Portal Through Time
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| Author | Alice Henderson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Simon Spotlight Entertainment |
| Released | 24 October 2006 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | ISBN |
| Preceded by | (as yet Unknown) |
| Followed by | (as yet Unknown) |
Portal Through Time is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy.
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[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
A group of vampire-assassins are travelling into the past in an attempt to kill previous Slayers, and disrupt the lineage of Slayers. Buffy is forced to confront the vampires across history; she stumbles across time periods on her quest to stop them. During her travels she comes across a Druidic stronghold being invaded by Romans, an American Civil War Battlefield, Angelus during the French Revolution, and she fights off against unusual creatures from ancient Sumerian mythology.
[edit] Trivia
- The author, Alice Henderson also wrote, "Night Terrors".
- Canon characters in the novel include: Buffy and Angelus.
[edit] Continuity
[edit] Timing
- It's place in the wider Buffyverse chronology is presently unknown until closer to the release date, but most likely it will take place in Buffy Season 2 since many of the recent novels have been placed there (with the exception of Blackout).
- The Buffy books are listed in order of chronology in a navigation box at the bottom of this article.
[edit] Canonical issues
- Buffy novels, such as this one are generally not considered by fans as part of canon. They are usually not viewed as official Buffyverse reality, but are novels from the authors' imaginations. However unlike fanfic, 'overviews' summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by Fox, who in turn may or may not have sought appoval from Whedon (or his office). The book will be published as official Buffy merchandise.
[edit] See also
[edit] Upcoming Buffyverse novels
[edit] Upcoming Buffyverse comics
- Spike: Lost and Found
- Spike vs Dracula
- Illyria: Spotlight
- Gunn: Spotlight
- Wesley: Spotlight
- Doyle: Spotlight
[edit] External links
[edit] Book
- Simonsays.com - Publisher's webpage for this book
- Review of Portal Through Time at www.sci-fi-online.com
- Whedonesque.com - Whedonesquers discuss the book in April 2006
- Nika Summer's Buffy Library - includes synopses and reviews of earlier Buffy novels.
