Necroscope: The Lost Years [Hardcover]

Brian Lumley (Author)

Book Description

Series: The lost years | Publication Date: November 1995

A new novel in the best-selling vampire series fills in the life of the great vampire hunter, Harry Keogh, recounting Keogh's most perilous encounter with the undead while desperately searching for his missing wife and son.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

After a three-book sojourn in the mythical "Vampire World" of The Last Aerie (1994), Lumley's epic Necroscope saga returns to contemporary Europe for this ripping yarn of espionage and occult intrigue set during the years separating the second (Vamphyri!) and third (The Source) novels of the projected nine-volume series. British intelligence agent Harry Keogh, who can converse telepathically with the dead, appears here, younger and less experienced than when last seen. He has just vanquished Soviet vampire nemesis Boris Dragosani and learned how to travel through space and time, but his problems are only beginning. His wife and infant son disappear. For different reasons, both his colleagues at British intelligence and new acquaintance Bonnie Jean ("B.J.") Mirlu have used posthypnotic suggestion to prevent him from fully exploiting his extrasensory powers. With his usual aplomb, Lumley whips potentially confusing story elements into a fleet supernatural thriller that successfully prepares the Necroscope saga for a shift from its outdated Cold War setting to the current European political climate. In a literary landscape overpopulated with sympathetic soul-searching members of the Undead, Lumley's Necroscope novels are refreshing reminders that sometimes a vampire is just a bloody entertaining monster.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

The sixth volume of Lumley's vampire series, Necroscope, harks back to an earlier period in the life of Harry Keogh, who is the Necroscope. In it, Keogh is inexperienced, still on Earth, seeking his lost family, and caught in the murderous rivalry between two potent vampires. This set of ingredients produces a story that certainly succeeds at keeping the reader turning pages. Lumley hasn't quite dispensed with his tendency toward purple prose, however, and also, the book has the usual problem of the prequel--suspense that is undermined by the knowledge that the protagonist will survive, for his further adventures already exist. Yet wherever the other Necroscope yarns have been popular, this one will be, too. Roland Green

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 415 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312859473
• ISBN-13: 978-0312859473
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,451 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Lumley is the author of the bestselling Necroscope series of vampire novels. An acknowledged master of Lovecraft-style horror, Brian Lumley has won the British Fantasy Award and been named a Grand Master of Horror. His works have been published in more than a dozen countries and have inspired comic books, role-playing games, and sculpture, and been adapted for television. When not writing, Lumley can often be found spear-fishing in the Greek islands, gambling in Las Vegas, or attending a convention somewhere in the US. Lumley and his wife live in England.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A sequel which was best left undone, January 1, 2003

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Frosted (Philly) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Necroscope: The Lost Years (Mass Market Paperback)

Brian Lumley's Necroscope books are certainly engrossing and very enjoyable to read. All the other books in the series, at least, apart from the two Lost Years novels. They look promising enough by the blurbs on the back: the Necroscope is caught up in a struggle between evil vampire lords. Now, given how cool Thibor Ferenczy was in the original, this sounded great. But it turns out to move incredibly slowly. The first part of this book is focused on an event that could have been condensed to a much smaller size and the book would have been better off. After that, it starts to get better, with three vampire clans all conspiring to kill each other off and take over the world, but then winds down to an incredibly slow pace, with little happening but talk of 'when I rise up from my eternal slumber' and 'when I've got enough demon-bats' and worst of all, 'when I feel like it' from the vampire lords, and with an extremely confusing series of events from Harry Keogh's point of view left me very disappointed after how much I enjoyed the other books in the series.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great addition to the Necroscope series!, November 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Necroscope: The Lost Years (Mass Market Paperback)

Necroscope: The Lost Years is a great book that really added spice to the rest of the series. It cleared up any spots you might have mis-understood earlier in the series. It's about a man who can talk to the dead and also has the ability to teleport himself through space and time. It has a very good story line and Brian Lumley made a good decision when he decided to continue the series. I've been reading this series for a couple months now and ceased to amaze me how luring and attractive that book is to read. You put the book down and you want to pick it right back up. I suggest reading this book. You won't regret it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Necroscope, November 8, 2000

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Fadrah (Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Necroscope: The Lost Years (Mass Market Paperback)

The whole Necroscope series has kept me on the edge of my seat just waiting for the next book to be released. The first book will get you hooked. Brian Lumley has a way of combining history and mythology to get his own very unique version of the vampire world. I have become very attached to the main character Harry Keogh, his assosiation with the E-branch, and the many colorful charaters that Lumly has painted through his masterful creation of alternate reality.