Necroscope: Avengers (Necroscope: E-Branch Trilogy)($8.75Value)

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The packed cruise ship is a terrific nesting ground for a Lord and Lady of the Wamphyri on the run from E-Branch and the new Necroscope, Jake Cutter. By the time the ship is reported missing, the few beings still living on board will no longer be human . . . and the Wamphyri will be long fled to their next conquest. Korath, the vampire who lurks in Jake Cutter's mind, is determined to gain control of Jake's life, and Jake is equally determined not to let him have it. But to win this struggle Jake must confide in Ben Trask-and Trask, the head of E-Branch, is likely to want Jake dead the minute he learns of Jake's intrusive passenger! The spore garden planted under London by the third Wamphyri, Lord Swartz, is bearing bitter fruit indeed as a mysterious sleeping sickness-with a vampiric taint-slowly spreads among the population of Great Britain. E-Branch action teams have more on their plates than they can handle. They must locate terrorists who threaten the world with nuclear homicide; permanently close the Gate between the Wamphyri world and Earth; analyze the spore plague; and locate and destroy the three Wamphyri. Even the powers of Harry Keogh, the original Necroscope, summoned from the Great Beyond via the combined powers of E-Branch's strongest agents, may not be enough to defeat the monsters who have brought Earth to the brink of total destruction. Jake Cutter, the newest member of E-Branch, tackles the latest development of the secret war against a trio of extra-dimensional Wamphyri as he tracks down the source of a deadly plague that transforms its sleeping victims into inhuman monsters. Lumley's conclusion to a trilogy that includes Necroscope: Invaders and Necroscope: Defilers features scenes of graphic horror, fast-paced action, and political intrigue. A good addition to most horror collections. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. The fourth, apparently concluding volume of the adventures of Necroscope Jake Cutter and E-Branch heightens the stakes in the confrontation with the Wamphyri Masters, who may be down but are definitely not out. Lord Malinari and Lady Vavara reappear by turning a cruise ship into a bloody battleground, while Lord Swartz has perfected his spores that turn vampirism into an even more infectious and lethal disease. At a more mundane level, one of E-Branch's stalwart allies, the Russian mindspy Gustav Turchin, has to fight to close the Russian gate between Earth and the Wamphyri home world while dealing with stolen nuclear weapons in the hands of renegade Communists. Lumley's prose and pacing are more polished in each new book, and he continues to combine horror and alien-invasion themes uncommonly deftly. He skillfully handles the shipboard scenes, the possible influence of Russian politics on supernatural intrigues, and the use of precognition. Definitely a good conclusion to Lumley's hybrid saga. Roland Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved NECROSCOPE: AVENGERS “Lumley still excels at depicting heroes larger than life and horrors worse than death. The exciting pyrotechnic finale appears to bring final resolution to some long-running subplots.”-- Publishers Weekly “A complicated but well-written story, sort of a vampire adventure for the Tom Clancy set. The plot is interesting and features plenty of political and military intrigue.”-- Fangoria NECROSCOPE: DEFILERS “The genuinely evil Wamphyri, Lumley’s original portrayal of paranormal powers, his dry wit, and a long, thundering climax assure that the hefty book will handsomely reward readers.”-- Booklist NECROSCOPE: INVADERS “The amazingly prolific Lumley kicks off a new branch of his Necroscope series now that the original Necroscope (or vampire killer), Harry Keogh, is dead. The new novel stands alone. Necroscope fans will find themselves reading as fast as Lumley can type, and new readers may apply as well with this inaugural Jake Cutter entry.”-- Kirkus Reviews Brian Lumley is the author of the bestselling Necroscope series of vampire novels. The first Necroscope , Harry Keogh, also appears in a collection of Lumley's short fiction, Harry Keogh and Other Weird Heroes , along Titus Crow and Henri Laurent de Marigny, from T itus Crow, Volumes One, Two, and Three , and David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer , from the Dreamlands series. An acknowledged master of Lovecraft-style horror, Brian Lumley has won the British Fantasy Award and been named a Grand Master of Horror. His works have been published in more than a dozen countries and have inspired comic books, role-playing games, and sculpture, and been adapted for television. When not writing, Lumley can often be found spear-fishing in the Greek islands, gambling in Las Vegas, or attending a convention somewhere in the US. Lumley and his wife live in England. What Has Gone Before: Invaders and Defilers THREE YEARS AGO, THREE GREAT VAMPIRES--two Lords and a "Lady" of the Wamphyri, the alien orig