Series:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer S.

6 primary works • 32 total works

Cover of Spike and Dru

Spike and Dru

by Christopher Golden

Published 1 October 2000
..."You got
Slayer problems.
You know what I
find works real good with
Slayers? Killing them."

"Oh yeah, I did a couple Slayers in my
time. Don't like to brag. Oh, who am I kidding,
I love to brag. There was one Slayer, during the
Boxer Rebellion..."

"We like to talk big, vampires do. 'I'm gonna destroy
the world, ' -- just tough-guy talk, strutting around
with your friends over a pint of blood...Truth is, I
like this world. You got dog racing, Manchester
United, "Love Boat," and you got people.
Billions of people walking around
like Happy Meals
with legs..."

In the second hardcover installment of the bestselling "Buffy the Vampire Slayer(TM) " series, Christopher Golden, coauthor of "The Watcher's Guide" ("fans will suck this tome dry" -- "Entertainment Weekly)" and "Immortal" ("Golden and Holder smartly expand upon the show's slangy lingo [and] display deep insight into the characters." -- "Entertainment Weekly)," presents a unique supernatural tale that finds fan-favorite demon lovers Spike and Drusilla wreaking havoc throughout war-torn Europe as only they can. As long as there have been demons, there have been Slayers. But Slayers have short life expectancies and high mortality rates. Which is why there exists a list of

"Pretty Maids All in a Row"

It's 1940, and Europe is ravaged by World War II -- an ideal environment for two gleefully destructive monsters. Drusilla's birthday -- that is, the anniversary of her resurrection as a vampire -- impends and her devoted paramour Spike wants to celebrate in style. What more perfect a gift than the legendary necklace known as Freyja's Strand-- a chain of metal so potently magical that it instantly imbues its wearer with the ability to shape-shift at will? The problem is, no one's sure that the bauble even exists.

Until Spike learns of a demon named Skrymir, who claims not only to possess the necklace, but is willing to trade.

Skrymir's true desire is to be rid of the most persistent thorns in his side, the Watchers' Council and the Slayer, so that he can implement his vision of world domination. Spike's task is to infiltrate Council head-quarters and get his hands on the list of all young women currently in training to take over as Slayer should they be called. In exchange for the necklace, Spike must kill the current Slayer, a brazen young woman named Sophie, as well as all of the Slayers-in-Waiting that exist -- the "pretty maids all in a row."

To Spike, this sounds like fun, and he sets off on a spree.

Sophie and her Watcher, Yanna, are determined to stop whoever has been slaughtering all of the potential Slayers. If Spike and Drusilla succeed with their plans of bloodlust and power, it could mean the end of the Chosen One -- "all" of the Chosen Ones -- forever...

Cover of The Official Sunnydale High Yearbook
It's senior year for Buffy Summers and her friends. And that means homecoming, senior prom, finals, graduation -- all the usual evil doings guaranteed to make the Chosen One long for recess.

Slayer duties caused Buffy to miss picking up her Yearbook, so Willow took it for her and enlisted the help of Xander, 0z, Cordelia, Giles, and Angel to make it truly special. Filled with personal notes, candid photos, and in-jokes about Slayerfest, Halloween, substitute teachers, the principal who was eaten, Ascension, etc. -- Buffy's Yearbook is part school publication, part memory book.

Written by the authors of the bestselling "The Watcher's Guide," this keepsake volume is packed with key references to the show and characters, 32 full-color pages of fan-favorite moments, and Graduation photos!

Cover of Sons of Entropy
Led by fanatical Il Maestro, the Sons of Entropy are assaulting the supernatural Boston mansion that holds back the realm of monsters. With the Gatekeeper weakening, Buffy sends Willow and Cordelia to escort Xander along the Ghost Roads to the Gatehouse.

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Halloween Rain

by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder

Published 1 November 1997
Around the town of Sunnydale, they say that a scarecrow saturated with Halloween rain will come alive and slaughter every one in sight. Buffy's best friends, Xander and Willow, used to think the tale was nonsense, but now they're not so sure.

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Keep Me In Mind

by Nancy Holder

Published 1 April 2005
Nemesis Ethan Rayne returns to Sunnydale and unleashes a long-trapped sorcerer from medieval Bavaria. And if working out Ethan's true motivation while dealing with a none-too-friendly spellcaster on the loose were not enough to keep Buffy from her chemistry homework, she also finds hereself encountering a seemingly random parade of old adverseries out to settle the score.

Cover of The Monster Book
Starting with Giles' research into the various monsters and demons Buffy and the gang have encountered, this book then delves into the folklore that inspired the show's bad guys - their mythology, science, cultural, literary and historial origins. "The Monster Book" looks at how vampires are created on the show. There are interviews with the series creator, Joss Whedon, as well as the writers, make-up and costume artists, stunt men and actors. It explores the mythology surrounding vampires and other ghouls, in other forms of popular culture. Meet the vampires and other Sunnydale hellmouth creatures, safely, in this monster book.

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Out of Madness

by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder

Published 1 January 1999
Sunnydale is being besieged by dark forces. But even with Buffy providing her unique style of damage control, it's more than one Slayer can handle - especially since the abominations are coming from a centuries-old portal through time and space.

Cover of The Journals of Rupert Giles

The Journals of Rupert Giles

by Nancy Holder

Published 1 February 2002
A novelization of three key episodes each of which features Buffy's English Watcher, Giles. Buffy Summers is hip, modern, and utterly immersed in pop culture. Rupert Giles is a traditional Englishman whose idea of bliss is a good book and a strong cup of tea. Difficult though it may be to come up with an odder couple, the duo have managed to avert their fair share of apocalypses. One thing they can't seem to conquer, however, is Buffy's bad birthday luck. At eighteen, she is subjected to a Watcher's Council Cruciamentum, a test of her ability to handle danger without the help of her Slayer powers. The rite, however, also tests Giles' attitude towards both his charge and his calling, and leaves their relationship on a rather different footing. One year on, when Buffy's friends throw her a surprise party for her nineteenth, Giles finds himself feeling useless and out of the loop, and an evening spent in the company of his one-time crony Ethan Rayne means that his problems are only just beginning.
But it is at the Slayer's twentieth birthday gathering that both Buffy and Giles are forced to re-examine the nature of blood ties and the definition of family - or risk losing a mutual loved one more important to them - and the fate of the world - than either ever imagined...Based on the episodes HELPLESS, A NEW MAN and BLOOD TIES.

Cover of Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father

by Christopher Golden

Published 1 November 1999
When Buffy's old flame Pike arrives in Sunnydale, the Slayer welcomes the chance to catch up. But Pike has a stone demon on his trail, inadvertently bringing with him secrets from the past.

Cover of Angel Heat

Angel Heat

by Nancy Holder

Published 31 May 2005
When the demon Lir, banished to a frozen dimension, joins forces with the huntress Jhiera to wreak havoc, Buffy and Angel find themselves caught up in an epic war between different dimensions. "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" is a syndicated TV series, now seen on FX, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. And, "Angel" is a syndicated TV series.

Cover of Ugly Little Monsters
Buffy's mother is dead, the emotions of Buffy and her friends are running high, and lots of little things are causing lots of little problems. With everybody preoccupied by grief, anger, guilt and regret, the fight against the forces of darkness doesn't seem that crucial, somehow. Somebody should have told that to the swarm of angry, deformed, green demon-children that are tearing apart Buffy's house and trying to chew off her face! Want it or not, Buffy has a fight on her hands - but one of her closest friends is keeping a secret that is either the key to victory - or could get them all killed! Also includes the slam-bang "Night of a Thousand Vampires" one-shot!

Cover of The Death of Buffy

The Death of Buffy

by Fabian Nicieza, Tom Fassbender, and Jim Pascoe

Published 29 November 2002
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, protector of Sunnydale (and the world!) is dead; killed saving her sister Dawn from the mad, evil god, Glory. Her friends are trying to get on with their lives, but things aren't looking too good for Willow, Xander, and the gang; between them, there's enough anger, frustration, loss, guilt, and tragedy to resurrect an ancient demon...and its food is the grief of Buffy's nearest and dearest. If that's not bad enough, a horde of demonic reptilian sorcerers plan to resurrect their fallen comrade and paint the town blood red. Can Buffy's friends face the threat without a Slayer to defend them? Willow finds that she can learn a great deal from these reptilian mystics. And if there's going to be one resurrection, why can't there be Two?