Necroscope

The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. I

By: Brian Lumley

Narrated by: Joshua Saxon

Necroscope®: The Last of the Lost Years, Volume 1, the 19th in Brian Lumley's Necroscope® series, contains two short novels, one long novella, and one short story. Each of these feature the Necroscope, Harry Keogh, during this final period of his life known as “The Lost Years”. Look for the second volume of The Last of the Lost Years, the 20th in the Necroscope series, which contains two short novels, one long novella, one short story, and a closing piece entitled Resurrection.

Stories included in this collection:

• In Dublin's Fair City
• Dinosaur Dreams
• The Plague-Bearer
• Harry and the Pirates

©2020 Brian Lumley (P)2020 David N. Wilson

so fun to read and or listen to.

I read this book years ago and forgot about it. I got the Audible version and really enjoyed it ☺

GREAT READ!

I enjoyed it! The narration was great and kept me entertained! The author did a great job with the characters and plot. I look forward to reading Volume II! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Excellent story!

I loved this book! It took me a chapter or so to really get into it but once I did I didn’t want to stop listening! The narrator did an excellent job bringing it to life! I definitely recommend this book!


This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review

excellent

Joshua Saxon again takes Master Lumley's works out for a stroll with his unique narration and we, the listening audience only need close our eyes and let his voice transport us to the people and places that we've come to love on the Lumley world's.


I can listen to Joshua read anything but his rendition of Brian Lumley's books are a special treat because he treats them as if they were his own.

closing your eyes and just enjoying the narration is the best part of any audiobook and Joshua as you can tell takes pride in his pronunciation and enunciation of the very complex world that Brian Lumley has created

An Old Favorite And a New Love

I've been a fan of Brian Lumley since at least 1992. He's always been to my mind anyway an underrated and overlooked leader in horror. The narrator Joshua Saxon was new to me. I'm not sure if I can adequately describe just how impressed I am after listening to this book. His talents go beyond narration because he does a better job singing an old irish ditty acapella than some professional singers I've heard. If you are new to either the author or the narrator then I can honestly say it is worth your time and money to check this book out!

Excellent Narration

I'll start off by saying that Joshua Saxon is an excellent narrator. His voice is perfectly suited to this sort of material, and he avoids the common genre fiction narration pitfalls of emotionless delivery and its reverse, overacting. He does a great job and it's honestly a crime that he's not a more prolific and well known narrator than he is.

As for the stories themselves, they are one short story, one novella, and two stories somewhere in between, all starring Lumley's most well known creation, the Necroscope. I'll admit that I have not yet read anything else in the lengthy Necroscope series, so this was my first. I suspect that this book is not the ideal starting place, however it was not by any means a *bad* one. I never found myself confused or unable to follow things, which is impressive considering how far along in the series these stories apparently are.

There are two types of potential buyer for this collection: One, those already familiar with the series, no doubt know what to expect. If they liked previous stories starring this character, I suspect they will likely enjoy these ones as well. For the second group, people like me new to the series, I would say that these stories are enjoyable and easy to follow despite this lack of knowledge, but that due to potential for spoilers they should consider whether they'd rather start here with the benefit of excellent narration and 'taster size' stories, or from the original novel for the benefits of publication order. Which is most important will be a matter of personal priorities.

This audiobook was provided to me for free at my request in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

i enjoyed it

i really liked the book up until the end, it was lack luster at the end.

The Magic Continues…

Lumley+Saxon=Magic…Another great entry in the Necroscope saga…Started kind of slow for me, but by the end of the last story I was all in…Now, on to the next volume…

Pirates!

Half of this was Plague Bearer the other half was new to me, a Pseudo vampire story, which i really liked.

Joshua Saxon does a great job as with all of Lumley's books,

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

A Good One

This book was given to me for free at my request and I am providing this review voluntarily.

1st, I REALLY LOVE Joshua's narration. His voice is very clear with no mistakes (that I caught at least). His voice is even relaxing & calming, very easy on the ears & mind. He'd be perfect for sleep stories & meditations.

The story was a bit long winded at times & lagged in places for me, making it hard to keep going at times. However, so are some of Stephen Kings books, so it doesn't mean it's bad at all. I liked all the characters in the book & the development of each one.

Yes, I would recommend this one!! Yes, I recommend the narrator as well!!