Heat (Buffy/Angel novel)

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name = Heat
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Nancy Holder
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country = United States
language = English
series = Buffy-Angel
genre = Horror novel
publisher = Pocket Books
release_date = July 2004
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 456 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-689-86017-X
preceded_by = Seven Crows (Buffy/Angel novel)
followed_by = "None" (Last Buffy/Angel crossover novel)

"Heat" is an original novel based on the television series "Buffy" and "Angel".

Plot summary

Buffy and Angel both battle the same ancient evil, a Possessor who was once Qin, First Emperor of China. As a Possessor, Qin's body loses its temperature fast and he is forced to jump from body to body through the ages, rendering him immortal. In present day Sunnydale and Los Angeles, Qin is attempting to usher in the Year of the Hot Devil and drive humans out of his dimension by resurrecting an ancient dragon frozen in ice from centuries before.

Trivia

*Tagline: 'An original crossover novel based on the hit television series created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt'.
*Buffyverse canon characters include: Buffy, Angel, Cordelia, Spike, Jhiera
*Jhiera, who previously appeared in Angel episode She, appears throughout.

Continuity

*Set during Buffy Season 7, and Angel Season 4. References in the book place it after the sixth episode of each series ("Him" and "Spin the Bottle" respectively).

Canonical issues

:"Buffy"/"Angel" books such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially "Buffy"/"Angel" merchandise.

Timing

*Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

ee also

*Buffy books. These tend to surround the character of Buffy and the fictional town of Sunnydale
*Angel books. These instead focus on Angel and his so-called 'Fang Gang' (Angel Investigations)
*“Tales of the Slayer” These chronicle the stories of past slayers
*All of the above can be described as “Buffyverse novels”

External links

Reviews

* [http://litefoot1969.bravepages.com/sf/buffy/novels/x_overs/07.htm "Litefoot1969.bravepages.com" - Review of this book by Litefoot]
* [http://www.teen-books.com/Heat__Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_and_Angel_crossover_068986017X.html "Teen-books.com" - Reviews of this book]
* [http://www.nika-summers.com/Library/novelheat.php "Nika-summers.com" - Review of this book by Nika Summers]