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Necroscope IV: Deadspeak (Necroscope #4)
by
Brian Lumley
A new vampire stalks the earth, and only Harry Keogh can defeat him!
The silence of the grave is not silent at all. In their millions, the dead are screaming...but no one can hear them!
Atop a perilous cliff, deep in the Balkan mountains, rises the castle of the Ferenczy. Once it was a stronghold of the Vamphyri...and now it will be so again, for Janos Ferenczy, vampire and...more
The silence of the grave is not silent at all. In their millions, the dead are screaming...but no one can hear them!
Atop a perilous cliff, deep in the Balkan mountains, rises the castle of the Ferenczy. Once it was a stronghold of the Vamphyri...and now it will be so again, for Janos Ferenczy, vampire and...more
Paperback, 496 pages
Published
November 15th 1992
by Tor Books
(first published January 1st 1990)
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By Brian Lumley, published in 1990.
In Necroscope IV: Deadspeak, the fourth Necroscope novel by Brian Lumley, something in Romania is stirring again. Ashes to ashes, dust to demon . . .
But Harry Koegh, the Necroscope, has been stripped of his powers and is pretty much useless in the battle which is to come. It is a battle he will need to win, but how?
The last of the Wamphyri - Lumley's version of uber-vampires - is thought to have been burned from the world of men, but that is not altogether true...more
In Necroscope IV: Deadspeak, the fourth Necroscope novel by Brian Lumley, something in Romania is stirring again. Ashes to ashes, dust to demon . . .
But Harry Koegh, the Necroscope, has been stripped of his powers and is pretty much useless in the battle which is to come. It is a battle he will need to win, but how?
The last of the Wamphyri - Lumley's version of uber-vampires - is thought to have been burned from the world of men, but that is not altogether true...more
It's been a while that Harry's powers have been dormant. The new head of E-Branch (really a Russian spy) sets up Sandra to keep tabs on him, She becomes Harry's girlfriend in the process. During this dormant time, Harry has his mind overtaken by the dead while he sleeps. These increasingly horrific dreams start to show a sign of reason for him and he figures out that the dead are sending him a message to go to the Mediterranean Sea are and track down vampires. Sandra's intentions are revealed af...more
Maybe it's just me, but 'chillers' stopped chilling me and 'thrillers' stopped thrilling me a long, long time ago. It'd been a good long while since I picked up a book which fell into either category, when I got my hands on this one. The cover is suitably disturbing and well-done. The same cannot be said of the contents. I can only say that this book displays about the same level of plot ingenuity as a 1960's pulp comic. Which is not that surprising, since this is after all the fourth book of a...more
Brutal and creepy -
Very good series! Imagine any knowledge that you needed at the ready for your asking. Enter Harry. Very well designed story, with a main character that is easily identified with, Harry Koegh. The imagination that came up with these characters must have experienced some truly awful things. Lumley, being an ex SAS officer, surely did.
The vampires in this series are not nice. They are not warm and fuzzy. They're not cute (well, the women can be) and they know one primal rule: A...more
Very good series! Imagine any knowledge that you needed at the ready for your asking. Enter Harry. Very well designed story, with a main character that is easily identified with, Harry Koegh. The imagination that came up with these characters must have experienced some truly awful things. Lumley, being an ex SAS officer, surely did.
The vampires in this series are not nice. They are not warm and fuzzy. They're not cute (well, the women can be) and they know one primal rule: A...more
Deadspeak returns the story back to Earth after the previous book; The Source,took us to the alien world from where the Wamphyri originate.
The book introduces a new threat rising in the Romanian mountains; Janos Ferenczy. Not as sensational as the previous book or as sci-fi; Deadspeak returns to the formula of the first two books and follows the building up of a final conflict between two creatures with extraordinary powers.
Brain Lumley places the story in four different locations; The U.k, Ro...more
The book introduces a new threat rising in the Romanian mountains; Janos Ferenczy. Not as sensational as the previous book or as sci-fi; Deadspeak returns to the formula of the first two books and follows the building up of a final conflict between two creatures with extraordinary powers.
Brain Lumley places the story in four different locations; The U.k, Ro...more
Well , back to the excellent Brian Lumley & his "Necroscope" series ; at the start of this book , Harry Keogh is an ex-necroscope , his powers having been taken from him by his son (who is Wamphyri) about 4 years ago. At the same time E-Branch are looking into a case of drug smuggling in the Greek islands , & a Mr Lazaridis is finding archaeological treasures so easily-almost as if he knows exactly where to look....
So , there's a new vampire in town (or in Romania to be exact) & to f...more
So , there's a new vampire in town (or in Romania to be exact) & to f...more
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For me, book four of the Necroscope series is not only a return to the form of the first book, but may actually be an improvement. It is my favourite in the series, for certain.
