Book of the dead
By: Ashley McConnell.
Contributors: Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Angel; Simon Spotlight media tie-in
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Angel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Vampires -- Fiction; Horror tales
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Angel (Television program : 1999- )
Description: Wes has been a compulsive reader since childhood. It's an addiction like any other -- he craves books, loves them, can't live without them. So when his former colleague Adrian O'Flaherty comes to town and invites Wes along to a highly secret auction of rare occult books, Wes can't say no. What Wes doesn't know is that Adrian is looking for more than dusty old tomes at the auction. He's out for revenge. Before the Watchers Council was destroyed, a man named Rutherford Circe stole a number of rare books from the council's libraries -- and killed the librarian, Adrian's father, in the process. At the auction, Wes buys a box of old books that holds one of the most famous books of magick ever collected. The Red Compendium is known for totally absorbing it readers -- and Wes, always a sucker for compelling literature, couldn't put its down if he wanted to.
Notes: "An original novel based on the television series created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt."