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Necromancer
It has been two years since Wendy Markland learned the horrible truth that vampires and other supernatural predators are indeed real. She has spent that time alone, hunting, desperate to avenge the loss of her brother. Now, a news report draws her to the small town of Pinewick, New Jersey, located in the small state's infamous pine barrens. Upon arrival, the local Sheriff tries to end Wendy's investigation before it can even begin. When she ignores him, Wendy finds out that what's going on isn't what she thought, though the dead are walking in Pinewick. Wendy's investigation leads her to new friends, new love and new terrors in the pine barrens as she deals with not only a human necromancer, but an ancient death demon and hordes of zombies.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 16, 2009
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Scott Harper
18 books35 followersScott Harper is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 30 published short stories and several novels. There has been talk, from several fronts, about turning his fourth novel, "Predators or Prey?", the first book in his Wendy Markland series, into a live-action project. Interest from a movie producer has also been voiced about turning his bestselling, award-winning eighth novel, "Quintana Roo, Yucatan", into a film.
Harper grew up in Ohio, and graduated from Marysville High School in 1993, and began screenwriting in 2007, after the publication of several short stories and novels. He has worked on projects for James Tucker Productions and 11th Dimension Films. He is currently involved with several projects, covering literature, film and comic books. He is also a contributing writer for the sasquatch blog known as "Bigtruth".
Scott is very happily married to bestselling paranormal author Desirée Lee. Together, they have a wonderful little girl, and are working jointly on several projects. Those projects include multiple books, as well as the hit werewolf webcomic "MoonWraith". "MoonWraith" updates each and every Monday with a new page.
More information about his work can be found on his website: www.scottharper.net
Harper grew up in Ohio, and graduated from Marysville High School in 1993, and began screenwriting in 2007, after the publication of several short stories and novels. He has worked on projects for James Tucker Productions and 11th Dimension Films. He is currently involved with several projects, covering literature, film and comic books. He is also a contributing writer for the sasquatch blog known as "Bigtruth".
Scott is very happily married to bestselling paranormal author Desirée Lee. Together, they have a wonderful little girl, and are working jointly on several projects. Those projects include multiple books, as well as the hit werewolf webcomic "MoonWraith". "MoonWraith" updates each and every Monday with a new page.
More information about his work can be found on his website: www.scottharper.net
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March 19, 2012
3.75 stars
Wendy Markland is no stranger to things that go bump in the night, two years earlier while running a con with her boyfriend, Jacob, and little brother, Glen, she discovered that not only were vampires real, but that there were other beings out there that she thought were just myths. Her brother was killed, she and Jacob have gone their separate ways. Wendy is now a vampire hunter. Unable to deal with what they went through, Jacob commits suicide. After Jacob’s funeral Wendy notices a news story that a woman, Karen Weinstock who lives in Pinewick, New Jersey has seen a dead man walking around. It looks like it might be vampires, so Wendy takes off to see if she can help. Wendy goes to the local sheriff, Victor Keely, who is Karen’s cousin, to try to get some information about what has been going on. Sheriff Keely has heard of Wendy’s reputation and tells her to leave his cousin alone and to leave town. Not one to be deterred, Wendy finds Karen’s address and goes to talk to her. It doesn’t take long for Wendy to realize that she is not dealing with vampires, but zombies. No one believes Karen, except for Wendy, so they immediately become friends which angers Karen’s husband. Karen leaves him and takes Wendy to stay with a friend of hers, Liam Boring.
Wendy, Karen, Liam and Sheriff Keely must go on the defensive and try to get to the bottom of who is making the zombies rise and how to stop them. Wendy will have to reach down into her own heart to come up with the resolve needed to help her new friends defeat this new evil.
After her tribulations with the vampires, Wendy has become a stronger person who is determined to help the world be rid of the evil she now knows exists. What a dichotomy Wendy is. She is becoming a strong woman – a force to be reckoned with, and yet she is still one of the most narcissistic people I’ve met. On the one hand, she is loyal to her new found friends, and, even if it means sacrificing her own life, is determined to help them. On the other hand, she still examines herself in the mirror every time she takes a shower to admire how beautiful her body is and she still shows that body off. I’m just not sure what to make of her but she is growing on me.
