Words from the Hellmouth:
A Bibliography of Books on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Revised
and Expanded, March 2003Compiled by J. Gordon Melton
Critics of the horror genre will discuss through future decades the reasons that a show seemingly developed for teenagers became a runaway hit for vampire fans of all ages and was able to move Anne Rice's novels, which had dominated the vampire world for a decade, off center stage. Part of the answer must include the original twist of the vampire myth created by Josh Whedon and the very fine writing done by Whedon and those whom he brought around him to script the episodes. However, the answer much go beyond those two important observations, to the additional characteristics—the obvious inclusion of a strong feminist theme, the action orientation of the Hong Kong kung-fu movies, and vampires who bite and suck.
Whedon's original approach to the vampire myth is rather vague about the ultimate source of the cosmos, but concentrates on the more immediate battle between good and evil between the "powers that be" and the forces of supernatural evil that once overran planet earth. These forces have been pushed back into the nether reaches, but are constantly trying to return through the Hellmouth, which Whedon locates in Sunnydale, a small California city that bears a remarkable resemblance to Santa Barbara. (There is found in the sleepy town of Cascais, Portugal, an original Hellmouth, so designated because of an unusual rock formation that an angry sea had carved out of the rugged shoreline.) The world is inhabited by a spectrum of demonic characters, the most important for the series being the vampires. To keep the vampires in check, the cosmos spits up the Slayer, a young female with some extraordinary abilities whose destiny is to keep the vampire population in check.
Vampires are deceased humans reanimated by invading demonic spirits. When killed, they immediately disintegrate into dust, a convenient revision of the vampire myth, which keeps the authorities uninvolved since the Slayer does not leave a pile of corpses behind no matter how many she eliminates. Vampire have the memory of the person whose body they inhabit, but no soul, hence no conscience. Angel, the vampire who falls in love with Buffy, is cursed with a soul/conscience that continually wars with his vampiric urges, thus creating his special hell. Among all the monsters that appear in horror literature, the vampire arose as a unique being that could move among humans incognito. While the original literary vampires rarely rose above the cardboard figures that characterize the villain in most horror novels, it always had the possibility of development as a character, a potential discovered in the 1970s by Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows). The explosion of interest in vampires in the last generation can be attributed to the popular discovery of the real Dracula in Raymond T, McNally and Radu Florescu's In Search of Dracula (1972) and the development of vampires as sympathetic characters by novelists Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Fred Saberhagen, and Anne Rice and the Vampirella comic book.
However, this modest work is not about vampires, the last generation of cinematic and literary effort to grow vampires, or even Buffy and her cohorts, but one set of vampire books. As Buffy the Vampire Slayer inserted itself into popular culture, it success has been demonstrated in the appearance of an array of paraphernalia from trading cards to action figures, from clothing to jewelry. There are Buffy coffee mugs, Buffy comics, Buffy candy, and Buffy mouse pads. Sarah Michelle Gellar and the cast's pictures regularly appear on magazine covers, posters, and tee-shirts. However, the large number of books that have been published are most indicative of the role that Buffy has come to hold on its youthful audience as thousands are ready not only to devote an hour a week to the show and decorate their walls with celebrity pictures, but invest some time and energy in reading. As with the Harry Potter series, educators have welcomed Buffy as an additional tool in the development of the reading skills in the next generation.
As one might expect, the first books to appear were novelizations developed from the shows scripts, however, almost simultaneously original novels expanding the storyline of the series (Cover, Gardner, Vornholt) were also produced. Also, the first of the fan books, including a guide to the first two seasons, heralded the many nonfiction books that would flood the market season by season as the show developed and spun off the Angel series. The list below is comprehensive of the books that have been published from 1998 through December 2002. Obviously, an uncounted number of books are in various stages of production, but only those that had reached the shelves are cited. It is assumed that additional revisions of this bibliography will be necessary.
Fiction
Buffy novels come in two basic varieties, original novels that develop story lines not apart of the television series and novelizations of usually two or three of the televised episodes that emphasize a singular theme or character tying the selected stories together. Each novel is developed as a complete piece of fiction and can be so read, but they are best read in conjunction with a knowledge of the series and as an extension of it and its mythology. Authors also assume that most readers have a prior knowledge of the main characters. Richie Tankersley Cusick did the novelization of the original Buffy movie, and was selected to do the novelization of the original double episode of the series. More recently, several collections of short stories and reprints of the scripts of the first two seasons have appeared.
While the average bookstore places all the Buffy books together in the young adult fiction section, the publisher (Pocket Books) has divided the novels into those published for the more youthful audience (high school and even junior high school), and those aimed at a more mature (young adult) audience. Among the former are all of the novelizations from the television series (and the Buffy movie), some of the original novels, and the several single volumes of short stories. Original novels include:
Blooded
Coyote Moon
Crossings
Deep Water
The Faith Trials
Ghoul Trouble
Halloween Rain
Here Be Monsters
The Last Slayer 1-4
Little Things
Night of the Living Rerun
Power of Persuasion
Unnatural Selection
Visitors
These novels were originally published under the "Archway" imprint and more recently from "Simon Pulse." Novels specifically for post-high school readers, and published under the "Pocket Books" imprint, are:
The Book of Fours
Child of the Hunt
The Evil that Men Do
The Gatekeeper Trilogy (Out of the Madhouse, Ghost Roads, Sons of Entropy)
Immortal
Obsidian Fate
Oz: Into the Wild
Paleo
Prime Evil
Resurrecting Ravana
Return to Chaos
Revenant
Sins of the Father
Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row
Tempted Champions
These Our Actors
The Unseen Trilogy (The Burning, Door to Aternity, Long Way Homr)
The Wisdom of War
In addition there are a set of novels, now (December 2002) sixteen in number, related to the Angel series. All have been published under the Pocket Pulse imprint. The initial offering in the Angel series was a novelization of the show's first episode. Having relocated to Los Angeles, he seeks to redeem himself by assisting those in trouble. He is aided in his redemptive quest by Buffy's former classmate Cordelia, and by Doyle, a half-demon, whose visions guide the trio to their next target. Since Doyle's death, Cordelia has become the bearer of the visions. The majority of titles to date take place during the first season prior to the death of Doyle, though the most recent volumes have moved to the second season and include the current major characters: Gunn, Wesley, and Fred.
The original Buffy novels include the main characters of the television series—Buffy, Willow, Xander, Cordelia, Angel, and Giles. Different novels also introduce the other major character who have come and gone such as Oz, Willow's werewolf boyfriend. The most recent novels are located after Season Three and recognize the departure of Angel (and Cordelia) to Los Angeles. Also the Unseen trilogy became the first crossover novel to bring Buffy and the Slayerettes together with Angel, Cornelia, and their Los Angeles colleagues.
With the popularity of the Buffy series in Europe, the novels began to be translated into French, German, and Italian. The foreign language editions that have appeared as of the end of 2002 are listed below as part of the annotation to each novel. I want to thank my colleague, religious studies scholar Massimo Introvigne, for his assistance with this aspect. He maintains a vampire popular culture Internet site with a special emphasis on Buffy books, from his base in Turin, Italy, which may be accessed at http://www.cesnur.org. Interestingly, though Buffy now appears in a variety of Spanish-speaking countries, no Spanish translations of the novels have as yet surfaced. Meanwhile, the Italian series of novels has been cancelled, though the German and French translations still appear regularly.
Those who follow the Buffy series, be they Harvard Divinity professor or teenage television addict, have become attached to a set of characters whom they all know (or knew) in high school. They can identify intimately with at least one of them, while another is the object of their affections. Viewers have gone through all of the human situations depicted in the series. However, above and beyond the very real human situations, the Slayerettes must encounter an array of supernatural creatures. These creatures become the building blocks of the fantasy world that Joss Whedon has imagined. The believability of the fantasy and the cosmos it projects over against the secularized mundane life of twenty-first century viewers/readers provides one important segment for exploration of the Buffy phenomenon. Hence, the annotations below are directed primarily at identifying the particular entities (vampires, demons, or particular monsters) that are encountered in each novel.
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Angel: The Longest Night. New York: Simon Pulse, 2002. 405 pp. pb. Short story collection.
A collection of short fiction written by many of the authors of the Buffy and Angel novels such as Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte, Yvonne Navarro and Scott Ciencin.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: How I Survived My Summer Vacation. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2000. 276 pp. pb.
