Necroscope V: Deadspawn
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4.8 • 21 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Necroscope V: Deadspawn is the fifth spine-tingling volume in Lumley's exciting vampire series and marks a turning point in the life and career of Harry Keogh, the original Necroscope.
After the harrowing confrontations in Deadspeak, Harry regains his necroscopic abilities, once again bridging the realms of the living and the dead through the remarkable mathematics of the Möbius Continuum. Interacting with the departed and relaying their messages to the living is Harry's unique skill, but his pact with Faethor Ferenczy, the forefather of the vampires, leaves him with a tormenting dilemma.
A vampire sprouts within the depths of Harry's consciousness, potentially morphing into a supreme Wamphyri, the most powerful of all vampires with sinister twists on the Necroscope's psychic abilities. The unfolding vampire threat within him drastically shortens Harry's earthly existence, but before his time is up, one more challenge awaits him.
Only Harry can bring justice to the victims of a monstrous serial killer and necromancer. A race against time and an internal monster begins as Harry fights the vampire spawn within him to fulfill his mission.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The prose equivalent of a graphic novel, British horror mainstay Lumley's latest entry in his enduring Necroscope series (Blood Brothers, etc.) will dazzle some and weary others with its nonstop weird action. Here series hero Harry Keogh, a Necroscope (the only one in the world) who can speak with the dead, faces two major tasks tracking down a particularly vicious serial killer and uprooting a vampire within himself. Besides confronting a host of vampires, murderers and gypsies, Harry finds time to enjoy a few relatively quiet moments, like playing mathematical games with Pythagoras. While Lumley's popularity may be inexplicable to some, his long, messy, convoluted supernatural adventure thrillers put him firmly in the tradition of such classic Gothic authors as Ann Radcliffe, Charles Maturin and Gregory "Monk" Lewis. FYI: This novel, like many other Lumley titles, was first published by small-press editor W. Paul Ganley. Both Lumley and Ganley were guests of honor at this year's World Fantasy Convention, held Halloween weekend in Washington, D.C.
