Necroscope (series)
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Necroscope is the title of a series of horror
novels by British author Brian Lumley
.
The term necroscope, as defined in the series, describes someone who can communicate with the dead (coined Deadspeak later in the series). Unlike necromancers, who attempt to command the dead through rituals, spells, bodily mutilation
and sometimes necrophilia
, a necroscope simply communicates with them without any physical interference.
The abilities of a necroscope are defined as a type of ESP
.
As the years go by, he has recurring dreams about his mother, dead after an alleged ice-skating accident but in reality murdered by her husband and Harry's stepfather Victor Shukshin. Shukshin is a psychic sensitive, a defector sleeper agent planted by the Soviet E-Branch. In his self-appointed mission to avenge his mother's death, Harry is dragged into a web of espionage (actually, ESPionage) involving the British and Soviet ESP agencies.
This leads to Harry learning to use the Möbius Continuum (from its discoverer, August Ferdinand Möbius himself, at his grave in Leipzig, Germany), which allows him to instantaneously transport himself anywhere in the world, and pits him head to head against Boris Dragosani, a necromancer and fledgling vampire.
From that point on, Keogh, backed by the British E-Branch, works to rid the world of the vampire menace, a mission that will eventually lead him to a parallel world, Sunside/Starside, the vampire world connected to Earth via two grey holes, one in Romania (the original "source" of vampires on Earth) and a second, recent one in the Pechorsk Proyect in the Urals. It is there that Harry Keogh's final death eventually meets up with him, after he has lost his family, his friends, his deadspeak and his numeracy... but not his humanity.
But as Harry knows well, death is not the end. His was a success story, and such stories need to go on. In the Möbius Continuum, Harry's essence explodes in a burst of golden light, and from that explosion a myriad of golden darts, each a part of Harry, come forth.
Each of those golden darts carry a part of Keogh, and can join with a host to grant him some of the abilities of the original Necroscope. Later books in the series tell the stories of individuals touched by these darts; Nathan Kiklu, Jake Cutter and Scott St. John. The darts seek to continue their mission in life, and so bond to individuals who will come up against the Necroscope's old foes, the Wamphyri, or menaces of a similar nature.
Harry's physical remains, infected by the spores of the vampire Faethor Ferenczy, were sent back in time by the Möbius Continuum and ended up in the marshes of the vampire world, ironically making him the source of the vampire plague when his own spores infected Shaitan; the first Wamphyri lord.
n immigrant who settled in Great Britain. His father died when he was very young. His mother later remarried and was eventually killed by Harry's stepfather. During his early childhood Keogh lived with an aunt and uncle in County Durham
in North East England
. Keogh would eventually return to exact vengeance on his Russian stepfather.
While at school, and not particularly popular or academically inclined, Harry discovers his ability to speak to people who have died. He also, in most part due to his ability to talk to dead people, showed great aptitude in the fields of mathematics and creative writing.
The author also puts forward the idea that death is not the end, and that whatever someone was or wished to be in life, he or she continues to be in death, within the restraints that death imposes. For example, a mathematician
would continue perfecting his math, an inventor would keep inventing new things, and a psychic
would continue to practice using their powers.
Not only can Harry speak to the dead (thus earning him their eternal admiration, almost amounting to worship), but he can also form a bond with them which allows them a degree of control over him when he permits. For example, when faced with a dangerous situation, Harry hands his mind over to the control of a former gym
teacher who was an army sergeant
, and learns martial arts
skills. He does not forget what he learns, and continues to use this skill and many others throughout the series. In addition, if the dead are nearby and the physical situation permits, they will literally raise themselves up out of the ground and fight for him. This gives him powerful allies as, being dead already, they have nothing to lose and almost nothing to fear.
