what I was wanting to read in that character.
The sex scene with was ... weird. It certainly fits the horror scenes of the world, but I feel like I'm going to read a palette cleaner after this.
On the positive side:
I still really do like the worldbuilding around vampires in this world. They're actually horrific and alien, but with related aspects from their former human lives. All together, that seems something less common in modern vampire literature, so it's nice to see here. This was even better and weirder this time around, especially with some of the ancient ones come back.
I think it's time for something lighter. -
This may not be the best book in the series but it is still a very enjoyable book. Harry is the prefect protagonist. He’s easy to relate too. At the start of this book he is still dealing with the effects he endured at the end of book 4 Dead speak. He never be the perfect hero and that is more true then ever here.
The main villain is extra horrible and in this series is saying a lot. Not even the dead are safe from the horrific attacks. Formerly allies become enemy’s and everyone doubts who they can trust when everything begins to fall apart. From begging to end I enjoyed this book and had a lot a fun reading it even if it’s not my favorite book of the series. -
althought it felt like two books being merged, it waz a fine conclusion to harry's saga
the gore and the fantasy were in equal doses and out of this worls
a must read series -
More blood & more death as the last efforts to kill off the vampires happen. Great conclusion to the first story arc of the series, very recommended
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one of these days i’m gonna explain what it is that makes me like these books so much. but right now i am lazy.
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For me without a doubt the most repellent of the series thus far, and yet I will certainly not stop reading them.
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Excellent conclusion to the first cycle of the series. All the disparate elements of the previous are pulled together in an exciting adventure with a dramatic, cosmic & satisfying finale. I listened to the audible version. Narration was well done, especially the voice acting for the vampire characters. The vampire sex scene in the möbius continuum is just brilliant too. The theme of Harry’s corruption & redemption is just brilliant.
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OK, time for the Spoiler Alert warning. This being the fifth installment of a series,I can't really write about this one without giving anything away from the previous books.
Consider yourself warned, and don't read this if you haven't read any of this series yet...not major spoilers but definitely some key developments.
Here we go:
Brian Lumley continues yet again to advance this series without getting stale. The first part of the novel opens up with Harry Keogh being approached by his former E-Branch colleague to help on a serial killer investigation. As I was reading this I was reminded of reading where this fifth installment was written in response to
Lumley's fans begging him for more. This plot just seemed to smack of filler and not knowing when to leave a good thing alone. How wrong I was.
Deadspawn wraps up this quintet of the series brilliantly. It's a must read if you've come this far.
Harry is, of course Wamphri now. The vampire inside him is immature, but growing, and throughout the novel Harry fights to suppress the impending dominance his parasite is gaining. E-Branch is on to him, and even his friends know that it is either Harry or the human race
that will reign supreme on Earth. Harry must return to Starside where the inevitable transformation to Wamphri will continue, thus his only way to save mankind.
Of course, Starside is hardly without issues, as the Old Wamphri lords (one in particular, just wait until you find out about the oldest Wamphri!) are stirring, and yet another battle seems imminent.
Again a fascinating read, but with even more insight into what it is to be Wamphri, to struggle against its influence, or to give into its lust (oh, just wait...), there seems to be no limit to what Lumley has in store for the worlds he has created.
I'll say it again. This is the best original vampire literature ever. I can't see anyone topping this. -
Necroscope Series by Brian Lumley
Review by Andy Strutt author of “The Afflicted”
I first discovered this series by receiving “Necroscope III : The Source” as a Christmas present. I had never heard of Brian Lumley but I was instantly infatuated with his work as soon as I had read the first few pages. Obviously, the first thing I did was go out and find the rest of the Necroscope series.
Harry Keogh is a very strange character with morbid supernatural powers that allow him to speak to the dead. That is enough to make you want to read the series on its own but it is only the start. The Necroscope is the first in the series of a totally unique and fantastical vampire mythology, and definitely my favourite out of all of them. His writing his dark and exciting and is not for the faint hearted. These are books for true fans of horror and I challenge any new reader to predict what is going to happen next. I pride myself on being able to predict the storyline and I was pleasantly surprised, there was no way I could have guessed where the story would lead. For me it is impossible to review a single novel in isolation (or necessary) because I feel that anyone who reads the first will very quickly read the other 14 novels eagerly.
Highly recommended and I guarantee these books deserve horror classic status. The writing and characterisations are timeless and will be enjoyed by true horror fans for centuries to come. -
I think the show, “Supernatural”, said it best: “Endings are hard. Any chapped a** monkey with a keyboard can poop out a beginning; but endings are impossible”
This holds true here. It’s as if Brian Lumley couldn’t figure out exactly how to wrap this up so he decided to use two or three different endings just in case. This could have been multiple books and it felt scattered and all over the place. His writing style appears to have taken on some vampiric traits of their own; hyper sexualized, gory and cruel just for the sake of it, and rushing headlong without much rhyme or reason. Don’t get me wrong - I’m no prude. I love Brett Easton Ellis, especially “American Psycho” which is about as odd, cruel, and over sexualized as it gets. However, this just didn’t seem to fit in the Necroscope series and it left me feeling awkward and wanting to skip those parts. I felt like I was reading Clive Barker (also one of my favorite authors) and not Lumley.
It was a jarring experience and a weird way to end one of my favorite series of all time. Still, Lumley is a master of his craft, even if it didn’t seem like it was HIS craft in this one. 2/5 for me and a disappointing end to a fantastic set of novels. -
Oh, Necroscope, you've done me dirty this time.
This is a series that, on paper (no pun intended), shouldn't be as good as it is. It's pulp vampire fiction that should NOT feel like "a good book", whatever that may mean to you, and yet it usually does, 'cause Brian Lumley knows what the hell he's doing and he can make the silliest concept read as almost high-brow literature sometimes, or at least something that closely resembles it.
Except for this book.
Let's put what it gets right out of the way: Lumley's obviously still a great writer, and testament to this is that the book works despite the pages and pages and pages of spoken dialogue that are also shameless plot dumps - yes, he goes the route of "characters making plans verbally so the author doesn't have to bother with making sure we grasp that from what's going on", over and over again.
...Well, it sort of works. I've noticed my "Come oooon, Lumley, get on with it!"-s came a bit earlier with this volume compared to the earlier ones, but it's still way more tolerable than when other writers commit the same terrible sin. That's a fair warning - Deadspawn characters will talk your ears off.
The vamps are still just as visceral, believable and fascinating, though they're given way less mind-screen time. Make no mistakes, these are THE best vampires in modern fiction, and I'll fight anyone that has a problem with that, or at least have a mildly animated argument over a beer or two. Anyway, whenever something gory happens, you'd better believe Lumley will take his sweet time with it and make it feel vivid, memorable, and crunchy. Yes, crunchy. We still go to the Vampire World, and I'm chalking this up to a plus although it's a pale version of what we got in The Source, because you are DOING TOO MANY THINGS AT THE SAME TIME, LUMLEY! Gah!
That's one of Deadspawn's biggest flaws: this book is actually three mini-books compacted into something that doesn't quite feel as homogenous as the author intended. Two of these go well together; the third one - a freakin' serial killer hunt, of all things - feels completely out of context and character, and left me scratching my head as to the reason for its inclusion. It doesn't really tie into anything that happened in the previous books; there's a pretty fun supernatural twist to it but it feels like it's sewed on as an afterthought. I guess you could say it's a distant callback to the first book's villain, but it comes out of that comparison like a drunken teenager that's insulted a bar full of angry bikers - not in great shape. It sort of feels like Brian Lumley really got into psychopathic murder-rapists at the time of writing this, and he went "Eeeh, why not, these are gory books anyway". It's not directly connected to anything you've cared about in the series, it serves as a backdrop to the most forgettable and hastily dropped love story you could think of (and Cthulhu knows they've always felt completely tacked on in these series)... I'm sorry to say, it just feels like filler. Harry Keough is on his way to hanging up his Mary Sue, dead-speaking, time-space teleporting boots, plus he's got a nasty bit of inner complications that won't go away easily (and that other reviewers here on Goodreads felt they could just blurt out without spoiler tags - ugh, people), so he's in for one more go at 'em, and THIS is what it's, frankly, wasted on. A random serial killer we don't know or care about, and whose impact on the overall story equals that of a wet fart in a category 5 hurricane. Alright, catching the bad guy it is a noble pursuit, can't fault him for that - but then again he could've been fighting crime this whole time, so... Another afterthought.
I've greatly enjoyed revisiting bits of Peciorsk and Starside, and gritted my teeth every time we went back to rainy England and chasing ice trucks. I might be biased, being Romanian, but one of the reasons this book isn't even close to as gripping as the previous one is that the mundane setting just doesn't do a lot for it. No Carpathian castle, but a lot of British highways and diners. Nope, nope, nope.
And then there's the sex scenes. And the riding motorcycles between dimensions, and cheery biker sidekick ghosts that show up for a few pages and then are gone forever; then, all of a sudden, in a series that's been dodging the eucharistic elephant in the room for four volumes, prominent religious imagery and vague theological ruminations, of all things, and then some more interdimensional sex for good measure! You end up feeling like you're reading a book that's taking place in the cover art of a cheesy 80s heavy metal band LP, but it's sadly way less exciting than that sounds.