As is usually the case with me, I was fascinated with a secondary character; Sheriff Keely was the one in this book. He took his job seriously and while skeptical about Wendy’s abilities in the beginning he swallowed his pride and admitted she knew what she was doing. He just seemed like such a solid individual to me, I would like to have him protecting my town. Karen and Liam were interesting, but I’m not sure if I ever really got to know them. Karen did step up to the challenge toward the end and I did want to say “you go girl” to her a time or two. Wendy gets involved with a group of survivalists in this book; we get to know a couple of them, one of whom becomes a major player in the story. There is an odd bad guy who is controlling the zombies, I’m trying not to give too much away but trust me, he is odd.
I liked this book better than the previous one but did still have a few issues. Wendy’s fascination with herself was still there and made it a little difficult to sympathize with her. Her tendency to fall in love on a dime annoyed me. I did feel the choice of our bad guy was a little over the top, when I read it the first thing I thought was “we’ve jumped the shark now.” I also felt there was a little bit of preaching going on in the camp, but it was in keeping with the group so, I dealt with it. My issues aside, this was a good book and I’m looking forward to finding out what the next spot of trouble Wendy is going to find herself in. Anyone who enjoys a book about things that go bump in the night will enjoy this, but be aware there is some violence, it’s not easy to kill a dead person after all, some sex and lots of action.
Reviewed as a Member Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
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Wendy Markland is no stranger to things that go bump in the night, two years earlier while running a con with her boyfriend, Jacob, and little brother, Glen, she discovered that not only were vampires real, but that there were other beings out there that she thought were just myths. Her brother was killed, she and Jacob have gone their separate ways. Wendy is now a vampire hunter. Unable to deal with what they went through, Jacob commits suicide. After Jacob’s funeral Wendy notices a news story that a woman, Karen Weinstock who lives in Pinewick, New Jersey has seen a dead man walking around. It looks like it might be vampires, so Wendy takes off to see if she can help. Wendy goes to the local sheriff, Victor Keely, who is Karen’s cousin, to try to get some information about what has been going on. Sheriff Keely has heard of Wendy’s reputation and tells her to leave his cousin alone and to leave town. Not one to be deterred, Wendy finds Karen’s address and goes to talk to her. It doesn’t take long for Wendy to realize that she is not dealing with vampires, but zombies. No one believes Karen, except for Wendy, so they immediately become friends which angers Karen’s husband. Karen leaves him and takes Wendy to stay with a friend of hers, Liam Boring.
Wendy, Karen, Liam and Sheriff Keely must go on the defensive and try to get to the bottom of who is making the zombies rise and how to stop them. Wendy will have to reach down into her own heart to come up with the resolve needed to help her new friends defeat this new evil.
After her tribulations with the vampires, Wendy has become a stronger person who is determined to help the world be rid of the evil she now knows exists. What a dichotomy Wendy is. She is becoming a strong woman – a force to be reckoned with, and yet she is still one of the most narcissistic people I’ve met. On the one hand, she is loyal to her new found friends, and, even if it means sacrificing her own life, is determined to help them. On the other hand, she still examines herself in the mirror every time she takes a shower to admire how beautiful her body is and she still shows that body off. I’m just not sure what to make of her but she is growing on me.
As is usually the case with me, I was fascinated with a secondary character; Sheriff Keely was the one in this book. He took his job seriously and while skeptical about Wendy’s abilities in the beginning he swallowed his pride and admitted she knew what she was doing. He just seemed like such a solid individual to me, I would like to have him protecting my town. Karen and Liam were interesting, but I’m not sure if I ever really got to know them. Karen did step up to the challenge toward the end and I did want to say “you go girl” to her a time or two. Wendy gets involved with a group of survivalists in this book; we get to know a couple of them, one of whom becomes a major player in the story. There is an odd bad guy who is controlling the zombies, I’m trying not to give too much away but trust me, he is odd.
I liked this book better than the previous one but did still have a few issues. Wendy’s fascination with herself was still there and made it a little difficult to sympathize with her. Her tendency to fall in love on a dime annoyed me. I did feel the choice of our bad guy was a little over the top, when I read it the first thing I thought was “we’ve jumped the shark now.” I also felt there was a little bit of preaching going on in the camp, but it was in keeping with the group so, I dealt with it. My issues aside, this was a good book and I’m looking forward to finding out what the next spot of trouble Wendy is going to find herself in. Anyone who enjoys a book about things that go bump in the night will enjoy this, but be aware there is some violence, it’s not easy to kill a dead person after all, some sex and lots of action.
Reviewed as a Member Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
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June 9, 2012
3.75***"Stars
Book: Necromancer
Author: Scott Harper
Publisher: DCL Publications
Genre: Zombies/Demons
Rating: Mature
Wendy Markland is no stranger to things that go bump in the night, two years earlier while running a con with her boyfriend, Jacob, and little brother, Glen, she discovered that not only were vampires real, but that there were other beings out there that she thought were just myths. Her brother was killed, she and Jacob have gone their separate ways. Wendy is now a vampire hunter. Unable to deal with what they went through, Jacob commits suicide. After Jacob’s funeral Wendy notices a news story that a woman, Karen Weinstock who lives in Pinewick, New Jersey has seen a dead man walking around. It looks like it might be vampires, so Wendy takes off to see if she can help. Wendy goes to the local sheriff, Victor Keely, who is Karen’s cousin, to try to get some information about what has been going on. Sheriff Keely has heard of Wendy’s reputation and tells her to leave his cousin alone and to leave town. Not one to be deterred, Wendy finds Karen’s address and goes to talk to her. It doesn’t take long for Wendy to realize that she is not dealing with vampires, but zombies. No one believes Karen, except for Wendy, so they immediately become friends which angers Karen’s husband. Karen leaves him and takes Wendy to stay with a friend of hers, Liam Boring.
Wendy, Karen, Liam and Sheriff Keely must go on the defensive and try to get to the bottom of who is making the zombies rise and how to stop them. Wendy will have to reach down into her own heart to come up with the resolve needed to help her new friends defeat this new evil.
After her tribulations with the vampires, Wendy has become a stronger person who is determined to help the world be rid of the evil she now knows exists. What a dichotomy Wendy is. She is becoming a strong woman – a force to be reckoned with, and yet she is still one of the most narcissistic people I’ve met. On the one hand, she is loyal to her new found friends, and, even if it means sacrificing her own life, is determined to help them. On the other hand, she still examines herself in the mirror every time she takes a shower to admire how beautiful her body is and she still shows that body off. I’m just not sure what to make of her but she is growing on me.
As is usually the case with me, I was fascinated with a secondary character; Sheriff Keely was the one in this book. He took his job seriously and while skeptical about Wendy’s abilities in the beginning he swallowed his pride and admitted she knew what she was doing. He just seemed like such a solid individual to me, I would like to have him protecting my town. Karen and Liam were interesting, but I’m not sure if I ever really got to know them. Karen did step up to the challenge toward the end and I did want to say “you go girl” to her a time or two. Wendy gets involved with a group of survivalists in this book; we get to know a couple of them, one of whom becomes a major player in the story. There is an odd bad guy who is controlling the zombies, I’m trying not to give too much away but trust me, he is odd.
I liked this book better than the previous one but did still have a few issues. Wendy’s fascination with herself was still there and made it a little difficult to sympathize with her. Her tendency to fall in love on a dime annoyed me. I did feel the choice of our bad guy was a little over the top, when I read it the first thing I thought was “we’ve jumped the shark now.” I also felt there was a little bit of preaching going on in the camp, but it was in keeping with the group so, I dealt with it. My issues aside, this was a good book and I’m looking forward to finding out what the next spot of trouble Wendy is going to find herself in. Anyone who enjoys a book about things that go bump in the night will enjoy this, but be aware there is some violence, it’s not easy to kill a dead person after all, some sex and lots of action.
Review by Penelope Adams
Member Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Book: Necromancer
Author: Scott Harper
Publisher: DCL Publications
Genre: Zombies/Demons
Rating: Mature
Wendy Markland is no stranger to things that go bump in the night, two years earlier while running a con with her boyfriend, Jacob, and little brother, Glen, she discovered that not only were vampires real, but that there were other beings out there that she thought were just myths. Her brother was killed, she and Jacob have gone their separate ways. Wendy is now a vampire hunter. Unable to deal with what they went through, Jacob commits suicide. After Jacob’s funeral Wendy notices a news story that a woman, Karen Weinstock who lives in Pinewick, New Jersey has seen a dead man walking around. It looks like it might be vampires, so Wendy takes off to see if she can help. Wendy goes to the local sheriff, Victor Keely, who is Karen’s cousin, to try to get some information about what has been going on. Sheriff Keely has heard of Wendy’s reputation and tells her to leave his cousin alone and to leave town. Not one to be deterred, Wendy finds Karen’s address and goes to talk to her. It doesn’t take long for Wendy to realize that she is not dealing with vampires, but zombies. No one believes Karen, except for Wendy, so they immediately become friends which angers Karen’s husband. Karen leaves him and takes Wendy to stay with a friend of hers, Liam Boring.
Wendy, Karen, Liam and Sheriff Keely must go on the defensive and try to get to the bottom of who is making the zombies rise and how to stop them. Wendy will have to reach down into her own heart to come up with the resolve needed to help her new friends defeat this new evil.
After her tribulations with the vampires, Wendy has become a stronger person who is determined to help the world be rid of the evil she now knows exists. What a dichotomy Wendy is. She is becoming a strong woman – a force to be reckoned with, and yet she is still one of the most narcissistic people I’ve met. On the one hand, she is loyal to her new found friends, and, even if it means sacrificing her own life, is determined to help them. On the other hand, she still examines herself in the mirror every time she takes a shower to admire how beautiful her body is and she still shows that body off. I’m just not sure what to make of her but she is growing on me.
As is usually the case with me, I was fascinated with a secondary character; Sheriff Keely was the one in this book. He took his job seriously and while skeptical about Wendy’s abilities in the beginning he swallowed his pride and admitted she knew what she was doing. He just seemed like such a solid individual to me, I would like to have him protecting my town. Karen and Liam were interesting, but I’m not sure if I ever really got to know them. Karen did step up to the challenge toward the end and I did want to say “you go girl” to her a time or two. Wendy gets involved with a group of survivalists in this book; we get to know a couple of them, one of whom becomes a major player in the story. There is an odd bad guy who is controlling the zombies, I’m trying not to give too much away but trust me, he is odd.
I liked this book better than the previous one but did still have a few issues. Wendy’s fascination with herself was still there and made it a little difficult to sympathize with her. Her tendency to fall in love on a dime annoyed me. I did feel the choice of our bad guy was a little over the top, when I read it the first thing I thought was “we’ve jumped the shark now.” I also felt there was a little bit of preaching going on in the camp, but it was in keeping with the group so, I dealt with it. My issues aside, this was a good book and I’m looking forward to finding out what the next spot of trouble Wendy is going to find herself in. Anyone who enjoys a book about things that go bump in the night will enjoy this, but be aware there is some violence, it’s not easy to kill a dead person after all, some sex and lots of action.
Review by Penelope Adams
Member Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
October 3, 2012
The second book in the Wendy Markland Series is Necromancer by Scott Harper. At the end of Predator of Prey, the first book, Wendy is reeling from the knowledge that vampires and werewolves truly exist and is attempting to recover from the death of her younger brother, Glen. Necromancer picks up two years later and not too much has changed. Wendy is still trying to track down any vampire she can find and destroy it, but it’s been a pretty arid two years, until she here’s about Pinewick, NJ and the walking dead.
I am quickly becoming a fan of Scott Harper and this series. I loved the first book and I love this one equally. I really admire the change up in this book, from vampires to other worldly “villains”.
Scott once again delivers fully fleshed characters and introduces us to a new band of allies that Wendy can ultimately depend on. Wendy is beautiful and smart with an iron will, but she is flawed and vulnerable and this book definitely shows us those strengths and flaws. Wendy is someone we the readers are rooting for and can also identify with.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading book 3, Vindicated.
I am quickly becoming a fan of Scott Harper and this series. I loved the first book and I love this one equally. I really admire the change up in this book, from vampires to other worldly “villains”.
Scott once again delivers fully fleshed characters and introduces us to a new band of allies that Wendy can ultimately depend on. Wendy is beautiful and smart with an iron will, but she is flawed and vulnerable and this book definitely shows us those strengths and flaws. Wendy is someone we the readers are rooting for and can also identify with.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading book 3, Vindicated.
December 28, 2014
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