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Books : Horror : Authors : Authors, A-Z : H : Holder, Nancy
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Buffy has been a TV and publishing phenomenon with countless official and not so official books appearing to cash in the hippest TV series for years. For those who don't know, Buffy Summers is a 16-year-old Californian girl who has been chosen for the awful task of slaying the undead with an array of weapons, a few handy martial arts moves and a killer dress sense. Not only does she have to cope with the armies of vampires that have set up camp in her home town of Sunnydale but there is also the small problem of being a teenager to get to grips with too. The Sunnydale High School Yearbook is a nice, fun addition to the Buffy universe, presenting lots of in joke material in the form of Buffy's High School Yearbook, complete with little handwritten notes from her best friends and lots of reminders about people, places and events that have been part of her vampire-slaying high school years.For newcomers to the show, a lot of the material is simply too ingrained in backstory to make much sense, but for those devoted to all things Buffy, it will make a great addition to their bookshelf. The photos are great and authors Golden and Holder have put so much enthusiasm and care into the book that you can't help but devour it. More than simply a cash in, this is a worthy and well thought out Buffy tie-in book. --Joanne Wells
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The Burning is the action-packed first volume of the "Unseen" trilogy. It's also the first crossover novel linking "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel". Buffy, Angel and their friends become involved with several apparently separate problems involving black magic, runaway teenagers, street gangs and police corruption. In Sunnydale, Nicky de la Natividad, the brother of a friend of Willows, has become involved with a powerful gang, the Latin Cobras. He invokes ancient Aztec magic to render himself invulnerable to harm, but his meddling unleashes dangerous forces. In order to fight them Buffy and Willow travel to LA, where Buffy is not looking forward to encroaching on Angel's turf. Meanwhile, Angel is called in to investigate the case of Rojelio Flores, who has been wrongfully arrested for murder. Both the jail and Rojelio's home appear to be possessed, with objects flying around by themselves. While Angel is trying to protect the Flores family, Cordelia meets a group of runaway girls who want to become vampires. The book ends with Buffy and Angel arguing as they face danger together, nicely set up for volume two: Door to Alternity. There's a lot going on, and as yet very few answers, but Nancy Holder and Jeff Mariotte are both veterans of the Buffyverse, and the reader is free to enjoy the ride, confident that everything will come clear by the end of volume three, Long Way Home. If the other two volumes match this one, it will be an exhilarating experience. --Elizabeth Sourbut
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Door to Alternity is volume two of the "Unseen" trilogy of Buffy/Angel crossover novels. It's filled with demons, monsters and magic, but also with more human violence than is usual in these stories, with an all-out shooting war between Mexican and Russian gangs in LA and Sunnydale. At the end of volume one, The Burning, Buffy and Angel saw a man disappear into a strange shimmering golden circle which then vanished and now similar circles are appearing in Sunnydale, disgorging monsters of every description. Buffy and Riley are kept busy fighting them, helped by Spike, who still can't hurt humans and is delighted to have something he can hit. Meanwhile, in LA, more teenagers are vanishing, apparently into thin air. The background story takes us to the USSR in 1971 where scientists were experimenting with a "Reality Tracer" designed to make contact with alternate realities, looking for worlds where communism has triumphed. When the Soviet Union collapsed, some of the scientists brought their machine to LA, where they hooked up with the Russian mafia who are currently fighting a turf war with Mexican gangs. But the portals created by this machine aren't working exactly as they should. In amongst the action, the authors still find time for the familiar bickering between the regulars--Cordelia's Wesley-baiting and Anya's general tactlessness are particularly enjoyable, and it's good to see Tara included in the Scooby Gang. This is a very good second volume and sets the stage for what should be an explosive finale in volume three: Long Way Home --Elizabeth Sourbut
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Angel, the vampire with a soul, is on the Endangered Species list in this full length original novel, based on the hit TV show. The vamp and his team from Angel Investigations find themselves tracking down the missing vampire wife of a big game hunter. He had been working to cure her affliction, but it soon becomes apparent that his motives are a lot more dangerous. He wants to rid the entire world of the undead, even those, like Angel, with a soul. But Wolfram and Hart, the law firm with a sideline in all things supernatural, also have a stake in the proceedings and are determined to make sure events go in their favour.Fans of the TV show, a spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will find much to like about this fun and fast paced adventure (which includes an appearance from the fan favourite rogue slayer Faith). Both authors are long time Buffy/Angel writers and have penned previous adventures for both characters. There's plenty of slam-bang action and, most importantly, they have pretty much nailed the characteristic witty dialogue of the TV show. Unfortunately, not being hampered by the show's budgetary and time constraints means the story meanders around far too much at times, and it often feels like any old supernatural story with the characters slotted in. There's too much pointless exposition about events from the TV show, just to ensure it remains grounded in the Angel universe, and the writing is most often serviceable at best. Fans of the show will love sinking their teeth into this adventure, but others may find it bites off more than it can chew. --Jon Snow
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Readers expecting something special from this first hardback Buffy novel won't be disappointed. The regular pairing of Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder has produced an excellent story that pits Buffy against an immortal vampire.Whenever she is staked, Veronique's personality returns in the body of the next vampire to rise in her vicinity. This immortality is a gift from the Triumvirate, a powerful evil created from the joining of three lesser demons. Veronique has spent centuries trying to bring them into this world, and now she has almost succeeded. Her arrival in Sunnydale triggers a spate of deaths, disappearances and grave robbings as she prepares for the final ritual.
