Necroscope 3: The Source (Necroscope Trilogy, Volume 3) (original 1989; edition 1989)

by Brian Lumley (Author)

Series: Necroscope (3)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Horror. Thriller. HTML: *Now available for the first time in audiobook format, Necroscope III: The Source* is the third installment in the Necroscope�** series by horror master Brian Lumley. This story traces the battle between Harry Keogh and the horrifying Vamphyri on their home ground, an alien landscape of looming towers, impossible cliffs, and ravenous vampire-beasts. Russia's Ural Mountains hide a deadly secret: a supernatural portal to the country of the vampires. Soviet scientists and ESP-powered spies, in a secret military base, study the portal�and the powerfully evil creatures that emerge from it, intent on ravaging mankind. When Jazz Simmons, a British agent sent to infiltrate the base, is captured by the KGB espionage squad and forced through the portal, his last message tells Harry Keogh, the Necroscope, that the vampires are preparing for a mass invasion. Harry has only one option�to strike first. He must carry the human-vampire war to the vampire's own lands. But his strongest psychic power will be useless there. What good is the power to summon the dead in a country where nothing ever dies, where every man, woman, and child become half-dead servants of the Vamphyri? .… (more)

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Brian Lumley is one of my favorite authors and will always be. The Necroscope series is one of the many reasons. (

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everettroberts | Oct 20, 2023 |

The Source follows a nuclear accident that manages to blow a hole in between our reality and the homeworld (more accurately home universe, since Harry cannot Moebius his way there) of the Vampires.

It's interesting watching this series progress from espionage mixed with urban fantasy and horror in the first book to a more historical urban fantasy (if that makes sense) to this one which veers a bit more into almost science fiction. We have a parallel universe, a tidally locked planet, and some really weird vampire biology. The world building around vampires continues to be the strongest part of this series (which is amusing, given that I find the Moebius Continuum and the various ESP powers to be among the weakest).

I'm still not particularly a fan of Harry Keogh, but for most of the book he has a relatively minor role and I like a lot of the new characters in this book. Overall, I liked to see the extra worldbuilding, but the story was a bit weaker. Given the conclusion, I can guess where the next book is going to go (Harry Sr vs Harry Jr). We'll give it a chance. (

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jpv0 | Jul 21, 2021 |

Still a little deus ex'y at the end, but still effective. (

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Loryndalar | Mar 19, 2020 |

Here Lumley really tightens things up and you realize that this series is not going to end anytime soon. Unlike lots of series there is no sequelitus here. Every book brings in a fresh approach and a stiffer dose of salt ready to enter those wounds he constantly tears open. (

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JHemlock | Oct 28, 2019 |

I haven't been able to read the second in the Necroscope series, as my library only has one copy of it on file, and it's for reference only.
Decent read, but slow to move at first.
Conclusion decent enough for me to want to read the others (

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Eternal.Optimist | Aug 22, 2018 |

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The Necroscrope Quintet: Necroscope, Vamphyri, The Source, Deadspeak, Deadspawn by Brian Lumley

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Necroscope III: The Source

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Necroscope III: The Source

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1989

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Harry Keogh

Harry Keogh Jr.

Michael 'Jazz' Simmons (MI6 agent)

Ginghiz Khuv

Agursky Visily (Soviet scientist at Perchorsk)

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The Pass (the pass between sunside & starside)

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c.300BC Belos Pheropzis emerges from the Gate into the Hell-lands?

1977 Harry Jr and Brenda vanish

1980 Perchorsk Projekt is begun

1982 The Perchorsk Incident

1985 Jazz Simmons discovers the Gate at Perchorsk Harry first travels to Starside

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Fantasy. Fiction. Horror. Thriller. HTML:

Now available for the first time in audiobook format, Necroscope III: The Source is the third installment in the Necroscope� series by horror master Brian Lumley. This story traces the battle between Harry Keogh and the horrifying Vamphyri on their home ground, an alien landscape of looming towers, impossible cliffs, and ravenous vampire-beasts.
Russia's Ural Mountains hide a deadly secret: a supernatural portal to the country of the vampires. Soviet scientists and ESP-powered spies, in a secret military base, study the portal�and the powerfully evil creatures that emerge from it, intent on ravaging mankind.
When Jazz Simmons, a British agent sent to infiltrate the base, is captured by the KGB espionage squad and forced through the portal, his last message tells Harry Keogh, the Necroscope, that the vampires are preparing for a mass invasion.
Harry has only one option�to strike first. He must carry the human-vampire war to the vampire's own lands. But his strongest psychic power will be useless there. What good is the power to summon the dead in a country where nothing ever dies, where every man, woman, and child become half-dead servants of the Vamphyri?

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