Harry is also able to teleport
anywhere in the world via the Möbius continuum, which he learned from August Ferdinand Möbius
. By employing advanced equations learned through his dead tutor and his intuitive mathematical mind, Harry can conjure a door in space and enter the Möbius continuum, he can then create another door to exit. There is no time in the continuum so teleportation is instant. Harry is also able to open a past or future time door and observe what may be, but he cannot appear there physically.
Choosing to flee from Earth after attack by the vampire
Yulian Bodescu, the baby Harry Jr., showing even greater mastery over the Möbius continuum than his father, transports himself and his mother to the parallel universe of Starside/Sunside and also back in time twenty years.
Living on Starside with his mother, Harry Jr. is vampirized by a stray wolf and becomes Wamphyri
and is named The Dweller In His Garden in the West by the world's inhabitants. Hiding his Wamphyri features behind a golden mask and black cloak he shuns the Wamphyri lifestyle, instead using his immense willpower to hold his vampire
at bay.
The Dweller forms an alliance
with the Szgany Lidesci but becomes infamous among the Wamphyri of Starside because of his mysterious powers, fearing him they form an alliance to attack him in his garden in the mountains.
Injured during the battle, his vampire leech
re-shapes his damaged body into that of a wolf, in part due to ease of healing. His injuries were immense, and with much less mass, rebuilding damaged tissue and bone was easier. The exception to this transformation was his hands, which he willed remain, so that the Szgany may know him, and so that he too would have a reminder of the man he once was.
The change removes his ability to use the Möbius continuum, leaving him with just Deadspeak and telepathy
. His mind soon wanes and he loses touch with his humanity, preferring to take the company of Starside/Sunside wolves.
world of Sunside/Starside with his twin
brother Nestor, Nathan is at first the quietest and most withdrawn of the two and is thought of as dumb by some of the Szgany tribe due to his lack of confidence, his stutter and unwillingness to speak, only talking to those closest to him.
Inheriting his fathers deadspeak powers Nathan hears the thoughts of the dead in his dreams but they refuse to talk to him, wary of him as they had been his father at the end of his life. He also communicates with three friendly wolves which talk to him telepathically while he sleeps, although not knowing why or understanding how Nathan takes them as just dreams. By the trilogy's end, it is revealed that they are the Dweller's pups, born with intelligence rivaling man, with their father's Deadspeak and sense of direction (the ability that Harry Jr/The Dweller used in finding the way to Sunside/Starside).
Everything changes for Nathan when his village on Sunside is attacked by Wamphyri
, seeking his lost brother he leaves on a long journey of discovery taking him across the whole of Sunside/Starside. Becoming strong and confident, losing his stutter, and learning to use his long dormant telepathy
while on his travels, he eventually returns to his Szgany clan before being taken by the Wamphyri and is thrown through a wormhole
(gate) to Earth.
Arriving in a Russian base he escapes and is found by the British E-Branch who teach him of his heritage and his true father and more importantly Nathan finally learns the ways of teleportation via the Möbius continuum like his father.
With the help of British E-Branch Nathan returns to his own world and wages war on the Wamphyri.
Apparently chosen by the spirit of the dead Harry Keogh, Jake is spotted and recruited by the British E-Branch where he is tutored and taught about Harry's legacy and deadspeak and eventually masters the Möbius continuum.
s of the series, the Wamphyri are parasitic creatures, evil
, vile and totally corrupted they are also vampires and have a taste for human flesh and blood
. The Necroscopes and British E-Branch dedicate themselves to destroying the Wamphyri.
Necroscope:
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
novels by British author Brian Lumley
Brian Lumley
Brian Lumley is an English horror fiction writer.Born in County Durham, he joined the British Army's Royal Military Police and wrote stories in his spare time before retiring with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 in 1980 and becoming a professional writer.He added to H. P...
.