It has been noted that the vampire myth is particularly adaptable to the short story, a fact this collection readily demonstrates. This volume was the first of the several short story collections published to date.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer. Vol. 1. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2001. 276 pp.
A collection of short fiction featuring stories not of Buffy, but of the different slayers that preceded her through the centuries. Authors include Nancy Holder, Mel Odom, Christie Golden, Yvonne Navarro, Doranna Durgin, and Greg Rucka. Additional volumes with similar stories are projected.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book. Series 1, Volume 1. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. 382 pp. pb. Oversize format.
This volume reprints the shooting scripts of the first six episodes of Season One of the television series: "Welcome to the Hellmouth," "The Harvest," "Witch," "Teacher's Pet," "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date," and "The Pack." This volume is of special importance as the two stories present an initial outline of the Buffy mythology, aspects of which would be developed later in the series.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book. Series 1, Volume 2. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. 388 pp. pb. Oversize format.
This volume includes the shooting script of the last six episodes of the first season of the television series: "Angel," "I Robot, You Jane," "The Puppet Show," "Nightmares," "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (which aired under the title "The Invisible Girl"), and "Prophecy Girl."
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book, Series 2, Volume 1. New York: Pocket Books, 2001. 332 pp. pb.
This volume includes the shooting script of six episodes from of the second season of the television series: "When She Was Bad," "Some Assembly Required," "School Hard," "Inca Mummy Girl," Reptile Boy," and "Halloween."
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book, Series 2, Volume 2. New York: Pocket Books, 2001. 338 pp. pb.
This volume includes the shooting script of six episodes from of the second season of the television series: "Lie to Me," "The Dark Age," "What's My Line?, Part One," "What's My Line?, Part Two," "Ted," and "Bad Eggs."
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book, Series 2, Volume 3. New York: Pocket Books, 2001. 304 pp. pb.
This volume includes the shooting script of five episodes from of the second season of the television series: "Surprise," "Innocence," "Phases," Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," and "Passion."
Ciencin, Scott. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sweet Sixteen. New York: Simon Pulse, 2002. 211 pp. pb. Original novel.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die Versuchung. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2002. 179 pp. hb. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
Dawn's new friend Arianna is about to reach her sixteenth birthday. The two have bonded because both feel different from most of their peer group. In Arianna's case, she is part human and part demon aspect, the latter aspect being the source of potentially great power and evil. Buffy becomes the catalyst for Arianna's forced choice between her human or her demon side.
___., and Dan Jolly. Angel Vengeance. New York: Simon Pulse, 2002. 338 pp. pb. Original novel.
Angel Investigations encounters the New Age in the person of Lily Pierce, a motivational speaker whose New Life Foundation promises a world of fulfilled dreams. However, beneath the mild exterior is a secret apocalyptic menace.
Cover, Arthur Byron. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Night of the Living Rerun. New York: Archway/Pocket Books, 1998. 178 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Répétition Mortelle. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1999. 186 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 4.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die Nacht der Wiederkehr. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 1999. 155 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Barbara Frost.
Buffy and her friends have been drawn into a new conflict with the Master (her major nemesis from Season One) as she is sucked into the past. The Master has set up a replay of the moment he was trapped in another dimension and this time hopes for a different outcome.
Cusick, Richie Tankersley. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. New York: Pocket Books, 1992. 183 pp. pb.
The novelization of the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie finds Buffy being introduced to her destiny as a slayer by her initial watcher Merrick and the confrontation with her first major enemy, the vampire Lothos.
[Cusick], Richie Tankersley. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 2. New York: Archway/Pocket Books, 1998. 226 pp. pb. Novelization of series episodes: "Halloween" and "What's My Line?" I & II
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Les Chroniques d'Angel 2. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1999. 220 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 7.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die Angel Chroniken II. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2000. 153 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Barbara Frost.
Angel and Buffy face a series of adventures that begin with the spell cast by the mischievous Ethan Rayne that turns everyone in costume into the character they had become for Halloween. The going get rough when Angel is subsequently captured by the Order of Taraka, a group of supernatural assassins who plan to kill Angel in order to bring the vampire Drusilla back to full health.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Harvest. New York: Archway/Pocket Books, 1997. 146 pp. pb. Novelization of the original episodes of the series, "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest."
