THE
GATEKEEPER TRILOGY
By Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder
Simon & Schuster Pocket Books - December 2001
Out of the Madhouse (I) ISBN: 0671024345
Ghost Roads (II) ISBN: 0671027492
Sons of Entropy (III) ISBN: 0671027506
Teen to Adult - Horror/TV Tie-In
Reviewed by Rachel
A Hyde, MyShelf.com
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Not only fantasy comes in trilogies - here two stalwart Buffy writers
have come up with an action-packed tale of a mysterious cult that wants
the world to end and chaos to replace it so they can reign as kings under
evil centuries-old wizard Fulcanelli. On the side of the Angels is the
Guardian who has the grim task of making sure that all the fantastic creatures
that don't belong in our world or in Hell such as unicorns, The Flying
Dutchman, the Kraken and fairies all stay within its walls. But the young
heir has been kidnapped and must be found so he can inherit the house
and its powers before his ancient father dies. Buffy and her friends are
pitted against some awesome foes, go on a long trip to Europe via the
Ghost Roads to beard the evil wizard in his Italian den
Which makes for
a good lively tale that could have easily been contained in one slightly-longer-than-usual
novel. Put into three books it seems a bit stretched but if you like the
series it is a good addition to the canon of titles. Xander gets to do
some brave and useful things, Giles gets to fall in love again and imagination
runs happily riot.
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