Deadspawn' saving grace are the pages that follow the ever-dwindling number of vampires, and that's the thing with this whole series - the bad guys are so, SO much more interesting than the good guys. And speaking of good guys, some crucial ones go away forever during the course of this book, and my reaction was "Great!". Not that I hated them, but the bloodsuckers are so consistently good, if a bit interchangeable, and I've never felt like I've had too much of them, which is something I can't say for the protags. That's why, despite this cycle-ender of a book ultimately turning out to be a disappointment, I'm still very much eager to jump into the Blood Brothers series.
You do still owe it to yourself to read this if you've been on board for the previous four volumes, but there is no point in jumping into this one as a one-off. I guess you could call it a bit bittersweet because of its ending, but alas, that's not how I perceived it. I was frankly glad I was done with it, and equally excited that the saga continues, and I'm not sure I ever want it to end. The vampire king is dead, long live the vampires!
PS: Forgot to mention that my absolute favorite part of the book involves a puppy that's been hit by a car and the dark magic ritual from The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and it was the first and only time Lumley got actual genuine tears out of me. This might be me being a sucker for animals, but it comes out of nowhere and it's one of the most memorable and moving scenes in the series, I'll give it that. -
What can I say?
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE NECROSCOPE BOOKS.
they are my number one books. I was reading monster island (
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...) and in the middle I yearned to REread this necroscope book for the THIRD time.
Yes that is right, I took more pleasure in knowing I would read this book again for the third time than I would in finishing the other book.
And there are pleasures and there are pleasures. Reading the Necroscope books are so spellbinding it is hard to pull away from the immersive world.
So far I have them ALL, and some I have read only once, but believe me when I say I will read them again (and maybe again after that). Others I have read 2 times, this deadspawn was the Third time. I absolutely love this book finale.
Spoiler: These necroscope books are not to be read standalone, and are to be read in order to have maximum immersivity. A lot of backtracking and references are in these books (worlds??!). -
This book was weird. Overall I didn't really end up enjoying it all that much and it felt like a slog to get through. For me I feel like it started off good and I enjoyed learning about this serial killer, but then it went back to Starside and how these cast out vampires were plotting their revenge on Harry and for whatever reason this is the point of the book I truly started losing my enjoyment and I can't pinpoint why.. it seemed to just get all over the place from there though.
Harry finds the killer and one of the killers victims starts having sex with Harry but then they get a motorcycle and she falls off and dies horrifically? But wait the vampire Karen from the last book wasn't actually dead and now Harry is having extremely weird vampire sex with her continuously. Even the end didn't bring any emotion out of me and it just felt like a long messy read. -
A fitting crescendo for the series, this book ends what I consider to be the classic series of Necroscope books. It is filled with wonder, pathos, wickedness and twists that play on everything we've learned from the previous four.
The book should make you sad and thrilled in equal measures as it draws to a close.
Cannot give too detailed a reviews without spoiling things, but simply, if you enjoyed the original Necroscope book, read at least to this book and your time has been very well spent. -
The 5th in the Necroscope series and, oh boy, is it a good one! If you haven't enjoyed this vampire saga, I urge you to pick it up as soon as possible. This is not your typical vampire and it is scary and bloody and extremely addicting to read.
Harry Keogh is the main character and he speaks to the dead and they speak back, in fact they are his friends. In this installment, however, that all changes because he changes.
This is probably the most philosophical one so far and I enjoyed it very much because of that. -
The Necroscope
After first reading this series about 20 years ago, ample time to forget, I'm reading it again for the second time and enjoying out immensely. Just finished "Deadspawn." After a short break and breakfast, I'm on to the next book in the series. 😊 -
A good series and I think a good ending point. I enjoyed the first three books much more than the last two, however, the imagination of the author to create the worlds and the stories within are brilliant. If you can get past the cold war part of the story you will enjoy the series.
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Probably one of the most poorly edited books I have ever read, haha but an interesting end to the Necroscope series. I still plan to read Blood Brothers and The Last Aerie.
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Harry Keogh, our Necroscope antihero, now has a vampire growing inside him thanks to the machinations of dead vampire Faethor Ferenczy. E Branch (the secret agency staffed with people with ESP powers of various kinds) have become suspicious. Harry has developed new powers and is experimenting with the vampire method of bringing back the dead.
Meanwhile, a necromancer serial killer is murdering women and torturing their dead minds by raping and mutilating their corpses. Harry determines that his last mission on Earth will be to track the monster down and deal with him, and then return to Starside, leaving the Earth free of him.
However, Harry discovers that his attempts to help the world appear to inevitably bring misery and death to those he loves. There is a valiant attempt to portray the slow metamophosis from Harry to vampire which doesn't really succeed given that Harry has to repress the vampire side of his nature in order to hang on to some semblance of humanity. One wonders if Lumley regretted vampirising Harry and thus effectively closing off a series of books that grew to be - and still are - enormously popular.