As if this is not enough for Buffy to contend with, her mother is seriously ill, and faces an operation. Angel tries to support her, but his own eternal youth seems to mock her as she faces up not only to the possibility of losing her mother but also to her heightened awareness of the short life expectancy of Slayers. The juxtaposition of these two storylines creates an effective emotional resonance that gives this scary, and in places gruesome, novel depth as well as excitement. --Liz Sourbut
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The third Buffy the Vampire Slayer hardback novel, The Book of Fours, is an adult horror novel, an action-packed adventure spanning several centuries and continents. It's set during season three of the series; floods and hurricanes are wreaking havoc in Sunnydale, while a major forest fire rages nearby. When earthquakes begin to hit, Giles realises that all four of the primal elements--earth, air, fire and water--are involved. Willow and Buffy both dream of previous Slayers, who warn that the Gatherer, an ancient entity that feeds on souls, and has a special taste for Slayers, is on the way to Sunnydale. Each Slayer is associated with one of the elements--Faith is fire and Buffy is air ("No airhead jokes," says Buffy), Kendra was Earth, and Buffy's immediate predecessor, India Cohen, was water. Together, the combined power of the two living and two dead Slayers may be able to stop the Gatherer. Nancy Holder's complex tale of unfolding evil spans the centuries: from the Arabian desert of AD 1200, to the Watchers' Council headquarters in London, to modern Jamaica where Kendra's Watcher reminisces about her battles with a voodoo master, then back to Sunnydale as the Gatherer's consort, the almost immortal Cecile Lafitte, prepares for the final ritual that will allow it to walk the Earth. All the plot-lines draw together into a major finale that is a fitting climax to the story. This is a strong entry in the series from the now seasoned pen of Nancy Holder. --Elizabeth Sourbut
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Readers expecting something special from this first hardback Buffy novel won't be disappointed. The regular pairing of Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder has produced an excellent story that pits Buffy against an immortal vampire.Whenever she is staked, Veronique's personality returns in the body of the next vampire to rise in her vicinity. This immortality is a gift from the Triumvirate, a powerful evil created from the joining of three lesser demons. Veronique has spent centuries trying to bring them into this world, and now she has almost succeeded. Her arrival in Sunnydale triggers a spate of deaths, disappearances and grave robbings as she prepares for the final ritual.
As if this is not enough for Buffy to contend with, her mother is seriously ill, and faces an operation. Angel tries to support her, but his own eternal youth seems to mock her as she faces up not only to the possibility of losing her mother but also to her heightened awareness of the short life expectancy of Slayers. The juxtaposition of these two storylines creates an effective emotional resonance that gives this scary, and in places gruesome, novel depth as well as excitement. --Liz Sourbut
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Readers expecting something special from this first hardback Buffy novel won't be disappointed. The regular pairing of Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder has produced an excellent story that pits Buffy against an immortal vampire.Whenever she is staked, Veronique's personality returns in the body of the next vampire to rise in her vicinity. This immortality is a gift from the Triumvirate, a powerful evil created from the joining of three lesser demons. Veronique has spent centuries trying to bring them into this world, and now she has almost succeeded. Her arrival in Sunnydale triggers a spate of deaths, disappearances and grave robbings as she prepares for the final ritual.
As if this is not enough for Buffy to contend with, her mother is seriously ill, and faces an operation. Angel tries to support her, but his own eternal youth seems to mock her as she faces up not only to the possibility of losing her mother but also to her heightened awareness of the short life expectancy of Slayers. The juxtaposition of these two storylines creates an effective emotional resonance that gives this scary, and in places gruesome, novel depth as well as excitement. --Liz Sourbut