The villain in this piece fascinates me more than most and the settings are amazing, leading to two or three scenes that stayed with me long after I finished the book.
Book 4 will make you desperate to read book 5!
The villain in this piece fascinates me more than most and the settings are amazing, leading to two or three scenes that stayed with me long after I finished the book.
Book 4 will make you desperate to read book 5!
Yet another good book... It was so very sad that through most of it Harry wasn't able to use deadspeak nor the mobius continuim... On to the next one... I cant wait til Icome to the point where I had left off many years ago. One nice thing though is that I don't remember much from before. It only just seems familiar... I keep waiting for certain things to happen, which haven't yet, so I know I amnot quite there.
I enjoyed this Fourth entry in the Necroscope series more than any of the others.
While in the past I've felt as if I had to slog through parts of this series, this book was crisp, clear, and I kept flipping the pages.
It's more of Harry vs Vampire, but this time the Vampire is Greek. I was a bit disappointed it didn't go into more "Romanian Vampires suck blood like this, but Greek Vampires suck blood like," but we got to see more Traveling People which is always cool.
This book felt like a strea...more
While in the past I've felt as if I had to slog through parts of this series, this book was crisp, clear, and I kept flipping the pages.
It's more of Harry vs Vampire, but this time the Vampire is Greek. I was a bit disappointed it didn't go into more "Romanian Vampires suck blood like this, but Greek Vampires suck blood like," but we got to see more Traveling People which is always cool.
This book felt like a strea...more
Book 4 in the Necroscope series! These books have it all paranormal stuff, paralleled dimensions, time travel, vampires, espionage, aliens... the list goes on and on!
Yes, this one was like reading a Necroscope book crossed with Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, but I really enjoyed it. Damn, I love this series.
I hated this book. A friend of mine traded the first 4 or 5 books of this series for my art history books. I think he got the better books.
the series started out very interesting, but by the fourth book, i couldn't continue. just too wierd.
You can sense the steam running out in this volume.
Creepy to the max..but a guilty pleasure :)
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brilliant
Another great installment of the Necroscope series. The whole vampire genre has been hashed and rehashed to death, but Lumely's legends are so original that this saga stays fresh through each novel. Add in all the other supernatural aspects he throws in and you never know what to expect around the corner.
The characters remain rather wooden throughout, but amazingly this does nothing to take away from a really fun reading experience.
The characters remain rather wooden throughout, but amazingly this does nothing to take away from a really fun reading experience.
A worthy addition to the series, if a bit archaic - how was he supposed to know about the tech revolution?
The weakest of the first 5 books in the series, but you must read it if you liked any of the others and plan to read the 5th! This was actually the first book I read in the Necroscope series and it turned me own to reading all the others (some 14 books now...) - so while I don't rate it very high, it's still a good entertainment read as well as a significant impact on the rest of the books of the whole series.
So my buddy in college came to me with the first book in this series demanding that I read it. I told him I wasn't into Vampires. He insisted, demanded! So I read it and it with it's following books was one of the great adventures I have been on while reading. I loved these books. You learn so much about Vampires and their history (according to the author of course :) and the hero feels like a good friend.
Lumley carried the insanity over from Book 3 into this one very well. Starts off slow at the very beginning, but picks up quickly.
This one takes the whole Deadspeak concept to another level. A few reaches but that's OK.
Great ending to this chapter of the series with a slight hint at thing(s) to come. Looking forward to book #5 in the series.
This one takes the whole Deadspeak concept to another level. A few reaches but that's OK.
Great ending to this chapter of the series with a slight hint at thing(s) to come. Looking forward to book #5 in the series.
Much better than The Source. This one felt a lot more fast-moving, and I enjoyed it much more.
May 01, 2007
Coy
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Recommends it for:
Sci-Fi/Vampire Buffs
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If you get this far in the series then there is no turning back. This book starts out a little slow but heats up once Harry starts to figure things out. Janus was one of the best vampire villians that Lumley had yet devised. The ending is insane. Just not as good as the Source but still a good easy read.
It's been a while since I read the Necroscope books which are a riveting blend of horror and espionage thriller. I liked the way the dead find ways to help Harry regain his powers in time to defeat the vampire Janos.
4th in the series and it just keeps getting better and better!
This one may have actually still been interesting- though the series has its drawbacks- starting with keeping Harry as the main character.
Starting here Lumley began to falter a little, I don't know exactly what it is, but it just didn't KILL as much as the first 3 books.
it probably helped me that i was actually in the balkins when i was reading this series(which takes place there)
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Brian Lumley was born near Newcastle. In 22 years as a Military Policeman he served in many of the Cold War hotspots, including Berlin, as well as Cyprus in partition days. He reached the rank of Sergeant-Major before retiring to Devon to write full-time, and his work was first published in 1970. The vampire series, 'Necroscope', has been translated into ten languages and sold over a million copie...more
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