Forever Knight: A Stirring of Dust

Forever Knight #1

by Susan Sizemore

When a string of decapitated murder victims is discovered, vampire detective Nick Knight suspects a recently released former inmate who had killed his wife the same way, but he wonders if one of his own kind is really responsible. Original. TV tie-in.

Genres: Vampires, Fiction, Fantasy

252 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

Susan Sizemore's life and interests include such varied activities as medieval costuming and embroidery, being a chef, and working in the defense industry.She is owned by her spoiled rotten, beloved mutt dog, rather than the other way around, and this is just fine with her.Current hobbies include hiking and studying t'ai chi. She travels whenever she can, loves history, loud music, movies, good coffee, and writes constantly.She hopes readers enjoy her stories as much as she enjoys writing them.She has won the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award and has been nominated for two Romantic Times awards.

Reviews

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved Forever Knight. This book is very true to the show. The characters are well developed. The story is engrossing.

[Foxy11814 · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, "Forever Knight" is one of my favorite television shows, so naturally, I had to read the novels. This book is a must-read if you love the show. It stays in character, and the relationships between Nick, Natalie, Janette, LaCroix, Tracy, etc. are handled quite accurately. I would say more, but I need to head out to work. I just set up this account and didn't know this review option was available until now.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent plot twists... fantastically written... this author also accurately described the characters...

[Thom · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a decent book, based on or after season 3 of the show. The characters come across fairly well, and like the series, the story is largely told in flashbacks.

The specific villain is unlike many from the show and his actions work. His entrance (the Stirring of Dust) really calls the show canon into question. Besides that quibble, the sword seems to come and go, and isn't really a part of the character. Nick's actions in the final showdown make sense, but perhaps something ended up in the editor's bin.

This sounds more negative than positive, and I'll come back to this being a decent book, better than many show tie-ins I've read. 3 goodread stars - I liked it.

This is the fourth in a TV Tie-In reading challenge, and I managed to grab books from four different television shows. I've got more planned, but the year is just about up. I'll have to use them for next year's challenge!

[Persephone Underwing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Talk about the perfect read that satisfies that craving for more FK content. Sizemore captures the characters so accurately, I felt like I was watching an undiscovered episode. I particularly enjoyed giving more flesh to Vachon - our boy Javier really had so much more to give than one season - and the additional character background complimented quite well what Ben Bass gave us. Meeting more of his crew was a boon.

I found the balance of the perspectives quite good, though that is a personal preference based on preferred characters. We're not all here for Nick and Natalie, and while I did enjoy getting in their heads, spending more time with LaCroix and Vachon was exactly what I was after. And while I do think that Tracy Vetter was an interesting character in concept, it really is her parallel romance with Vachon that was interesting, and I am glad she had a minimal role in this story. (The decision to keep her ignorant of her partner from the beginning of S3 really was a boring choice, which I sense Sizemore agreed with, but what can we do when Last Knight is canon?)

The exploration of possessiveness was well done, and while the crime element was phoned-in, that was 100% in line with the show writing, so I have no valid complaint there. Really, it was the dynamic of what it means to belong to someone that was worth the read, and exploring that through LaCroix's drive vs the antagonists' was quite good. I did resent how on the nose the character of Tammy felt - look, not all of us that saw LaCroix as a substitute father figure were *that* obsessed with him, okay? :P

[Debi Emerson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good re-visit with the characters from one of my favorite TV shows.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

I watched the tv show back in the 90's, this book reads and feels like an episode out of the show
if your a fan of the tv show you will this book.