From Publishers Weekly
The prose equivalent of a graphic novel, British horror mainstay Lumley's latest entry in his enduring Necroscope series (Blood Brothers, etc.) will dazzle some and weary others with its nonstop weird action. Here series hero Harry Keogh, a Necroscope (the only one in the world) who can speak with the dead, faces two major tasks tracking down a particularly vicious serial killer and uprooting a vampire within himself. Besides confronting a host of vampires, murderers and gypsies, Harry finds time to enjoy a few relatively quiet moments, like playing mathematical games with Pythagoras. While Lumley's popularity may be inexplicable to some, his long, messy, convoluted supernatural adventure thrillers put him firmly in the tradition of such classic Gothic authors as Ann Radcliffe, Charles Maturin and Gregory "Monk" Lewis.
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Product Description
Necroscope: Deadspawn, volume five of the landmark Necroscope series, was published as a mass market original more than a decade ago. Tor Books is pleased to republish this spine-tingling novel in hardcover for the Lumley collector market. The Necroscope's bargain with Faethor Ferenczy, father of vampires, has left a vampire seed growing in Harry Keogh's soul, and even the powerful Necroscope may not be able to resist the vampire taint. When the dead victims of a foul necromancer beg Harry to find their killer, he begins the hunt, though bringing justice to the dead may cost Harry his humanity and his life.
