Night Terrors (Buffy novel)
Night Terrors is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Plot summary
The Night Terror stalks its victims in their dreams. The demon replaces another's soul with its own, then wreaks chaos in the real world. The effect has always been short-lived. Human bodies soon crumble under the stress of the transfer, and the Night Terror has to find a new body to take over. It soon discovers Buffy's secret and hopes the Slayer, Buffy Summers, could be a stronger and permanent host.
Trivia
- Part of the Stake Your Destiny line of Buffy gamebooks. These books give the reader a large series of choices, once a choice is made, the page number to turn to is given. The result is that the reader might decide the fate of the characters.
- There are more than a dozen possible endings.
- Tagline: 'STAKE YOUR DESTINY'.
- Buffyverse canon characters include Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Joyce, Cordelia, Harmony, Snyder, Oz, Ethan Rayne, Jonathan, Devon, Amber, Jenny Calendar
- Buffyverse non-canon characters include George Handley (intern), Lars Von Teufelsblut (sorcerer), Der Luger (demon).
Continuity
- Supposed to be set in BtVS's second season, after Spike and Dru have arrived in Sunnydale, but before Angel has lost his soul.
Canonical issues
Buffy novels, such as this one are considered by most fans to not be part of Buffyverse canon. They are not considered 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 both Fox and Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official Buffy merchandise.
Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse: