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Harry Keogh: Necroscope And Other Weird Heroes by Brian Lumley
01/11/2004 . Source: Stella Pang 
pub: TOR. 319 page hardback. Price: $25.95 (US), $35.95 (CAN). ISBN: 0-765-30847-9. Buy from Amazon US - Buy from Amazon UK
nb: US titles may only be available from Amazon US, and UK titles from Amazon UK. check out website: www.tor.com
Confession time, I have never read a Brian Lumley book. Why, I hear you all cry. Simple answer...I've always been put off by the thickness of the 'Necroscope' books. I just don't seem to have the time to sit and indulge myself these days. So this book gives a 'taster' of the main characters from his books. There are 8 stories (some of which have only been published in the UK).
3 for Titus Crow, a psychic detective who is also a master magician and destroyer of the Cthulhian gods (busy person). 'Inception' is the very beginning where Titus' finds out about what life holds for him. In 'Lord Of The Worms', he ends up lying on a sacrificial altar when a simple secretarial job goes wrong. Finally, in 'Name And Number', he has to fight 'malevolent, occult winds' (hurricanes with a twist) that can strip flesh from bones. I enjoyed these stories. They had all the characteristics that I like in a novel (must admit I don't usually read anything with magic in it but here it worked). Verdict: if I'm stuck for something to read I will keep the Titus Crow stories in mind.
2 for David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer, agents for King Kuranes of the Dreamlands. 'The Weird Wines Of Naxas Niss' and 'The Stealer Of Dreams'. Verdict: If you like fantasy, I'm sure you will enjoy these stories.
3 for Harry Keogh, Necroscope: vampire killer and able to speak with the dead. 'Dead Eddy' is a gambler in Las Vegas looking for that one last big win, problem is he's dead! The death of an amateur palaeontologist in 'Dinosaur Dreams' shows Harry that he can rely on others and not just the dead for help. 'Resurrection' deals with his love for his dead mother and the dangers it can lead to. Verdict: More my style of reading matter. I will now go and search out a copy of 'Necroscope' and start reading, I'll just have to find the time!.
This book is a good way of finding out if you like Lumley's style of writing. Overall, I did so now I have another author to add to my ever growing list.
Stella Pang
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