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Picture Harry's confusion, then, on returning home via the Mobius Continuum from an adventure in Las Vegas, as he witnesses however briefly a flailing figure hurtling conscious but uncontrolled through the endless midnight of the Continuum. Who could this be - how can it be? Moreover, if he hasn't arrived here voluntarily, then what vile murderer has sent his victim on this monstrous journey to the end of life itself?
For Harry is sure that this is neither his son's nor Professor Mobius' doing. Who and where is he, this Mobius murderer? It is a mystery that only the Necroscope can ever hope to solve - but at what risk to his own life? As a boy, William Bellman commits one small cruel act that appears to have unforeseen and terrible consequences. The killing of a rook with his catapult is soon forgotten amidst the riot of boyhood games.
And by the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, he seems indeed, to be a man blessed by fortune. Until tragedy strikes, and the stranger in black comes, and William Bellman starts to wonder if all his happiness is about to be eclipsed. Desperate to save the one precious thing he has left, he enters into a bargain.
A rather strange bargain, with an even stranger partner, to found a decidedly macabre business. It seems Jake's got a hitchhiker in his mind, a dead vampire named Korath. Malinari escaped and went to ground with the hideously beautiful Lady Vavara. Vavara has taken over a holy monastery on a beautiful Greek island and turned the nuns into most unholy creatures of fearsome appetites for all things carnal. But Jake wants revenge against the Italian mobsters who killed the woman he loved. As far as he's concerned, E-Branch can search for Malinari, Vavara, and the metamorphic Lord Szwart without him until he's satisfied his own bloodlust.
But it seems vampire-hunting is truly Jake's job now - the men he's trying to kill aren't men at all but vampires hidden for two generations in human guise! To defeat them, Jake will need every weapon in Necroscope's arsenal, including the power to call the unsleeping dead out of their mouldering graves They're on the run! Now that their monstrous vampire 'gardens' under London, in Australia, and on the Greek island of Krassos have been razed, two 'Lords' and a 'Lady' of the Wamphyri Malinari the Mind, Lord Szwart, and the hag Vavara have joined forces, leaving a trail of undead destruction as they flee headlong from Ben Trask's E-Branch and the dead-waking Necroscope, Jake Cutter.
But headstrong Jake has problems of his own.
In the metaphysical Mobius Continuum, it appears that his blue life-thread - the emblem of his humanity - is gradually fading, changing to red. And not only red but blood red, dreaded insignia of the Great Vampire! Could this be the downside of Harry Keogh's legacy?
And if so, are Necroscope and Trask's ESP-talented Avengers - his team of precogs, telepaths, and locators - hastening in pursuit of their own hideous doom? Earth's fate is undecided, mankind's destiny on hold, the future a page as yet unwritten. And the future was ever a devious thing High tide in a sea of blood! And for Harry Keogh, Necroscope, the tide has finally turned.
Always the champion of the living and the dead alike, now Harry is shunned by all men. Always a hunter of the evil that stalks the night, now he in turn is hunted. Always the hero, now he is the plague-bearer, the menace - the monster! But yet his greatest battle will be with himself, with the Thing Inside. For the Necroscope is now a vampire.
Forsaken by the teeming dead pursued by the espers of E-Branch, Harry has a choice: Three months since the dead reanimated. Survivors are few and far between now, and those who remain stick together to give themselves the best possible chance of continuing to stay alive. They are the last of the living.
A band of refugees has taken shelter in a medieval castle - a fortress that has stood strong for hundreds of years. Besieged by the dead, they only emerge when it's absolutely necessary. Not much of a read and a bit boring for my liking. I bought them purely for the collection.
You wont miss anything important if you don't read them. Now the enthralling story of what the Necroscope believes happened during that time - and of what did happen - can be told. Punished by Shaitan the Unborn for taking sides against him in the first bloodwars, several great Lords of the Wamphyri were banished through the 'Gate' on Starside - to Earth!
Among these expelled Lords was the dog-Lord Radu Lykan, whose vampire leech was inherited from a wolf. So Radu is not only Wamphyri: And it is he who, after centuries of suspended animation, is now on a collision course with none other than Harry Keogh Book II They came between Wamphyri! From the Necroscope Harry Keogh's point of view, the missing years were empty, dead - or perhaps undead? Under mental restrictions imposed by E-Branch, beguiled by Bonnie Jean Mirlu, a fledgling Lady of the Wamphyri, Harry is a man of two minds, a split personality.
But more than this - as a man revitalized in another man's body - he is the classic schizophrenic. On the other hand, Radu Lykan is a man - or a monster - of two worlds. An original Lord of the Wamphyri, from Starside in an alien vampire world, Radu has lain preserved in resin in a state of suspended animation in his high Cairngorms lair for six-hundred years!
Now the time of his return is at hand.
The bloodsuckers know that the Necroscope is their deadliest enemy and will do anything to destroy him. Explore the Home Gift Guide. To ask other readers questions about Necroscope , please sign up. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Right now, Harry Keogh doesn't even know he's the Necroscope. I found it very interesting, though at first it took me a little while to really get into the stories of vampires I had not previously heard of in this series. Harry Keogh is a very strange character with morbid supernatural powers that allow him to speak to the dead.
Except - - The dog-Lord has dreamed of a 'Man With Two faces' who will be there in the hour of his resurgence. Harry Keogh is that man, in whom Radu will rise up again, resurrected! Problem enough for the Necroscope, without that other vampire survivors - the last Drakul, and the Ferenczys - are also after his blood Dec 28, Andy Strutt rated it really liked it.
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.
Oct 23, Julian rated it liked it. Hidden within this long tome is a brilliant novel. I've never read a novel where the characters spent so much time sitting around thinking!
Lots of thinking in this novel, and less actual doing. That aside, I loved the book. I've read this book just after reading book 3 The Source. I'm blown away by the history and new vampire characters Lumley has introduced into the story.
He almost has an unlimited number of book Hidden within this long tome is a brilliant novel. He almost has an unlimited number of books he's capable of writing. Really enjoyed seeing Harry in the opening chapters stopping the terrorist in London. The chapter toward the end of the book that outlined the lineage of all the vampire families will be a helpful reference moving forward.
I did think Harry was incredibly naive surrounding everything with Bonnie Jean. I think Harry would have seen through her tricks. I think Lumley dumbed down Harry in this book. Also, we were introduced to the Chinese version of "E-branch" and the final Dracul vampire. And of course the Ferenczy's aren't dead yet. So Faethor had a brother he didn't even know about, who's son carried out his execution with the German bombing.
Can't wait to see what happens next! May 01, S. Having been a fan of the original 5 book Necroscope series, I was truly disappointed with this. The World According to Anna. The Unfinished Novel and Other stories. From the Place in the Valley Deep in the Forest. More books by Brian Lumley. Find a book you'll love, get our newsletter name email. YES I have read and consent to Hachette Australia using my personal information or data as set out in its Privacy Policy and I understand I have the right to withdraw my consent at any time.