If/when I read the saga again in another decade or so then I'm going to exclude them.Twenty years ago, the horror world was forever altered by the publication of Necroscope. There is nothing of the Wamphyri in them so for me at least I found myself struggling a little in the middle there, knowing they were delaying The Source which is one of the best books. It adds nothing.Įdit: Also - the novellas can be a bit of a grind. But since you're reading it 3rd it gives massive spoilers for books 3-5 of the Necroscope Saga. If you read the book when it was written (book 9) then this serves to give a big recap of everything gone before. One important note for people who want to read in this order: There's a chapter towards the start of #3 where Harry has a premonition dream. It explicitly says it takes place after #10, but then characters/plot from #3 are still around. The Lost Years: For the Dead Travel Slowly Easiest to just read it here even though by the end of LY1 you're a little past where it takes place.ĩ. But for anyone who has read it before you'll already know about these concepts and it works really well. For instance books 9-10 (read 3rd/4th) just assume you already know all about Starside and its history, so if its your first read-through then it'll come out of nowhere.
I highly recommend reading the saga in this order, but only if you have already read it once before. This is actually a complicated process, so I'm making this post to simplify it for people in future. I recently finished a re-read of the entire saga, though this time I decided I wanted to read it chronologically in-universe rather than the order the books released. The reading order outlined in this post is great for re-reads, but some important things really need to be revealed as intended when it's your first time. Note for new fans: You should read the books in publication order on your first read-through.
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