Lord Winterborne's Fantasy

Although the five-book Necroscope series is marketed within the horror genre, Brian Lumley manages to infuse both science-fiction and fantasy-adventure into his work. This is what makes it so great.

Now for everyone who has read some Stephen King, let me say The Lumster makes him look like a bit of a pussy. Yes thats right, if Brian Lumley and Stephen King had a battle of wills Stephen King would become a broken, disturbed husk of a man (any unstable fans of King can bite me).

Lord Winterborne doesnt often read horror. It's not that he gets scared or anything, its just not his thing, all right! Necroscope however, sucked him right down into its gaping maw

And now he does get scared.

Harry Keogh has inherited something of the psychic skills of his mother, which, in him, have evolved to new heights. He is a Necroscope, meaning he can talk to the dead but directly!

In Harry, they have a friend, for the dead are terribly lonely; he listens to and utilizes their ideas and thoughts, and he brings them into communication with each other.

But there are monsters, vampires out there who have no such respect for the dead. From them not even the dead are safe. These creatures themselves are undead, and only the sword, the stake and fire can stop them as it always has been.

In the land of the living, top-secret government agencies are gaining prominence. Each of the major world powers have their own espionage branches. But none have developed quite so well as the paranormal agencies in Britain and the USSR.
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When Harry Keoghs para-psychological abilities are detected, he is recruited into Britains ESP division. There he joins a motley group of telepaths, locators, harm-deflectors, and other gifted characters, but none have the power of the Necroscope.

In fact Harry is alone in his power, and the Soviets don't like it. But they have their own member who can communicate with the dead, Boris Dragosani, a necromancer who can torture the very secrets from his victims flesh, out of the fluids of their brains and the stink of their innards.

This necromancer is held under the sway of an old thing buried centuries in the earth. Soon Boris Dragosani will become Wamphyri, a vampire.

And the Wamphyri must be stopped at all costs, lest they sweep across the Earth like a plague. Harry Keogh is just the man for the job. Harry and his legions of dead friends.

This sounds a bit Anne Rice, I know, but its not at all like that. The Vampire, according to Brian Lumley, is a very realistic and plausible, parasitic organism. This alien parasite creates a symbiotic relationship with its host who then becomes extremely powerful and, of course, undead.

I love the idea of paranormal government agencies, and espionage. I love the idea that Harry Keogh as necroscope can discover the secrets of time-travel from the German mathematician Mobius, or have his mom nag him from her grave.

Throughout the series Brian Lumley takes us back through history to the birth of the vampire myth, and across space and time to introduce dark, new worlds. His writing style is unique, but this is definitely the work of a master storyteller.

Great action, interesting characters, unique concepts its all good. Theres no doubt Brian The Lumster Lumley is a very scary man.

And how do we know this? Because the Lord Winterborne said so.

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