Tempted Champions

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name = Tempted Champions
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Yvonne Navarro
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country = United States
language = English
series = Buffy the Vampire Slayer
genre = Horror novel
publisher = Pocket Books
release_date = March 2002
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media_type = Print ()
pages = 240 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-7434-5031-0
preceded_by = Wisdom of War (Buffy novel)
followed_by = Little Things (Buffy novel)

Tempted Champions is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Plot summary

A young, vicious and beautiful woman named Celina comes to Sunnydale and there's nothing but an uproar caused by her appearance. She's a deadly fighter that is willing to kill both humans and vampires alike. Upon her arrival in Sunnydale, she scares Anya, demanding to know where the Slayer is. As Buffy becomes involved in a short battle with Celina at sunrise, she realizes that she's in way over her head as Celina's method of fighting is far superior to her own. Meanwhile, Anya wrestles with her humanity and realizes that a lot of pain can come from being human and no longer immortal. D'Hoffryn offers her back her demonhood and she must decide which path is right for her. Buffy, after her encounter with the violent Celina, has Giles research who this mysterious woman is to better prepare her for the next time they meet. Unfortunately, the news of what Celina actually IS, is a lot more shocking than Buffy had expected.

Continuity

*Fits into an alternative Buffy Season 5. Written before Hell Bells. That episode made much of this book uncanonicalFact|date=July 2008.

Canonical issues

:main|Buffyverse canon

:"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

*Buffyverse Chronology
*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'
*“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/novels2/19.htm "Litefoot1969.bravepages.com" - Review of this book by Litefoot]
* [http://www.teen-books.com/Tempted_Champions_Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_0743400364.html "Teen-books.com" - Reviews of this book]
* [http://www.nika-summers.com/Library/noveltemptedchampions.php "Nika-summers.com" - Review of this book by Nika Summers] * [http://www.shadowcat.name/book0334.html "Shadowcat.name" - Review of this book]