Customer Reviews

Necroscope: Deadspeak No. 4 (Necroscope Series)

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I am a devoted reader of Brian Lumley's works, but I found this book to be difficult to read. The plot is fairly obvious from the start and fails to develop very much until very close to the end, when it picks up the pace and more closely resembles some of Lumley's other books in terms of horror and suspense. I found myself forcing myself to read it, as if it were a chore, simply because I found all the Necroscope books before it to be fantastic and wanted to move on to the next volume in the Necroscope series. Of all the Necroscope books written to date, I found this one to be the weakest link in the series. Despite its slow plot developments, however, I recommend reading this book, if only to better understand the underlying plot of Deadspawn, which is a fantastic book. If you find this work to be a bit of a disappointment, you are not alone, but you'll be glad you read it once you begin the book that follows.

Great story. Hum....come to think of it, I've read this somewhere else before? Oh yeah, it's the exact same premise as H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward" from 1941. If Lovecraft was still around he might even hire a copyright lawyer for this one. I strongly recommend anyone who has read this book to seek out Lovecraft's story; I even "more" strongly recommend reading Lovecraft first.
Anyway, despite the fact Lumley converted Lovecraft's tale into one of his "Necroscope" novels, I'll forgive him for the unoriginal idea, because this maybe one of the best books of the series. The read is easy and very fast paced. Character development as always is excellent. There is "plenty o' mean & evil" throughout.
Definitely read the Lovecraft story though....

What can I say? I love horror books and Vampires are my favorite creatures. I usually like stories from the Vampire point of view like in Anne Rice novel and mostly stood clear of the Vampire Hunter stuff. I picked up the first Necroscope book because of the skull on the cover, I'm glad I did! I was totally sucked into the world of the Necroscope, the vampires and the ESP agents. The series is so well written and each character so original to the point where you can't help but want to read more.

Unlike Anne Rice's VC which has dragged down to ... over the years Brian Lumley's series continues to get better and better and the characters more and more interesting, not to mention his Vampires are so original and sinister, they take no ... from anyone. There is really nothing I can say but read the series, all of it (which I'm in the middle of doing right now) you will not be disppointed! So if you're sick of feeling like you're being pumped out of your money by vampire authors who don't care what they put paper then buy this book and restore your faith
in the genre.

This book #4 of Necroscope is by far one of the best in the series of necroscope novels. Possitvely riveting from begining to end.Blazzing with electricity. The key vampire in this novel is unusually dark. Of course, there all Dark. This book was a fast read for me (someone who's not an avid reader).I blew through this novel. It was gluded to my hand. Anybody who likes thrill rides and horror movies is going to love this book. However; I do not reccomend you read it without reading the first four. you'll be completely lost! Trust me. Forget everything you thought you ever knew about vampires! Brian Lumley will set you striaght.When you finish this read,be sure to read all the rest!

WOW, that's all that I can say. What a great book this one turned out to be also. Lumley has me hooked with this series through and through. If anyone is looking for a great series, start with this one, but of course start with the first one "Necroscope" Well, I must go now to the store and buy the next. Adieu!

Main thing I need to say is that I got the first book to kill time on a road trip. That was 2 weeks and 4 books ago.Brian Lumley is replacing Ann Rice view on the Vampire for me and my friends! Read this series, a true must read!!Necroscope

I bought this series before, many years ago, but lost the books. After re-purchasing the books and reading, Brian Lumly needs to find a way to bring this to the big screen!

It's that good!

What made this story such a good one is that the main character, Harry, finally meets a true challenge. Throughout the series he's attained a level of power that just isn't easily matched. In this story, Harry has lost his ability to speak to the dead and has become innumerate. Unable to communicate with the dead or travel the Mobius he finds himself almost normal and very vulnerable when an vampire rises.
Good characters with real vulnerability make great characters and this story doesn't disappoint. Compramises are made that Harry will have to live with later. While I really wanted to the series to pick up from the alternate world in The Source, I did enjoy the story laid out here.
I really feel that this is the second best in the series, the best being The Source.

FABULOUS SERIES CONTINUES WITH THIS INSTALLMENT.LUMLEY'S NECROSCOPE SERIES IS ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME VAMPIRE SERIES.LOTS OF ACTION,HORROR AND GREAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT MAKE THIS ONE OF MY FAVES.I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE THIS PUT ON THE SCREEN WITHOUT SOMEONE MESSING IT UP.

I thought this book was very good...Every story Lumley has, brings you in and keeps you in his world of the Vamphyri... The story moves slow at times, but the action that comes keeps you reading long into the night!!!!