Resurrecting Ravana

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name = Resurrecting Ravana
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Ray Garton
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country = United States
language = English
series = Buffy the Vampire Slayer
genre = Horror novel
publisher = Pocket Books
release_date = January 2000
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 305 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-671-02636-4
preceded_by = Revenant (Buffy novel)
followed_by = Return to Chaos (Buffy novel)

Resurrecting Ravana is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy.

Plot summary

It's midterm exam time at Sunnydale High School and tensions are rising high in the usual group. Particularly between Buffy and Willow who seem to have some sort of unspoken dislike of the other. Meanwhile, horrible murders have been occurring throughout Sunnydale; two close friends end up dead, one kills the other and then the murderer ends up as a pile of bones. The murders also coincide with the arrival of a large group of demons called the Rakshasa who seem to have a sort of wicked control over their victims. As Buffy and Willow become more and more violent towards each other, Giles does some research which indicates that the Rakshasa are in town to help with the resurrection on an ancient Hindu demon called Ravana. And when Giles spots Ethan Rayne in town, he knows that something chaotic is at hand.

Trivia

*Tagline: 'A dark evil is rising'.
*Characters include: Buffy, Joyce, Giles, Xander, Angel, Cordelia, Willow, Oz, and Ethan Rayne
*Cordelia's web page in the book is www.shrew.com

Continuity

*Supposed to be set late in Buffy Season 3. This is one of the many Buffy novels set in an alternative Buffy Season 3 (more specifically Spring 1999 in the Buffyverse). They tend to break established Buffyverse canon in any or all of the following four ways: (1) The threat of the Mayor and Faith is not a major concern. (2) Xander and Cordelia remain an item. (3) Buffy and Angel remain an item. (4) Giles accepts Angel.

Canonical issues

:main|Buffyverse canon

:Buffy novels 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 merchandise.

Timing

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

ee also

*Buffy books
*Angel books
*“Tales of the Slayer”

External links

Reviews

* [http://litefoot1969.bravepages.com/sf/buffy/novels2/09.htm "Litefoot1969.bravepages.com" - Review of this book by Litefoot]
* [http://www.teen-books.com/Resurrecting_Ravana__Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_0671026364.html "Teen-books.com" - Reviews of this book]
* [http://www.nika-summers.com/Library/novelravana.php "Nika-summers.com" - Review of this book by Nika Summers]
* [http://www.shadowcat.name/book0122.html "Shadowcat.name" - Review of this book]