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: La Moisson. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1999. 154 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 1.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die Wiederkehr des meisters. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 1999. 149 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Barbara Frost.
· Italian edition as: Benvenuti a Sunnydale. Milan: Sperling & Kupfer, 2000. 144 pp. pb.
In her original Sunnydale outing, Buffy must confront The Master, an ancient vampire who is attempting to break free and open the portal between this world and Hell.
DeBrandt, Don. Angel: Shakedown. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2000. 303 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Angel: Intérêt commun. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2001. 223 pp. pb. Trans. by Anne-Virginie-Tarall. No. 5.
· German edition as: Angel Jäger der Finsternis: Die Erde bebt. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 274 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Antje Görnig.
Angel's latest adventure begins with Doyle's vision of an earthquake. Their investigation of the vision uncovers some Serpentene demons who are living a rather mundane life seemingly integrated as business people in human society in Los Angeles. They have, however, come under attack from some evil demons who possess an ability to reduce any living creature to a pulverized mass.
DeCandido, Keith R. A. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Xander Years. Vol. 1. New York: Archway/Pocket Books, 1998. 227 pp. Novelization of the series episodes: "Teacher's Pet," "Inca Mummy Girl," and "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Les Métamorpheses d'Alex. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1999. 221 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 8.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Xander—Auf Liebe und Tod. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2000. 158 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Rolf Schmitz & Thomas Ziegler.
Xander has a series of love affairs with some beautiful women, each of whom turns out to be a supernatural creature: a She-mantis, a long-dead Inca princess, and Amy Madison, a witch.
Dokey, Cameron. Angel: the Summoned. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2001. 294 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Angel: Le Souffle du dragon. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2002. 220 pp. pb. Trans. by Anne-Virginie-Tarall. No. 10.
· German edition as: Angel Jäger der Finsternis: Wildes Feuer. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2002. 276 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Lynn Vetter.
Sparked by one of Doyle's vision's Angel and company are invited into the world of a young woman who has become involved with a cult-like group that has at its center a devouring fire-demon.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Here Be Monsters. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2000. 178 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Ici vivent les Monstres. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2001. 190 pp. pb. Trans. by Patricia Delcourt. M6 Serie Club 22.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Mutter der Monster. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 147 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
In her career, Buffy has learned to take vampires in stride, but she must now confront a new type of vampire—a clan adept in summoning occult forces to supplement their standard vampire viciousness. When she kills two of them, their mother takes after Buffy's mom in revenge.
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Fassbender, Tom, and Jim Pascoe. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Creatures of Habit. Illustrated by Brian Horton and Paul Lee. Milwaukee, WI: Dark Horse Books, 2002. 123 pp. tp.
· Rpt.: London: Titan Books, 2002. 123 pp. tp.
Buffy, in the weeks just after her return from the dead, must counter a vampire (an old friend of Spike's) who is organizing the late-night party time of the young people of Sunnydale for his own bloody pleasure. This novel is written and illustrated by a team better known for their work on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book.
Gallagher, Diana G. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Doomsday Deck. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2000. 193 pp. pb. Original novel.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die Karten des Todes. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2002. 181 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Michael Neuhaus.
Buffy must oppose Xander's latest girlfriend, Justine, a tarot card reader. The odd behavior of vampires in Justine's presence is the clue that alerts Buffy that something is wrong. Her resolving the situation is complicated by her friends becoming as smitten of Justine as is Xander.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Obsidian Fate. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 294 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Le Miroir des Ténèbres. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2001. 283 pp. pb. Trans. by Cédric Perdereau. M6 Serie Club 17.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Der Gott der Finsternis. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2000. 277 pp. hb. Trans. By Frauke Meier.
Outside Sunnydale, rain uncovers some Spanish artifacts, including a mirror with an obsidian frame. Giles identifies the object as a magical mirror formed by the Aztec god of darkness. Buffy's task becomes the preventing of the god's plan to regain his former power.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Prime Evil. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. 260 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Les cendres de Salem. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2001. 222 pp. pb. Trans. by Patricia Delcourt. M6 Serie Club 23.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Teuflische Ergebenheit. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2002. 275 pp. hb. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
Buffy is opposed by Crystal Gregory, an old witch posing as a youthful teacher at Sunnydale. Crystal draws Willow under her influence and Buffy must woo her friend back to her side if she is to assemble the magical resources necessary to defeat the powerful witch.
