SPIKE and DRU
Pretty Maids All In A Row
It's 1940, and Europe is Ravaged by World War II--an ideal enviroment for demon paramous Spike and Drusilla. The anniversary of Dru's resurrection as a vamp impends, and Spike wants to celebrate. What better gift than Freyja's Strand--a powerful necklace rumored to allow its wearer to shape-shift at will? Spike learns of a demon named Skrymir, who claims to possess the bauble and is willing to trade.
Spike's task is to infiltrate the Watcher's Council headquarters and get his hands on the list of young women in training to take over as Slayer should they be called. In exchange for Freyja's Strand, Spike must kill the reigning Slayer, a brazen young woman named Sophie, as well as the SLayers-in-Waiting. And if he succeeds, it could mean the end of the Chosen One--all of the Chosen Ones--forever...
Time Period: 1940, 57 years before Season 1.
Author: Chrisopher Golden (also wrote Origin, Holloween Rain, Food Chain, Child of the Hunt, The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Immortal, Sins of the Father, The Lost Slayer, 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: Spike, Drusilla, Sophie, and Yanna.
Supporting Cast: Skrymir, Marie-Christine Fortaine, John Travers, Ariana de la Croix, with Kakistos.
Review: It's Spike and Drusilla at their finest. Although there are only three characters from the Buffyverse (Spike, Drusilla, and Kakistos who has a cameo), there are desendance of both Giles and Travers appear in this book. It's definately a most read. If it's not focusing on Spike and Drusilla, then it's focusing on the Slayer, Sophie, and her Watcher, Yanna, who is also a seer. The journey and adventure is great, and ends with 2 spectacular climatic battle. The only thing that fans might dislike is that there is some inconsistencies with the show, but that shouldn't take away from the novel. Four stars.
Doomed Production 2002
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