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Title: Necroscope: Avengers by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0-8125-7019-7 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 19 May, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.65 (23 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent conclusion to a fabulous saga
Comment: "Necroscope: Avengers" is a fine conclusion to Brian Lumley's magnificent Necroscope series. In "Avengers" (the best Necroscope novel since "Bloodwars"), Lumley finishes the tale he started in "Invaders" and "Defilers," wrapping up the stories of the mighty Wamphyri, Lord Nephran Malinari, Lady Vavara, and Lord Szwart.
In "Avengers" we get all of the blood and gore we've come to expect and love from Lumley. His vampires are the meanest and most horrifying I've come across in fiction. Lumley's biggest weakness (and it's not much of one) has always been in his characters. His background characters are frequently merely cardboard cutouts that play off the Wamphyri vampire lords, and those in "Avengers" are no different. But the main characters in "Avengers" (Ben Trask & Jake Cutter) start to become more fully formed as they struggle with their humanity in the fight to vanquish the Wamphyri.
This book, as do the previous two in the E-Branch trilogy, focuses on the E-Branch members and not so much on the vampires. While this is initially disconcerting to those of us who loved the "Vampire World" trilogy, after a few chapters readers will find themselves enthralled in E-Branch's efforts to save the world.
This book had a vitality that was missing in both "Invaders" and "Defilers." Lumley put everything he had into his final Necroscope novel and it turned out very satisfying indeed! In the end, we're treated to another one of Lumley's explosive finales. And if everything wrapped up a little too neatly, who cares! It certainly didn't affect my enjoyment of the novel.
It felt good to be reading another Necroscope novel. It felt like I was reacquainting myself with an old friend. I am saddened to hear that this is Brian Lumley's final Necroscope novel, but as a devoted Lumley fan I eagerly look forward to his future efforts. Recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: The ride had to end some time.
Comment: While Brian Lumley's final installment to the Necroscope saga wasn't exactly all I had personally hoped it would be, it was still an incredibly fantastic read! Truly worthy Necroscope fans worldwide!
Taken as the final series installment it certainly brings closure to all the various loose-ends that have been dangling out there.
Taken as a whole in all of the thirteen novels . . . it fits beautifully in the Necroscope time line. To call this novel a "stale" bottle of wine is vastly incorrect. "Necroscope: Avengers" is an integral component to a brilliant and impressive tapestry. My only regret is that the ride had to end. It's been a lot of fun over the years. The entire Necroscope saga has been thoroughly well-crafted and entertaining! Jake Cutter may have been a reluctant Necroscope, but he did an admirable job regardless.
After three novels, some of the arguments between Jake and Ben Trask of E-Branch were becoming just a tiny bit tedious, but that's merely a MINOR complaint of mine. The rest of the story more than makes up for this! I especially enjoyed how Jake dealt with his unwanted "house-guest" Korath. That was a very well written sequence.
Thirteen novels! Over a decade of entertainment! And most of all, characters that became like family members! What more could you want? Thank-you, Mr. Lumley. Simply, thank-you for sharing with us the world of the Necroscope and the Wamphyri.
The entire series will always have a special place in my heart.
Rating: 3
Summary: Its the 13th
Comment: Let me start of by saying that I have truly loved the Necroscope series. I still remember seeing the skull of the first book staring out from the bookstore shelf, that was a good 11 years ago. Anyway, here we are with Avengers. This is the last book in the series according to Mr. Lumley. In this book he ties up the lose ends from earlier in this triology and from other book's in the series as a whole. However, I didn't like the plot device he used for the ending. Though with its use, he guarantees that there will not be a Necroscope 14. By itself, it is not the best in the series (that would be Necroscope and the Vampire World trilogy), but taken as part of a larger story it works. Mr. Lumley continues to make his human characters believable, for all their psychic abilities. Where his strength lies is the vampires. These creatures are antithesis to everything. As Mr. Lumley describes them, one can just see the red of their eyes and see how they change from the "beautiful people" to vile monsters. I will miss the series, but I have all thirteen novels and will revisit this world again and again.
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Title: Necroscope (Necroscope Trilogy, Volume 1) by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0812521374 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Necroscope: Resurgence : The Lost Years: Volume Two by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0812553640 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Necroscope: The Lost Years by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0812553632 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Bloodwars by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0812536282 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Last Aerie by Brian Lumley ISBN: 0812520629 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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