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    Dark Times

    By Christopher Golden

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    Consequences
    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 personality. Almost more shocking is that Faith's gone, and a new Slayer has been called in her stead. Buffy's astonished 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....
    To be continued...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Pulse
    Release dateSep 26, 2017
    ISBN9781534421271
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    Christopher Golden

    Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Of Saints and Shadows, The Myth Hunters, Snowblind, Ararat, and Strangewood. With Mike Mignola, he cocreated the comic book series Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective. He lives in Bradford, Massachusetts. 

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    • 4/5
      **SPOILER ALERT: Do NOT read this review if you have not read Prophecies, the first Lost Slayer novel.**Buffy's spirit is transported into the body of her future self, who is being held captive by Camazotz in a slayer-proof cell. Another slayer named August is put in the cell with her and unfortunately thinks that the best way to get a slayer back on the job protecting everyone outside is that one of them has to die so a new one can be called. Of course, August has decided it should be Buffy. They fight. Guess who wins that one? Buffy escapes and tries to find out what happened to her friends and her world, while also keeping away from Camazotz's followers,the Kakchiquels. Another shocking thing happens at the end, keeping us on tenterhooks for the next one.Can someone please explain to me why people keep saying that if Buffy dies a new slayer is called? This bothered me in Season 7 as well, when the potentials were told that for one of them to be Slayer, Buffy would have to die. Isn't the slayer line Buffy-->Kendra (after Buffy dies in Prophecy Girl)-->Faith-->New Slayer? There isn't a new slayer called when Buffy dies again at the end of Season 5, as far as I know. Seriously, if someone can explain this and point to an in-canon example, that would be great.Anyhow, aside from that little continuity issue, I am really liking this series. As I said in my review of Prophecies, Golden has a really good ear for the dialogue. It reads just like an episode of the show. Now that I think about it though, it does feel more like a dramatization of a TV episode than an actual book. I suppose that since I didn't notice that until I'm getting all analytical about it, it's not too much of a detraction. I would recommend this to any fan of the Buffyverse.
    • 1/5
      It may be because I haven't read the first part or it may be because this novel is just plain bad, but I simply couldn't believe how disjointed and jumbled the plot is. There's no point talking about the characters - their psychology is so basic it's laughable, but even the plot with its miscellaneous monsters and villains can't focus. I'm sure it makes a great visual (it's obviously written for television) but as a story it doesn't stand up and I detest this mixing of mythologies and cheap tricks.