Gardner, Craig Shaw. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Return to Chaos. New York: Pocket Books, 1998. 293 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Retour au Chaos. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 313 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 10.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Verschwörung der Druiden. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2000. 280 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.Note error: Dust jacket lists Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder as authors.
The Hellmouth draws an ancient sect of Druid's to its supernatural atmosphere. They plan to perform rituals that will open the entrance to hell and release the evil on the planet again. Just when Buffy needs her friends to assist her, they are distracted.
Garton, Ray. Resurrecting Ravana. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. 305 pp. pb. Original novel.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Ravanas Rückkehr. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2000. 276 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Frauke Meier.
Buffy and the gang must discover the person who is invoking a Rakshasa, a vampire demon of ancient India, and of its king, the shape-shifting Ravana.
Gilman, Laura Ann, and Josepha Sherman. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Deep Water. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2000. 178 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Les Sirènes démoniaques. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2001. 184 pp. pb. Trans. by Grègoire Dannereau. M6 Serie Club 20.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Stille Wasser. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 151 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Michael Neuhaus.
Buffy's adventure begins when Willow, helping to clean up an oil spill on the coast, discovers a selkie in need of help. The oil spill also forces other creature of the deep from the water, including a crew of mermaids.
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___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Visitors. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 163 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Danse de Mort. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 185 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 11.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Todestanz. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2000. 150 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Michael Neuhaus.
A mysterious creature stalks Buffy, but her attempts to discover the nature of the beast is hindered by a group of student teacher at Sunnydale High using the school library as their temporary headquarters.
Golden, Christopher. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer. New York: Pocket Pulse. 2003. 573 pp. pb. Original novel.
The Omnibus compilation of the four volumes of "The Lost Slayer Series" originally published in 2001
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer. Part 1. Prophecies. New York: Pocket Pulse. 2001. 134 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: La tueuse perdue. Épisode 1. Prophéties. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2002. 126 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 25.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die verlorene Jägerin. Erstes Buch. Die Prophezeiung. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 119 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Sabine Arenz.
Buffy makes a bad judgment that lands her in an alternative world some five years in the future in which vampires have taken over in Southern California. In the new reality, she locates her radically changed friends who have already organized to fight the new menace. She also discovers that Faith has been replaced by a new Slayer, and that Joyce and Spike have disappeared. Either she, from her new reality, or her friends, from their old reality, must discover a way to reverse her mistake. She becomes more aware of her alternate existence, even more disturbing revelations occur, not the least being that Giles has become not only a vampire, he is the new Vampire King of California. The story is played out in three subsequent volumes.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer. Part 2. Dark Times. New York: Pocket Pulse. 2001. 138 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: La tueuse perdue. Épisode 1. Les temps maudits. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2002. 127 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 26.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die verlorene Jägerin. Zweites Buch. Dunkle Zeiten. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 118 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Sabine Arenz.
Volume 2 of The Lost Slayer Series. See comments to Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer. Part 1. Prophecies.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer. Part 3. King of the Dead. New York: Pocket Pulse. 2001. 134 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: La tueuse perdue. Épisode 3. Le roi des morts. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2002. 123 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 27.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die verlorene Jägerin. Drittes Buch. Der König der Toten. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 119 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Almuth Behrens.
Volume 3 of The Lost Slayer Series. See comments to Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer. Part 1. Prophecies.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer. Part 4. Original Sins. New York: Pocket Pulse. 2001. 134 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: La tueuse perdue. Épisode 4. Bienvenue en enfer. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2002. 126 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 28.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die verlorene Jägerin. Viertes Buch. Herrschaft der Vampire. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 120 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Antje Görnig.
Volume 4 of The Lost Slayer Series. See comments to Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Lost Slayer. Part 1. Prophecies.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Oz: Into the Wild. New York: Pocket Books, 2002. 278 pp. pb. Original novel.
