Immortal (Buffy novel)

1999 novel by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder

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Immortal

First edition cover

Author| Christopher Golden
Nancy Holder
Language| English
Series| Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Genre| Horror novel
Publisher| Pocket Books

Publication date

| October 1999
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages| 309
ISBN| 0-671-04175-4
OCLC| 44742484
Preceded by| Doomsday Deck
Followed by| Prime Evil

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

## Plot summary[edit]

Veronique is an immortal vampire that continues to return in the body of a newly dead person every time she has been staked. However, she wants to become truly immortal by summoning an ancient demon called the Triumvirate. And of course her choice spot to do so would be in Sunnydale, especially with the extra magical vibes emanating from the Hellmouth. Unfortunately, while Buffy is trying to keep Veronique's vampire henchmen at bay, she also has to deal with the fact that her mother is sick in the hospital. There's a chance that she has cancer, but they won't know for sure until they've performed surgery on her. Buffy has to decide where she's needed most: with her mother, or to stop the end of the world. Buffy and her friends battle Veronique and the Triumverate with help from Lucy Hanover and other spirits who possess them as the Triumverate need to drain the life-force of nearby souls. Without being able to do so, they revert into their hatchling forms and are killed. With them dead, Veronique loses her immortality and is killed by the last of the hatchlings before it dies.

## Continuity[edit]

* Joyce's illness is foreshadowed.
* In the UK, this was the first Buffy novel to appear in hardback form.
* Supposed to be set in an alternative Buffy Season 3. The book shares continuity with the Gatekeeper trilogy. For example the slayer, Lucy Hanover appears.

### Canonical issues[edit]

Main article: 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.

## External links[edit]

### Reviews[edit]

* Litefoot1969.bravepages.com \- Review of this book by Litefoot
* Teen-books.com \- Reviews of this book
* Nika-summers.com \- Review of this book by Nika Summers
* Shadowcat.name \- Review of this book

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Buffy novels

Buffy books in order of Buffyverse chronology

* Tales of the Slayer
* Pretty Maids All in a Row
* Blackout
* Halloween Rain
* Coyote Moon
* Night of the Living Rerun
* How I Survived My Summer Vacation
* Keep Me in Mind
* The Suicide King
* Colony
* Bad Bargain
* Portal Through Time
* After Image
* Carnival of Souls
* Blooded
* Go Ask Malice
* Sins of the Father
* Child of the Hunt
* Ghoul Trouble
* Paleo
* The Evil That Men Do
* Doomsday Deck
* Immortal
* Prime Evil
* Power of Persuasion
* Revenant
* The Gatekeeper
* Resurrecting Ravana
* Return to Chaos
* Visitors
* Unnatural Selection
* Obsidian Fate
* Deep Water
* Here Be Monsters
* The Book of Fours
* Sunnydale High Yearbook
* The Lost Slayer
* Oz: Into the Wild
* These Our Actors
* Unseen
* Tempted Champions
* Little Things
* Crossings
* Sweet Sixteen
* Wisdom of War
* Cursed
* Blood and Fog
* Monster Island
* Wicked Willow
* Seven Crows
* Apocalypse Memories
* Mortal Fear
* Spark and Burn
* Heat
* Queen of the Slayers
* Dark Congress

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