The narrative is split with events on on the vampire world of Starside. Shaithis, a powerful vampire lord, has been banished from his aerie following the rout in the last volume and has set off across the ice where he discovers the home of the ancient vampire exile Shaitan.
Lumley brings far more of a religious element into this than in previous novels. The inclusion of Shaitan the Fallen drags in Christian Creation mythology and. indeed, Harry's journey has obvious parallels with Christ in that he has been resurrected, he can raise the dead and now, given the ashes of the dead are all there, he can return people to living breathing bodies. There is also a crucifixion and an ascension near the end.
If perhaps a tad less engrossing than previous volumes, it is certainly a gripping finale, but still leaving the possibility open for Keogh's return in some form.
There appears to be some rule about genre fiction of this period which requires some graphic and rather weird sexual shenanigans, although mercifully, this is kept to a minimum (see also Night of The Crabs). -
Tome 5 de la série Nécroscope
Lu en anglais
Contaminé ! Harry Keogh, le nécroscope, a été contaminé et est en train de se transformer en vampire. L'ironie, c'est qu'il a combattu les vampires toute sa vie. Et voilà que même les morts se détournent et refusent de communiquer avec lui. Et le bureau spécial des services secrets britanniques, ses amis, cherchent maintenant à l'éliminer avec les méthodes qu'il avait mis au point contre les vampires. Mais Harry Keogh n'en a pas fini; il est sur la piste d'un nécromancien maléfique qui torture de jeunes filles avant, pendant et après leur décès. Pendant ce temps, sur la planète Starside, la planète d'origine des vampires, une nouvelle menace va surgir et menacer toute l'humanité. Harry Keogh aura à mener bien des batailles.
Un nécromancien très, très méchant qui agit incognito. Harry Keogh, avec des pouvoirs accrus, mais sans l'aide de ses amis les morts et obligé de combattre ses meilleurs amis. Et la planète des vampires où les vampires survivants se préparent à la riposte.
Ici, on a plusieurs histoires qui ont peu de rapports entre elles. On a presque l'impression de lire plusieurs romans. L'auteur étire un peu la sauce et ajoute du sexe pour relever le piquant.
Des méchants haïssables, des amis menaçants, des ennemis tout puissants, des pouvoirs originaux, de l'amour.., un soupçon de Lovecraft et vogue la galère. Par contre, la fin est plus ou moins convaincante; je m'attendais à mieux. Il s'agit de la fin de la série même si Lumley a ajouté d'autres romans dans ce univers.
J'ai beaucoup aimé et ..cela clôt la série qui est vraiment très bonne. -
I do love this series and while Deadspawn does have some great moments and scenes I found myself wondering why certain things were not more developed.
The Johnny Found parts feels like such a missed opportunity to explore the dark side of the Necroscope power and nature vs. nurture especially in relation to Harry, an orphan himself.
In regards to Harry, obviously his arc, or circle if you will, Brian Lumley wanted to come full circle to set up for the ending (or the beginning) but again something felt lacking and not explored fully. Again there were some great moments of Harry as a vampire but as someone who has fought against the undead because of his love for the dead he kind of accepted his fate pretty easily. Could have used some more soul searching and maybe using his powers from Janos to try to solve some ways to cure himself instead of resurrecting penny who was probably the most useless character in this whole series.
Finally the Mobius Continuum. Obviously it’s ok that it’s not fully explained, and I don’t recall if it’s ever gone into detail more fully in later books, but I felt like the reader needed a bit more of info there. There is enough there to make it an interesting part of the story but it leaves so much to be desired. Which is a sort of theme of this book.
All in all a good book for the series but I wish there was more explanation in some of the 2-3 books worth of potential stories contained within its pages. -
Este es el tomo final del arco central de Crónicas Necroscopicas. Las crónicas me resultaron fascinantes, Lumley toma elementos contextuales como la guerra fría y el espionaje y algunos otros clichés de la literatura y del cine y logra crear un universo donde pareciera que todo tiene sentido: espías, vampiros, viajes dimensionales, parásitos, muertos vivientes y por si fuera poco mitología lovecraftiana. Los dos primeros tomos, los más conservadores, sin que estos los demerite, tienen un gran giro a partir del 3er libro lo que le permite a Lumley ganar en creatividad y autenticidad. Si les gusta el terror y quisieran leer una historia auténtica contada con elemento familiares estos 5 tomos son ideales.
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I read the Necroscope as a teenager and absolutely loved them. Rereading them as an adult is a different story. The style of writing and repetitive phrasing is frustrating to read. Also, the female characters are treated solely as sexual objects with no character motivation beyond their looks and how much characters want to do them.
I still like the idea of the Necroscope and the world as a whole with espionage, vampires, and mathematics to be very interesting. I do wish the antagonists got a little more time to be villainous and not just plotting schemes, but all in all, a fine ending for Harry.