Golden tells the story of Oz's adventures as he travels from Fiji to Tibet and Australia in his attempt to cure or at least control his lycanthropy. Adding to his challenge, without the protection of Buffy and Willow, he is now subject to others who would search him out and kill him.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sins of the Father. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 289 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Les Fautes du Père. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2001. 219 pp. pb. Trans. by Serge Lefaure. M6 Serie Club 19.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Sünden der Vergangenheit. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 275 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
Pike, Buffy's boyfriend from the original Buffy movie, shows up in Sunnydale while trying to get away from a demon who has a grudge against him. Pike's problem is a distraction from Buffy's attempt to handle the latest wave of vampire activity that seems to be aimed at Giles.
___., and Nancy Holder. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Blooded. New York: Archway/Pocket Books, 1998. 274 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: La Piste des guerriers. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1999. 250 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 5.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Das Blutschwert. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 1999. 246 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
Buffy confronts two Oriental opponents—Chirayouju, a Chinese vampire, and Sanno, a Japanese Mountain King. Traditionally, these two are arch enemies, but their battle has been interrupted in times past due to their being trapped in a old sword. After the sword comes to Sunnydale, the pair are freed to continue their hostilities regardless of any innocent bystanders.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Child of the Hunt. New York: Pocket Books, 1998. 324 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: La Chasse Sauvage. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 349 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 9.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die Diener des Bösen. Köln: GS/ProSieben, 2000. 278 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
At the same time that Sunnydale's Renaissance Faire opens, Buffy and the gang become aware that a set of evil medieval creatures, the Dark Faerie, are loose in the countryside. They serve the evil Erl King, and the hunt for the mysterious king leads them to the Faire's not-quite-human jester.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ghost Roads. Book Two: The Gatekeeper Trilogy. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 398 pp. pb. Original novel.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Le Royaume du Mal. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 342 pp. pb. Trans. by Grégoire Dannereau. M6 Serie Club 14.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Hüter der Finsternis. Vol. 2. Köln: VGS/PROSIEBEN, 2001. 275 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Antje Görnig.
Volume 2 of the Gatekeeper's Trilogy. See comments to Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of the Madhouse. Reprinted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy (1999).
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gamekeeper Trilogy. N.p.: Science Fiction Book Club, 1999. 724 pp. hb. dj.
Reprint omnibus volume that includes Out of the Madhouse, Ghost Roads, and Sons of Entropy.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Halloween Rain. New York: Archway/Pocket Books, 1997. 162 pp. pb. Original novel
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: La pluie d'Halloween. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1999. 187 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 2.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Halloween. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 1999. 158 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Barbara Frost.
· Italian edition as: Il ballo di Halloween. Milan: Sperling & Kupfer, 2000. 161 pp. pb.
Buffy and the gang experience a rainy Halloween that unleashes an array of zombies and vampires on Sunnydale but none are as frightful as Samheim, the demon king of the ancient Druids.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Immortal. New York: Archway/Pocket Books, 1999. 309 pp. hb. Original novel.
· Rpt: New York: Pocket books, 2000. 309 pp. pb.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Immortelle. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 348 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. Published outside of numbered series.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Das Damonin des Todes. Köln: VGS/PrpSieben, 2000. 284 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
Buffy must square off against Veronique, a most unusual vampire. Buffy kills her, but she come back, again and again. Buffy's task appears to be an impossible one. She must get rid of the immortal one permanently before she has the opportunity to create the unification of her demon masters into one all powerful demon who really cannot be beaten.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of the Madhouse. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 367 pp.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Loin de Sunnydale. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 313 pp. pb. Trans. by Grégoire Dannereau . M6 Serie Club 13.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Hüter der Finsternis. Vol. 1. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 277 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Antje Görnig.
Volume 1 of the Gatekeeper' Trilogy. Similar to the Hellmouth in Sunnydale that keeps the demonic horde at bay, the Gatekeeper's house in Boston holds back the many monsters (so familiar in folklore and horror novels). Buffy and the gang must come to the aid of the a Gatekeeper who is under attack from a black magician who is stealing his power. When the monstrous forces make their appearance in Sunnydale, Buffy and the gang are alerted. Once in the mansion she learns of the existence of a set of ghost roads, avenues existing in another dimension that allow the Slayerettes to quickly go to distant locations if they can stay focused and not become involved in the ghostly entities they will meet. Their goal is to locate the Gatekeeper's son and get him to Boston, but in order to succeed, they must defeat the Son of Entropy. The story begun in Out of the Madhouse is continued in Ghost Roads and Sons of Entropy. In one of the three volumes almost every monster every imagined will make an appearance. Reprinted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy (1999).
