Product Description

Buffy has found it harder than she thought to adjust to college life, especially when Willow has found it so easy. When the spirit of dead Slayer Lucy Hanover warns Buffy in a dream of imminent disaster, the timing could hardly be worse.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #553076 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 134 pages

Customer Reviews

Buffy learns she is destined to be "The Lost Slayer"
"Prophecies," the first book in Christopher Golden's four-part "The Lost Slayer" serial novel, takes us back to the early days of season four, when Buffy Summers was trying to enjoy being a freshman at UC-Sunnydale and Willow was still dating Oz. Unlike the recently completed "Unseen" trilogy, this serial novel focuses primarily on the character of Buffy and avoids being caught in the limbo of writing about relationships that no longer exist on the television series. This is Buffy after Angel and before Riley, a young woman desperate to be more than just the Slayer and to carve out some semblance of a "normal" life. This is a Buffy who is on edge, accidentally backhanding Willow, repeatedly snapping at Giles, and finding freedom not in the classroom as she desires but only in letting lose the full violence of the Slayer in combat.

But then two troubling things happen to up the ante. First, the shade of the deceased Slayer Lucy Hanover (first introduced in "The Gatekeeper" trilogy) appears in a dream and warns Buffy of a prophecy of impending danger that will somehow be caused by Buffy herself. Second, a new pack of vampires, with bats tattooed on their face and glowing orange eyes, are showing up in increasing numbers in Sunnydale. Of course, these two developments are related in the worst way possible. For most of the novel it seems pretty clear the title refers to Buffy as a Slayer who has lost sense of her true self. But then we come to the final chapter and a dramatic development that gives "The Lost Slayer" an entirely new and unforgetable meaning. This first book gets five stars because it achieves its highest goal, which is to make the reader desperate to read the next installment. And wait until you find out what happens at the end of THAT one.

However, I do have one caveat: I do not think Camazotz would have two people occupying one cell, especially if the mirror was removed on day one. Then again, I certainly recognize how Golden did not want anything to get in the way of the gripping cliffhanger that ends Part One in this serial. Also, a minor complaint, which is not limited to Golden's novel alone, namely that Anya's constant talk about her sex life with Xander is becomingly really old, really fast. However, now that I have read the entire set, the main thing you need to know is that "The Lost Slayer" series are the best Buffy books since "The Gatekeeper Trilogy."

Good storyline
This book goes along the same lines as 'The Burning trilogy' in the way that buffy gets sucked into another dimension but thats all. The rest of the story is really good and the has a very strong storyline and it is Buffy's worst nightmare really seeing that its a dimension run by vampires but i wont ruin the rest for u and don't think about it just buy it!!!!!

Definately a good buy for BTVS fans
This is without doubt one of the best of the spin off books from the Buffy series.

I think that Golden is pretty much spot on in replicating the personalities of the main characters from the series.

And he gets to have a little fun with playing "what if" with portraying how the characters may turn out in an alternate future.

It makes sense having the trilogy in a compendium, as I think I'd feel a little short changed if I'd bought an individual installment - the compendium as a whole feels like the proper length for a novel of this kind.