BUFFY: The Lost Slayer
Dark Times

Sunnydale has always been a haven for creatures of the underworld. But when Buffy Summers awakes in a possible future, she is stunned to discover that Southern California has fallen under vampire rule. Buffy learns that her Slayerettes have already rallied together against the new order. But they're different now: Willow is a full-fledged sorceress, Xander a battle-scarred, humorless man, and Oz a frightening split personaility. Almost more shocking is that Faith's gone, and a new Slayer has been called in stead. Buffy's estonished at the terrifying alternate reality for which only she herself is to blame.

Back in the present, Buffy's friends can't figure out why the Slayer is behaving so strangely. They don't realize that the Prophet has inhabited her body. Either they're going to have to bring their friend back or Buffy herself, still trapped in the future, will have to find her own way home--but not before confronting her worst nightmare...

Time Period: Events take place at the start of Season Four.
Author: Christopher Golden (also wrote Spike and Dru, Origin, Holloween Rain, Food Chain, Child of the Hunt, The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Immortal, Sins of the Father, The Blood of Cartha, Oz: Into the Wind, Angel: Surrogates, Angel: Autumnal, Angel: Hollower, Angel: Strange Bedfellows, Angel: Hunting Ground, Angel: Earthly Possessions Past Lives, Wisdom of War.)
Starring: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Oz, and Giles.
Supporting Cast: Anya, Lucy Hanover, Camaztoz, "The Prophet" Parker, Spike, Drusilla, Harmony, with August.
Review: Fans of The Wish will enjoy this futuristic AU story. Again short, the next books are stronger. This first part of the book is the same as the end of the first book: Buffy encouners August, the current Slayer, locked up in her cell with her. After the encounter, Buffy heads back towards Sunnydale to find it infested with vampires. She encounters old foes (Parker, Spike, Drusilla, and Harmony) and old friends (the Slayerettes) but things still aren't looking up. In the past, the story as to how things ended up as they are concludes as Xander, Willow, Anya, Oz, and Lucy discover that Buffy is being possessed by a being known as the Prophet. The story falls together peferectly, especially towards the end, and Spike, Drusilla, Harmony, and Parker's roles are all terrific through this book. Three and Half Stars.

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