The term necroscope, as defined in the series, describes someone who can communicate with the dead (coined Deadspeak later in the series). Unlike necromancers, who attempt to command the dead through rituals, spells, bodily mutilation
Mutilation
Mutilation or maiming is an act of physical injury that degrades the appearance or function of any living body, usually without causing death.- Usage :...
and sometimes necrophilia
Necrophilia
Necrophilia, also called thanatophilia or necrolagnia, is the sexual attraction to corpses,It is classified as a paraphilia by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. The word is artificially derived from the ancient Greek words: νεκρός and φιλία...
, a necroscope simply communicates with them without any physical interference.
The abilities of a necroscope are defined as a type of ESP
Extra-sensory perception
Extrasensory perception involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The term was coined by Frederic Myers, and adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and...
.
Plot summary
Harry Keogh (born Harry Snaith) is born with the ability to speak to the dead. As he grows up and his power manifests itself, he befriends the dead. From them he learns that death is not the end, that once the bodies die the mind goes on, and the dead continue to do in death what they did in life. From him, the once silent Great Majority learns to communicate amongst themselves, and love him for it. In turn, they offer him their knowledge. From a former math teacher he discovers his own mathematical genius, and an ex-ex-army sergeant teaches him self-defense.As the years go by, he has recurring dreams about his mother, dead after an alleged ice-skating accident but in reality murdered by her husband and Harry's stepfather Victor Shukshin. Shukshin is a psychic sensitive, a defector sleeper agent planted by the Soviet E-Branch. In his self-appointed mission to avenge his mother's death, Harry is dragged into a web of espionage (actually, ESPionage) involving the British and Soviet ESP agencies.
This leads to Harry learning to use the Möbius Continuum (from its discoverer, August Ferdinand Möbius himself, at his grave in Leipzig, Germany), which allows him to instantaneously transport himself anywhere in the world, and pits him head to head against Boris Dragosani, a necromancer and fledgling vampire.
From that point on, Keogh, backed by the British E-Branch, works to rid the world of the vampire menace, a mission that will eventually lead him to a parallel world, Sunside/Starside, the vampire world connected to Earth via two grey holes, one in Romania (the original "source" of vampires on Earth) and a second, recent one in the Pechorsk Proyect in the Urals. It is there that Harry Keogh's final death eventually meets up with him, after he has lost his family, his friends, his deadspeak and his numeracy... but not his humanity.
But as Harry knows well, death is not the end. His was a success story, and such stories need to go on. In the Möbius Continuum, Harry's essence explodes in a burst of golden light, and from that explosion a myriad of golden darts, each a part of Harry, come forth.
Each of those golden darts carry a part of Keogh, and can join with a host to grant him some of the abilities of the original Necroscope. Later books in the series tell the stories of individuals touched by these darts; Nathan Kiklu, Jake Cutter and Scott St. John. The darts seek to continue their mission in life, and so bond to individuals who will come up against the Necroscope's old foes, the Wamphyri, or menaces of a similar nature.
Harry's physical remains, infected by the spores of the vampire Faethor Ferenczy, were sent back in time by the Möbius Continuum and ended up in the marshes of the vampire world, ironically making him the source of the vampire plague when his own spores infected Shaitan; the first Wamphyri lord.
