Blackout (Buffy novel)

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name = Blackout
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Keith R.A. DeCandido
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country = United States
language = English
series = Buffy the Vampire Slayer
genre = Horror novel
publisher = Simon Spotlight Entertainment
release_date = August 29, 2006
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 256 pp
isbn = ISBN 1-4169-1917-1
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followed_by = Halloween Rain (Buffy novel)

"Blackout" is an original novel based on the U.S. television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

Plot summary

It is 1977, the summer of a brutal blackout, the time of the Son of Sam murders, and a period of brutal fiscal disaster for New York. The slayer Nikki Wood fights against the forces of darkness and also tries to protect her son, Robin. Meanwhile Spike and Drusilla arrive in the city hoping to hunt down a slayer, not without the local vampire community soon discovering of their arrival.

ee also

*Nikki Wood

pike-related Buffyverse comics/novels

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*"Spike vs Dracula"
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*"Spike & Dru"
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*"Blackout"
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*"Spark and Burn"

External links

* [http://kradical.livejournal.com/277902.html Keith R.A. DeCandido posts an announcement about his upcoming book]
* [http://whedonesque.com/comments/7849 Whedonesquers discuss upcoming book]
* [http://www.sff.net/people/krad/blackout.htm DeCandido.net - Keith R.A. DeCandido reveals more details about influences on the book, and its plot]
* [http://whedonesque.com/comments/9059 Whedonesquers discuss details revealed at DeCandido.net]
* [http://www.scifiheaven.net/site/index.php/2005/10/01/interview-keith-ra-decandido/ Interview with author]
* [http://www.sff.net/people/krad/blackexc.htm An excerpt from the novel]
* [http://whedonesque.com/comments/10612 Whedonesquers discuss the excerpt]

Reviews

* [http://www.teen-books.com/Blackout_Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_1416919171.html "Teen-books.com" - Reviews of this book]