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Defilers - Necroscope 12 by Brian Lumley

The vampire-hunting E-Branch prepare to take on the vampiress Vavara, one of three wamphyri lords roaming the Earth. Meanwhile the new Necroscope, Jake Cutter, sets off alone to take revenge on his girlfriends' murderers. The story has one or two interesting ideas, but ruined by pedestrian plotting, inane dialogue and some moments of truly awful writing.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 %

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
If magical mental powers: - teleportation

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female Alien
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - mind reading - mind control - can fly
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of touching personal anatomy - use of artificial tools - descript. of non-breast female anat. - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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