Books in the series
| # | Title | 1st Edition | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Necroscope Necroscope (novel) Necroscope is the first book in the Necroscope series by British writer Brian Lumley. It was released in 1986.-Plot:Harry is an English youth in school, and strange things occur as he grows up, such as a sudden increased intellect in mathematics, and the ability to fight beyond his experience after... |
1986 | Necroscope |
| 2. | Necroscope II: Wamphyri Necroscope II: Wamphyri Necroscope II: Wamphyri! is the second book in the Necroscope series by British writer Brian Lumley. It was released in 1988.-Plot:The spirit of Harry Keogh now resides in his son, Harry Jr... |
1988 | Necroscope |
| 3. | Necroscope III: The Source Necroscope III: The Source Necroscope III: The Source is the third book in the Necroscope series by British writer Brian Lumley. It was released in 1989.-Plot:The series starts to explore the origins of the Wamphyri manifestation on Earth. Years after Harry's son left, Harry has left E-Branch and has spent years searching... |
1989 | Necroscope |
| 4. | Necroscope IV: Deadspeak Necroscope IV: Deadspeak Necroscope IV: Deadspeak is the fourth book in the Necroscope series by British writer Brian Lumley. It was released in 1990.-Plot:Several years after his return to earth Harry Sr. is trouble by nightmares of resurgent Vampires... |
1990 | Necroscope |
| 5. | Necroscope V: Deadspawn Necroscope V: Deadspawn Necroscope V: Deadspawn is the fifth book in the Necroscope series by British writer Brian Lumley, and is the last book in the original Necroscope Series. It was released in 1991.-Plot:... |
1991 | Necroscope |
| 6. | Blood Brothers | 1992 | Vampire World |
| 7. | The Last Aerie The Last Aerie Necroscope is the seventh book in the Necroscope series by British writer Brian Lumley, and the second in the Vampire World Trilogy. It was released in 1993.-Plot:... |
1993 | Vampire World |
| 8. | Bloodwars | 1994 | Vampire World |
| 9. | Necroscope: The Lost Years (Volume I) | 1995 | The Lost Years |
| 10. | Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume II | 1996 | The Lost Years |
| 11. | Necroscope: Invaders | 1999 | E-Branch |
| 12. | Necroscope: Defilers | 2000 | E-Branch |
| 13. | Necroscope: Avengers | 2001 | E-Branch |
| 14. | Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes | 2003 | Supplemental |
| 15. | Necroscope: The Touch | June 13, 2006 | New Adventures of the Necroscope |
| 16. | Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates | March 2, 2009 | New Adventures of the Necroscope |
Harry Keogh, Necroscope
The hero of the Necroscope series- or antihero, as the story unfolds- is Harry Keogh. Keogh's grandmother was a RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n immigrant who settled in Great Britain. His father died when he was very young. His mother later remarried and was eventually killed by Harry's stepfather. During his early childhood Keogh lived with an aunt and uncle in County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
in North East England
North East England
North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
. Keogh would eventually return to exact vengeance on his Russian stepfather.
While at school, and not particularly popular or academically inclined, Harry discovers his ability to speak to people who have died. He also, in most part due to his ability to talk to dead people, showed great aptitude in the fields of mathematics and creative writing.
The author also puts forward the idea that death is not the end, and that whatever someone was or wished to be in life, he or she continues to be in death, within the restraints that death imposes. For example, a mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
would continue perfecting his math, an inventor would keep inventing new things, and a psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
would continue to practice using their powers.
Not only can Harry speak to the dead (thus earning him their eternal admiration, almost amounting to worship), but he can also form a bond with them which allows them a degree of control over him when he permits. For example, when faced with a dangerous situation, Harry hands his mind over to the control of a former gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
teacher who was an army sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
, and learns martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
skills. He does not forget what he learns, and continues to use this skill and many others throughout the series. In addition, if the dead are nearby and the physical situation permits, they will literally raise themselves up out of the ground and fight for him. This gives him powerful allies as, being dead already, they have nothing to lose and almost nothing to fear.
Harry is also able to teleport
Teleportation
Teleportation is the fictional or imagined process by which matter is instantaneously transferred from one place to another.Teleportation may also refer to:*Quantum teleportation, a method of transmitting quantum data...
anywhere in the world via the Möbius continuum, which he learned from August Ferdinand Möbius
August Ferdinand Möbius
August Ferdinand Möbius was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.He is best known for his discovery of the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It was independently discovered by Johann Benedict...
. By employing advanced equations learned through his dead tutor and his intuitive mathematical mind, Harry can conjure a door in space and enter the Möbius continuum, he can then create another door to exit. There is no time in the continuum so teleportation is instant. Harry is also able to open a past or future time door and observe what may be, but he cannot appear there physically.