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sons of Entropy. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 317 pp. pb.
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Les Fils de l'Entropie. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 283 pp. pb. Translated by Cédric Perdereau. M6 Serie Club 15.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Hüter der Finsternis. Vol. 3. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 274 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
Volume 3 of the Gatekeeper's Trilogy. See comments to Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of the Madhouse. Reprinted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Gatekeeper Trilogy (1999).
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Wisdom of War. New York: Simon Pulse, 2002. 401 pp. pb.
Buffy and the Slayerettes are diverted from a rather mundane problem—fighting a creature who could have come from the Black Lagoon—when members of the Watcher's Council arrive in Sunnydale to relieve her of her work. Soon after the Council members show up, so does Faith, recently sprung from prison. She is to take the lead in the Council's new endeavor. Buffy must not only determine the true motivations of the Council, but how to respond to their presence in her territory.
___. Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. 305 pp. hb. dj. Original novel.
· Rpt.: New York: Pocket Books, 2001. 353 pp. pb.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Spike & Dru—Dämonische Liebe. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 273 pp. hb. dj. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
Spike and Drusilla are right at home in war-torn Europe. As Dru's birthday approaches, Spike wants to get her a special present, the necklace called Freyja's Strand. Wearing it will give Dru shape-shifting abilities. The price is high, he must kill all the present designated slayers-in-training, the pretty maids all in a row.
___. Sunnydale High Yearbook. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 91 pp. hb. boards. Oversize format.
· German edition as: Buffy Im Bann der Dämonen: Sunnydale Highschool Yearbook. Stuttgart: Dino, 2001. 91 pp. hb. boards. Oversize format. Trans. by Christiane Jung.
A delightful volume celebrating the culmination of the third season and the gang's graduation from high school and put together as if it was a high school annual. Included are a variety of color pictures—stills from the show and more formal publicity shots. It is the only volume to have pictures of the cast who were teachers and classmates at Sunnydale High. Any fan of the show will find a number of laugh-out-loud jokes.
Holder, Nancy. Angel City of. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 177 pp. pb. Novelization of the initial episode of the television series.
· French edition as: Angel: La Cité des anges. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 183 pp. pb. Trans. by Céline L'Official. No. 1
· German edition as: Angel: Stadt der Träume. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 148 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
The initial book to be based on the new Angel television series is a novelization of the first episode. Having retreated from Buffy and Sunnydale, he established himself in Los Angeles as a modern-day Robin Hood who is out to redeem himself by assisting those under attack from supernatural evil. To assist him are Cordelia, now broke but hopeful of a career as an actress, and Doyle, a half-demon, whose visions guide the trio to their new clients. This initial story includes a flashback to Angelus/Angel in Ireland in 1753 and his siring as a vampire by Darla.
___. Angel: Not Forgotten. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2000. 243 pp. pb. . Original novel.
· French edition as: Angel: Le seigneur des bas-fonds. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 2000. 186 pp. pb. Trans. by Céline L'Official. No. 2.
· German edition as: Angel: Der Todesgott. Köln: VGS/ProSieben, 2001. 151 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Thomas Ziegler.
Angel, Cordelia, and Doyle's attention is drawn to a series of deaths by spontaneous human combustion, to which they assign supernatural agency. At the same time Cordelia begins to research a group of children operating as pickpockets. Their two cases lead to a slumlord who is staging rituals to invoke Latura, as Indonesian deity of the dead.
___. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Angel Chronicles. Vol I. New York: Archway/Pocket Books, 1998. 208 pp. pb. Novelization of the series episodes: "Angel," "Reptile Boy," and "Lie to Me."
· French edition as: Buffy Contre les Vampires: Les Chroniques d'Angel 1. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1999. 220 pp. pb. Trans. by Isabelle Troin. M6 Serie Club 6.
· German edition as: Buffy im Bann der Dämonen: Die Angel Chroniken I. Köln: VGS/PoSieben, 1999. 152 pp. hb. boards. Trans. by Antje Görnig.
