false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170652860m/66655.jpg 66655 18 <div>Except to Harry Keogh, Necroscope. And what they tell him is horrifying.<br><br>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.<br><br>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. <br><br>Dragosani works not for Ferenczy's freedom but world domination. he will rule the world with knowledge raped from the dead.<br><br>His only opponent: Harry Koegh, champion of the dead and the living.<br><br>To protect Harry, the dead will do anything--even rise from their graves!<br></div> 1888272 1986 Necroscope (Necroscope, Book 1) total:809|5:283|4:298|3:169|2:43|1:16| 809 3216 1101 75 2 0 false false Sun Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Jun 21 10:41:51 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 10:43:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 09:18:29 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 19:37:31 -0700 2009
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Finished Necroscope 1 on the bus ride home today, and I just got back from Borders with books 2 and 3.

It's a good thing that I previously knew Lumley as an author of Lovecraftian and literary horror, though, because the covers for these Necroscope books are abou...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Jul 08 06:14:03 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 06:42:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 1987 Fri Aug 28 09:54:41 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 10:10:58 -0700 2009
Lumley's Necroscope series is creative and blends European folklore, S/F, fantasy, espionage, chatting with the dead, war & battles, geography & travel, current times, lust and vengeance into stunningly visual, gripping books.

About the w...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 03 09:53:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 05 07:48:38 -0700 2008 I struck gold when I started reading.
I recommend this to anyone who likes the Cold War, vampires, time-travel, and talking to famous dead people who keep making ideas in the afterlife.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 27 07:33:09 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 07:40:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Feb 12 08:34:33 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 08:34:33 -0800 2008
As the book opens, the soon-to-be head of Britain's E-Branch (E for ESP) is in his office, and gets a visit from some kind of "ethereal" being. The vis...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 26 10:40:57 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 10:49:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 21 08:51:38 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 08:56:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 26 15:23:42 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 05 01:49:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Fri Jun 19 13:01:17 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 13:12:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 12:32:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 12:35:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 31 11:57:20 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 11:59:34 -0800 2008
Wonderful novel. The first five in the series are some of the bes...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 13:59:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:36:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 05 11:14:47 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 08:25:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 22 20:04:26 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 20:59:14 -0700 2007
Character development could have / should have been a lot better - especially for a multi-series books. I had a difficult time picturing what each character looks like...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 29 14:37:21 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 14:38:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 26 20:38:05 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 20:40:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:09:48 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 00:11:48 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=66655