Powers
In total, Harry Koegh has 6 different ESP talents by the end of the first series:- Deadspeak, an evolution of his mother's talent as a psychic medium.
- Teleportation, technically space-time manipulation, learned from August Ferdinand MöbiusAugust Ferdinand MöbiusAugust Ferdinand Möbius was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.He is best known for his discovery of the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It was independently discovered by Johann Benedict...
. - A 'mind-blanket', gifted by the deceased Norman Wellesly which completely blanks his mind out.
- Telepathy, learned from the E-Branch telepath Trevor Jordan.
- Locator.
- Resurrection-type Necromancy, by means of a spoken incantation, he can bring ashes back to full life. Learned during the battle against the vampire Janos Ferency.. Readers of HP Lovecraft's works will note that the same incantation appears there. Lumley is well known for his extension of the Cthulhu mythos (the Titus Crow novels), and this to some extent acts as a tie-in to Titus Crow universe and to the Mythos in general.
Harry Jr. /The Dweller
Son of Harry Keogh and his wife Brenda, Harry Jr. shows immense intelligence even as toddler and has even greater powers than his father.Choosing to flee from Earth after attack by the vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
Yulian Bodescu, the baby Harry Jr., showing even greater mastery over the Möbius continuum than his father, transports himself and his mother to the parallel universe of Starside/Sunside and also back in time twenty years.
Living on Starside with his mother, Harry Jr. is vampirized by a stray wolf and becomes Wamphyri
Wamphyri
Wamphyri are a form of vampire described by Brian Lumley in his Necroscope series.Lumley has reinterpreted the traditional vampire legend. In his stories, a vampire is a leech-like parasite from an alien world which forms a symbiotic relationship with a host creature, usually a human or sometimes a...
and is named The Dweller In His Garden in the West by the world's inhabitants. Hiding his Wamphyri features behind a golden mask and black cloak he shuns the Wamphyri lifestyle, instead using his immense willpower to hold his vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
at bay.
The Dweller forms an alliance
Alliance
An alliance is an agreement or friendship between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests.See also military alliance and business alliance.-International relations:...
with the Szgany Lidesci but becomes infamous among the Wamphyri of Starside because of his mysterious powers, fearing him they form an alliance to attack him in his garden in the mountains.
Injured during the battle, his vampire leech
Leech
Leeches are segmented worms that belong to the phylum Annelida and comprise the subclass Hirudinea. Like other oligochaetes such as earthworms, leeches share a clitellum and are hermaphrodites. Nevertheless, they differ from other oligochaetes in significant ways...
re-shapes his damaged body into that of a wolf, in part due to ease of healing. His injuries were immense, and with much less mass, rebuilding damaged tissue and bone was easier. The exception to this transformation was his hands, which he willed remain, so that the Szgany may know him, and so that he too would have a reminder of the man he once was.
The change removes his ability to use the Möbius continuum, leaving him with just Deadspeak and telepathy
Telepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
. His mind soon wanes and he loses touch with his humanity, preferring to take the company of Starside/Sunside wolves.
Nathan Keogh/Kiklu
Son of Harry Keogh and a Szgany traveller woman Nana Kiklu, born in the vampireVampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
world of Sunside/Starside with his twin
Twin
A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic , meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.In contrast, a fetus...
brother Nestor, Nathan is at first the quietest and most withdrawn of the two and is thought of as dumb by some of the Szgany tribe due to his lack of confidence, his stutter and unwillingness to speak, only talking to those closest to him.
Inheriting his fathers deadspeak powers Nathan hears the thoughts of the dead in his dreams but they refuse to talk to him, wary of him as they had been his father at the end of his life. He also communicates with three friendly wolves which talk to him telepathically while he sleeps, although not knowing why or understanding how Nathan takes them as just dreams. By the trilogy's end, it is revealed that they are the Dweller's pups, born with intelligence rivaling man, with their father's Deadspeak and sense of direction (the ability that Harry Jr/The Dweller used in finding the way to Sunside/Starside).
