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Advantages: Gripping sci-fi horror
Disadvantages: None that I can see!

...Psychomech Trilogy, comprised of Psychomech, Psychosphere and Psychamok, is one of the earlier works of best selling British sci-fi/horror writer Brian Lumley, who is best known for his best selling Necroscope series and numerous short story collections. I'll attempt to give a relatively brief summary of each of the books. PSYSCHOMECH The first book begins in the early 70s and introduces us to Richard Garrison, an English soldier who loses his ...
...- £8.24 for Psychomech or Psychosphere (paperback) and £10+ for Psychamok (hardback). I should imagine that high-street shops will charge similar prices to Amazon. Amazon Traders are slightly better, but ebay seems to be your best bet, with current auctions offering each of the three for around £1-2 plus a similar amount in postage. Can't say fairer than that now, can you? ... Read review

Advantages: great story great wrigting
Disadvantages: havent found one yet

Brian Lumleys Necroscope got me hooked i just couldnt put it down. Its a great series. it captures your imagination. harry koegh is a necroscope ( can talk to the dead) he is helping the london esp ( people who deal with all paranormal and things that shouldnt be that the human mind cant comprehend.) in this we read how harry gets in to the london esp and how he helps them with the russian vampire. there are lots of refrences to different vampires ...
...there with him as he investigates the hows and whys they exist. the fight takes him to russia were he inconters dragonoski one of russia esp who has his own ways of talking to the dead but putting his hands inside there body harry has to raise an army of the dead to stop him its definatly worth reading ... Read review

Advantages: A Fantastic Story, Well Told
Disadvantages: No Wamphyri!

...latest in the series - Necroscope: The Touch. In my view, Lumley is improving all of the time in making his human characters 'human'. In this latest novel, their frailties, personalities, actions and interactions encourage you to get under their skin, to empathise, to will them onwards and upwards. Another good sign is that you'll also get frustrated and irritated with them at times! The villains of the piece, the Mordri Three are, quite literally, ...
...the previous novels to understand Necroscope: The Touch. At the beginning of the novel, we are introduced to a somewhat reluctant hero, Scott St John. Scott is mourning the loss of his wife, an investigative journalist, when he's struck by a golden light, a fragment of the Necroscopes soul. Scott gets embroiled with a mysterious woman who seems to be dogging his every move and the presence of Harry hasn't gone un-noticed by the remainder of E-Branch ... Read review

Advantages: A wonderful blend of themes from two of my favourite authors
Disadvantages: None worth mentioning

...favourite series of novels - Necroscope IV: Deadspeak. PLOT SUMMARY NECROSCOPE I - III Harry Keogh is a necroscope, indeed THE necroscope, which means he can talk to the dead! In the first instalment Harry was recruited by INTESP, the psychic branch of the British intelligence service. Also in the first novel, Harry came up against Boris Dragosani, a necromancer, a man who could interrogate the dead by means of making them feel the pain of the ...
...by vampires! PLOT - NECROSCOPE IV Just when it ought to have been safe to sleep without bulbs of garlic round your neck, INTESP stumble across yet another vampire whilst trying to crack a drug racket. The biological son of Faethor Ferenczy (also the vampiric sire of Thibor Ferenczy), Janos Ferenczy had been truly dead for several centuries, but before he died he used dark magics to arrange for his rebirth. Armed with awesome mental powers, Janos ... Read review

Advantages: Great characters and a thoroughly gripping and original sci-fi/ horror story
Disadvantages: It would probably lose something if you've not read the earlier novels

Necroscope III: The Source is, as the name ought to suggest, the third instalment in the best selling Necroscope series. I'm currently re-reading the entire series (a total of 14 novels) to refresh my memory prior to reading the recently released final instalment. That in itself should tell you something of how I feel about the series! RECAP: NECROSCOPE I - II Harry Keogh is a necroscope, indeed THE necroscope, which means that he can talk to the ...
...the style of the previous Necroscope novels, Lumley weaves the story from several different plot threads. The focus alternates between Harry Keogh and Intesp, 'mundane' intelligence agent Michael "Jazz" Simmons, the Russians in Perchorsk, the unfortunates who have been sent through the gate and the vampires and others on the other side. For a lesser story-teller that mixture could have lead to a complex and tangled skein, but in the hands of Lumley ... Read review