Brian Lumley
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| Title | : | Necroscope (Necroscope #1) |
| Author | : | Brian Lumley |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 383 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1994 by Tor Books (first published June 26th 1986) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Paranormal. Vampires. Fantasy. Fiction |
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DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES...Except to Harry Keogh, Necroscope. And what they tell him is horrifying.
In the Balkan mountains of Rumania, a terrible evil is growing. Long buried in hallowed ground, bound by earth and silver, the master vampire schemes and plots. Trapped in unlife, neither dead nor living, Thibor Ferenczy hungers for freedom and revenge.
The vampire's human tool is Boris Dragosani, part of a super-secret Soviet spy agency. Dragosani is an avid pupil, eager to plumb the depthless evil of the vampire's mind. Ferenczy teaches Dragosani the awful skills of the necromancer, gives him the ability to rip secrets from the mind and bodies of the dead.
Dragosani works not for Ferenczy's freedom but world domination. He will rule the world with knowledge raped from the dead.
His only opponent: Harry Koegh, champion of the dead and the living.
To protect Harry, the dead will do anything--even rise from their graves!
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| Original Title: | Necroscope |
| ISBN: | 031285787X (ISBN13: 9780312857875) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Necroscope #1 |
| Characters: | Harry Keogh, Faethor Ferenczy, Thibor Ferenczy, Boris Dragosani, Max Batu |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) Moscow,1971(Russian Federation) Wallachia,1972(Romania) …more County Durham, England(United Kingdom) Pitești,1975(Romania) Titu,1975(Romania) Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland,1976 Leipzig(Germany) Endor …less |
| Literary Awards: | British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987) |
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Ratings: 4 From 18438 Users | 663 ReviewsWrite-Up Out Of Books Necroscope (Necroscope #1)
It seems like Ive had Necroscope and some of its sequels on my bookshelves forever. I think my early twenties I tried reading one of them and got bored in the first chapter so didnt get back to it. Thanks for a group read at Horror Aficionados group, I finally dug in, stuck with it, and soon became absorbed.It still takes a mighty long time to take off, but its just a slower style, a long tome that promises interest but divides its action sequences randomly. When fight is present, it stands outTheres a lot going on in this one. It is much more than the standard blood sucker tale that I thought it was going to be. Brian Lumley pens a unique take on the vampire mythos and adds some very cool paranormal esponiage elements as well. His characterizations were very well drawn and while the pacing is slow at times, it never disengaged me from the storyline. It had a real old school horror feeling throughout. Excellent. 4+ Stars.
4.0 to 4.5 stars. I just finished re-reading this book and had forgotten just how much fun it was. Harry Keogh is an absolutely fantastic character and his powers (i.e., the powers of the Necroscope) are original and very cool. This is a book that I have not heard come up very often in discussions of really great series and I think that is a shame. This is extremely well written and very engaging. Highly recommended. Most recently read: August 10, 2009.
Gosh, what an exciting read. Set in the times of cold war (1976) you see the development of two different characters, Harry Keogh (west) and Boris Dragosani (east) with all the ingredients of a spectacular spy story. Keogh has the talent of speaking with the dead (necroscope) and Dragosani is a necromancer. Who will win at the end? Dragosani often travels to Romania to meet a long buried evil there. It is the real myth behind Dracula (incredibly compelling background story) he encounters.
Still holding his victim, now the necromancer crouched down into himself and his jaws opened wide. Needle teeth dripped slime and something moved in his gaping mouth which wasnt quite a tongue. His nose seemed to flatten to his face and grew ridged, like the convoluted snout of a bat, and one scarlet eye bulged hideously while the other narrowed to a mere slit. Harry stared directly into hell and couldnt look away.Harry Keough can talk to the dead. He discovers something very fascinating: though
I truly loved reading this one. Really got into the plot and characters; barely did anything else for most of 2 days. This is an another author new to me that I'm going to have to explore, and deeply. Why if I had next book in the series in hand, I'd be reading it immediately! Great SF adventure. Complete page-turner. I'm definitely a Lumley fan now. The beginning was a bit cool and drowsy but once the leading man was introduced, about 100 pages in, the books plotting got pacey and thrilling.
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