Everything changes for Nathan when his village on Sunside is attacked by Wamphyri
Wamphyri
Wamphyri are a form of vampire described by Brian Lumley in his Necroscope series.Lumley has reinterpreted the traditional vampire legend. In his stories, a vampire is a leech-like parasite from an alien world which forms a symbiotic relationship with a host creature, usually a human or sometimes a...
, seeking his lost brother he leaves on a long journey of discovery taking him across the whole of Sunside/Starside. Becoming strong and confident, losing his stutter, and learning to use his long dormant telepathy
Telepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
while on his travels, he eventually returns to his Szgany clan before being taken by the Wamphyri and is thrown through a wormhole
Wormhole
In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a "shortcut" through spacetime. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional surface. If this surface is folded along a third dimension, it...
(gate) to Earth.
Arriving in a Russian base he escapes and is found by the British E-Branch who teach him of his heritage and his true father and more importantly Nathan finally learns the ways of teleportation via the Möbius continuum like his father.
With the help of British E-Branch Nathan returns to his own world and wages war on the Wamphyri.
Jake Cutter
Jake Cutter is not a blood relative of Harry Keogh but becomes a Necroscope when the world is once again threatened by the Wamphyri.Apparently chosen by the spirit of the dead Harry Keogh, Jake is spotted and recruited by the British E-Branch where he is tutored and taught about Harry's legacy and deadspeak and eventually masters the Möbius continuum.
Scott St. John
Also not of Harry Keogh's bloodline. While in mourning for his dead wife, Scott is struck by a fragment of Harry and becomes a Necroscope.The Wamphyri
The main antagonistAntagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
s of the series, the Wamphyri are parasitic creatures, evil
Evil
Evil is the violation of, or intent to violate, some moral code. Evil is usually seen as the dualistic opposite of good. Definitions of evil vary along with analysis of its root motive causes, however general actions commonly considered evil include: conscious and deliberate wrongdoing,...
, vile and totally corrupted they are also vampires and have a taste for human flesh and blood
Blood
Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
. The Necroscopes and British E-Branch dedicate themselves to destroying the Wamphyri.
Role-playing game
- Ed Bolme. The World of Necroscope (1995) published by West End GamesWest End GamesWest End Games was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania...
.
Supplements
- Miranda HornerMiranda HornerMiranda Horner is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for various roleplaying games, including Dungeons & Dragons and the Star Wars roleplaying game.-Biography:...
, Daniel Scot Palter, Brian Sean Perry and Jesse VanValkenburg. Deadspeak Dossier (1995) - Miranda Horner and George R. Strayton. The E-Branch Guide to Psionics (1996)
- Edward Bolme and Andrew Heckt. Wamphyri (1996)
- Mark Barnabo, Edward S. Bolme, Angel McCoy, and Christopher E. Wolf. Operation: Nightside (1997)
Comic books and graphic novels
- The Necroscope series of comic books published by Malibu ComicsMalibu ComicsMalibu Comics was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu imprints included Aircel Comics and Eternity Comics...
, collected in a graphic novel titled
Necroscope:
-
- October 1992
- December 1992
- February 1993
- April 1993
- June 1993
- The Necroscope Book II: Wamphyri series of comic books was published by Malibu:
- August 1993
- November 1993
- January 1994
- Another series of comic books entitled Necroscope was published by Caliber ComicsCaliber ComicsCaliber Comics or Caliber Press was an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, in the next decade Caliber published over 1300 comics and ranked as one of the America's leading independent publishers...
:- 1997
- 1998
Other media
- German band RageRage (band)Rage are a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian.-Background:...
released a song based on the Necroscope series titled "Talking to the Dead" on their End of All DaysEnd of All DaysEnd of All Days is the twelfth studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage.-Track listing:# "Under Control" - 4:07# "Higher Than the Sky" - 4:17...
album in 1996.