Product Description

This is a Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit "CW" series!Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Since then, they have grown up learning how to hunt and kill the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...When the brothers hit New York to check out a haunted house, they soon make a more grisly and suspicious discovery. A spate of killings, apparently based on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, are occurring near the author's old house.Join Sam and Dean on an all-new monster hunt, in this original Supernatural novel.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43924 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

About the Author
Keith R. A. DeCandido is best known for his Star Trek fiction, and has also written tie-in novels for other popular sci-fi and fantasy series, such as Buffy, Doctor Who, Andromeda and Farscape, as well as Spider-Man comic books and videogames (World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Command & Conquer). He has also edited various anthologies, including Doctor Who: Short Trips and several Star Trek anthologies. DeCandido is also a professional musician and is currently a member of the Boogie Knights.

Customer Reviews

Winchesters in New York...
It can't be easy to be writing the first tie-in novel for a series that has ended up with such... ahem... 'dedicated' fans as Supernatural, but this turned out to be a very readable book. For the casual viewer of Supernatural, the early chapters might come across as a bit continuity heavy as there are several references to events in the series but it does the job of placing the events in the book between the season 2 episodes "Crossroad Blues" and "Croatoan".

The story is set in New York, something far easier to accomplish in a novel that on a film set in Canada, and one of the fun things in the book was to see the roadtripping Winchesters' reaction to the Big Apple. For the most part, DeCandido's characterisation of Sam and Dean is reassuringly close to how they appear in the series, a detail that writers of tie-in novels too often seem to slip up on. The original characters introduced in the book, including some friends of Ash, don't detract from the focus on the Winchesters. The plot, based around the writing of Edgar Allan Poe (hence the title: Nevermore), is suitably macabre.

It's not literature, and there are a few places where it jars, but for the most part the book keeps close enough to the tone and feel of the series to be an enjoyable read.

quoth the raven
an original novel based on the tv series supernatural, featuring brothers sam and dean winchester who travel the backroads of america dealing with supernatural creatures.

In this story sam and dean head to new york to hunt a ghost for a friend of a friend. at the same time, murders are taking place that seemed to be inspired by the work of edgar allan poe. What sinister forces are at work?

I'm always a bit wary of tie in books as they can either be very good or quick cash in jobs that don't resemble the shows at all. However this is written by keith ra decandido who has done some very good tie in novels in the past, and that was enough to make me buy it.

He writes a superb introduction that summaries why the show is so great, and a great afterword listing the music that's great to listen to whilst reading and that dean might like.

And the writing gets the characters and feel of the show perfectly, with some typically funny dialogue and interplay between the two brothers.

As a story though, this is slightly lacking. it's great for the first one hundred pages, but gets stretched out in the middle with the ghost plot, and then the main one is wrapped up rather quickly at the end. and you will have no trouble guessing who the villain is.

The other big problem is that neither plot line is very scary.

This is a good supernatural novel. It's just not a great one. But it has moments that fans will enjoy

Slightly lacking
I adore the series Supernatural, and thought a tie-in book was an excellent idea... however, whilst the book was an enjoyable enough read it was very standard, lacking the atmosphere and the emotional punch found in the series - especially between the brothers Sam and Dean.
In all honesty, I've read better tie-in stories online.